"HUSAVIK" Hùsavík by RitchiS1

Hùsavík Travel Guide: 4 reviews and 21 photos

HUSAVIK

Husavik has been the first place in Iceland ever to be built in. In 870. before the permanent settlement, Swedish Viking explorer Gardar Svavarsson sailed around the then uninhabited (and unnamed) . Iceland, proving it is an island.

A trading centre since 1614, Husavik developed into a village in the 19th century and was the home of the oldest cooperative society in Iceland, founded in 1882. The town has largely lived on fishing since then, with some agricultural processing, light industry and services. Husavfk is set with a commanding view over the bay of Skjáifandi ("Shaker") towards the rugged northern coastline to its east and west, and out to the open Arctic Ocean
Husavik Church, is built like a cross,
and the belfry and entrance are in one corner,not in the middle as is usually the case.
A very beautiful building erected 1906-1907, and the
architect was Rögnvaldur Ólafsson

RESTAURANT

Restaurant HUSAVIK

The prices for dishes in this Restaurant are moderate ! That is sometimes not believable . that prices are so different !!!

WHALE WATCHING

HUSAVIK IS ALSO KONWN IN THE NORTH OF ICELAND FOR THE WHALE WATCHING TOURS

Pros and Cons

Pros:NICE VILLAGE
Cons:CRWODED SOMETIMES
In a nutshell:NICE VILLAGE WORTH A VISIT

Last visit to Hùsavík: Jul 2003
Intro Written Jul 28, 2003
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agapotravel May 24, 2007 at 6:44 PM

Neat pictures! Did you go whale watching? What company did you choose? :-)
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dassi Nov 30, 2005 at 2:12 AM

Good one !!