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Hùsavík Pages by RitchiS1
| Page Views: 401 Last Visit to Hùsavík: July, 2003 | HUSAVIK by RitchiS1 - last update: Jul 28, 2003 |
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 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 | | |
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| Pros: | "NICE VILLAGE" | | Cons: | "CRWODED SOMETIMES" | | In A Nutshell: | "NICE VILLAGE WORTH A VISIT" |
 RitchiS1's Hùsavík Travelogues | | | | Title [Click to view] | Travel Year | Pictures | | HOUSES | July, 2003 |  5 | | HABOUR | July, 2003 | 3 |
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agapotravel Fri May 25, 2007 01:44 UTC
Neat pictures! Did you go whale watching? What company did you choose? :-) | dassi Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:12 UTC
Good one !! |
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