"Húsavík "The Capital of Whale watching in Iceland"" Top 5 Page for this destination Hùsavík by Regina1965

Hùsavík Travel Guide: 40 reviews and 119 photos

The church in Húsavík - Húsavíkurkirkja.

The town of Húsavík is located in N-Iceland, way up north, with 2.300 inhabitants. The nearest town south of Húsavík is Akureyri, Iceland's northern-capital. The beautiful church in Húsavík is 100 years old, raised in the summer of 1907, and is Húsavík's "symbol". The web-site for Húsavík is husavik.is with a lot of information in English.

Húsavík - the harbour.

Whale watching - Húsavíkur harbour.

Húsavík is well-known to be the center for whale-watching, with a lot of tourists visiting every year. The web-sites are www.northsailing.is and www.gentlegiants.is There is an excellent Whale museum down by the harbour (see my tip).

The former home of my grandmother.

My grandmother and her 14 siblings used to live in this house by Húsavíkurkirkja church. It now belongs to the church. So I am 1/4 Húsvíkingur :D

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In a nutshell:My grandmother's birthplace :)

Last visit to Hùsavík: Aug 2010
Intro Updated Mar 9, 2012
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Nemorino Nov 13, 2012 at 9:43 AM

An interesting page about your grandmother's birthplace, with fine photos. I have also been to the birthplace of one of my grandmothers (in Massachusetts) but that was before I joined VT so I don’t have any photos.
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  Regina1965 Nov 14, 2012 at 1:16 AM
  
  Thanks, Don :) I love this small town.
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June.b Jun 19, 2012 at 11:56 PM

Small towns are always nice. L.I.K.E. your Husavik page :)
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balhannah Feb 10, 2012 at 9:26 PM

Like the sound of the whale watching trip, and the Icelandic Phallological Museum sounds very interesting! Good informative page as usual!
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Greggor58 Aug 22, 2010 at 4:50 PM

Beautiful Church and pretty community..I wonder how busy can the Icelandic Phallological Museum get?Is it a big draw...kind of a unique theme for a museum Regina. :o)
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Redang Aug 31, 2008 at 8:24 AM

Great! so, you are a bit husaviker. My pages are going bit by bit, some destinations are finished, and I Iceland is doing well
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yumyum Jan 22, 2008 at 11:37 AM

That church reminds me of a certain building in the Swiss mountains, but I don't know why.
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inuit Jan 21, 2008 at 2:54 AM

you had great weayher that day; did you visit the 66N shop near the harbour? also great Bistro in same place.
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Toshioohsako Jan 19, 2008 at 9:45 AM

It was a very beautiful day wasn't it when you visited Husvavik. Very nice photos. The third one with beautiful mountain background is nece.
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SapineKuu Jan 11, 2008 at 9:53 AM

Ha! somebody told me there was a *** museum in Iceland and I thought they were having a laugh. Would it be safe to visit;) The weather in your pictures looks wonderful.