Tag: Explorers
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Explorers Festival starts in Húsavík today
The Explorers Festival starts in Húsavík today. This is the 6th time that the Exploration Museum hosts the festival in town. Due to covid-19, a lot of the events will be online, but the announcment of the Leif Erikson Awards will take place at Húsavík Cape Hotel on Saturday. Pictured: President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and…
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So who really settled Iceland?
If you are going to Husavik this summer, make sure not to miss Let’s talk local, a new play by Snæbjörn Ragnarsson at Gamli Baukur. The play is set in the year 870 when Swedish explorer Gardar Svavarsson and his slave Náttfari were the first Scandinavians to live in Iceland for one winter. Contrary to…