Tag: shopping

  • Húsasmiðjan closing shops in Húsavík and Dalvík

    Húsasmiðjan closing shops in Húsavík and Dalvík

    Hardware store chain Húsasmiðjan has announced the closure of their stores in Húsavík and Dalvík at the end of this year. The company’s employees in the towns will be invited to work in a new superstore in Akureyri that will open in Freyjunes next year. An announcement from Húsasmiðjan states that the company’s representatives are…

  • Reykjavík’s main Shopping Street like a ghost town

    Reykjavík’s main Shopping Street like a ghost town

    Numerous buildings or spaces that used to house stores on Reykjavík’s main Shopping Street Laugavegur have been deserted, Iceland Monitor reports. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of stores have closed, either temporarily or permanently. Iceland Monitor reports that when photographer Kristinn Magnússon walked down Laugavegur last week, from Hlemmur square to…