Tag: Travel
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Stunning Northern Lights this weekend
“The weekend was extremely good, the best so far”, Baldvin Júlíusson at Kynnisferðir told RUV. His company took more than a thousand people on northern lights excursions this weekend. Astronomer Sævar Helgi Bragason says that due to a strong solar flare that occurred last week, the aurora activity was unusually strong this weekend. “A solar…
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Visit Húsavík app launched on Android and iOS
Visit Húsavík has launched a new app with a handy travellers guide to the town of Húsavík. The app is the result of a summer project for students at the Húsavík Academic Center. The Visit Húsavík app is available for Android and iOS as of today. In addition to providing information about entertainment and services…
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Six municipalities receive government support after collapse in tourism
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Minister of Transport and Local Government, yesterday presented the government’splan of ISK 150 million in funding for six municipalities due to the collapse of tourism following Covid-19. Skútustaðahreppur, home of popular tourist destination Lake Mývatn, receives 32 million króna. The lake is only a 45 minute drive from Húsvík. The municipalities of…
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A record number of Icelanders have visited Húsavík this summer
While Iceland has seen an enormous decrease in number of foreign travelers this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the people of Iceland have taken to the roads to explore their home country this summer. Húsavík has been one of the hottest destinations this summer, after the release of the Eurovision film, and with a…
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Opinion: How Iceland could come stronger out of the Covid-19 crisis
OPINION | Like most countries around the world, Iceland is now preparing for a big drop in tourism in coming months and years. Tourism has over the last 10 years become Iceland’s largest trade and our top source of national income, so we stand to lose a lot if things go as most experts have…
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Húsavík Cape Hotel and Saltvík Horse Farm selected for Development Project
Seven companies in travel and tourism in Northeast Iceland have been selected for the innovation and development project Ratsjáin. Two of the companies are from Húsavík, the Húsavík Cape Hotel and Saltvík Horse Farm. Other companies in the project are Akureyri Whale Watching, Arctic Trip, Snow Dogs, Kaffi kú and Háey. The project is hosted…
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The Diamond Circle road takes you to over 40 attractions in North Iceland
At a meeting at Lake Mývatn today, Visit North Iceland and the Húsavík Chamber of Commerce and Tourism announced a project to promote the scenic Diamond Circle route with a new logo, a map and a website. The Diamond Circle can best be described as a magnificent ring road of 250 kilometers, leading you through…
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Geosea awarded by Travel Industry Association
The new Geosea baths in Húsavík have been awarded the TIA Innovation Award for 2019. The award is given annually on November 11, this year presented by the President of Iceland to the chairman of Geosea. 32 projects were nominated this year. “We are extremely proud to accept this awards, and we feel it shows…
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Most WOW flights on schedule today as Mogensen tries to save the airline
Almost all WOW air flights are on on schedule today as the CEO and founder Skúli Mogensen tries to save the airline from bankruptcy, following the dissolution of negotiations with Icelandair Group yesterday. All WOW air flights from Iceland today were on scheduled this morning except the flight to Gatwick Airport in London. That flight…
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Icelandair stock up 6% after Indigo Partners cancel WOW air negotiations
Shares in Icelandair Group rose by 5,8 percent yesterday, after the company announced that it had again started negotiations to acquire the Iceladic budget airline WOW air. The American private equity firm Indigo Partners, which has a controlling interest in the American Frontier Airlines and Chilean low-cost start-up JetSmart, announced this week that negotiations to…