Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
HÚSAVÍK
ACCOMMODATION
Árból
Campsite
Fosshótel Húsavík
Húsavík Cape Hotel
Húsavík Guesthouse
Kaldbaks-Kot
5
1
4
3
2
6
RESTAURANTS
Bakka Café
Gamli Baukur
Naustið
Salka
3
3
1
2
6
A
R
SHOP
KASKO supermarket
1
N1
R
Library
& Museum
Whale
Museum
Bank
Harbour
Skjálfandi
N
0
300
metres
Mývatn, Akureyri &
Whale
Museum
Daily: May & Sept 10am-5pm; June-Aug 9am-7pm • 1250kr •
W
whalemuseum.is
Húsavík's excellent
Whale Museum
is housed in an old slaughterhouse by the harbour.
Inside, an informative collection of models, photos, relics and even ten full-size
skeletons
unnervingly suspended above you - all taken from beached or drowned whales - along
with several continually playing videos, fill you in on cetacean biology, the history of
whaling in Iceland and today's environmental threats caused by pollution. Pick of the
exhibits are pieces of tremendously hairy
baleen plates
, with which filter-feeding species
strain their nourishing plankton diet like slurping soup through a moustache.
Húsavík library and museum
Daily: June-Aug 10am-6pm; Sept-May Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sun 4-6pm • 500kr
Húsavík's
library
and
town museum
is back from the harbour along Stórigarður. Pick of
the exhibits are bits of medieval
weapons
found near the town, the impressive
family
tree
of a local woman born in 1904 showing her descendants back to the time of the
Settlement, and a stuffed
polar bear
, this one killed in 1969 on Grímsey after drifting
over from Greenland on an ice floe. Downstairs is devoted to maritime history and
includes full-sized rowing and fishing boats, but don't miss the eccentric collection of
one hundred thousand
beer bottle labels
, zealously put together by a local man who,
oddly, was teetotal; the labels are kept in folders by the entrance to the maritime section.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
HÚSAVÍK
By plane
Húsavík airport is 10km southwest of town. Flights
are operated by Eagle Air (
T
562 4200,
W
eagleair.is), and an
airport bus meets flights, delivering passengers to the
Bakka
Café
near the church on Garðarsbraut.
Destinations
Reykjavík (5 weekly; 45min).
By bus
Buses stop at the N1 fuel station on Garðarsbraut.
SBA-Norðurhleið services (
W
sba.is) run between Akureyri
and Þórshöfn year-round, and to Mývatn in summer.
