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( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Garðarsbraut 21; 11am-6pm Mon-Thu, to 7pm Fri, to 2pm Sat Jun-Aug,
shorter hours Sep-May)
Government-run liquor store.
Information
Tourist Information Centre TOURIST INFORMATION
( GOOGLE MAP ; 464 4300; www.visithusavik.is ; Hafnarstétt; 8.30am-6.30pm Jun-Aug,
9am-4pm Apr-May & Sep, 10am-3.30pm Mon-Fri Oct-Mar)
At the Whale Museum, with plentiful maps and brochures.
Getting There & Away
AIR
Húsavík's airport is 12km south of town. Eagle Air ( 562 2640; www.eagleair.is ) flies year-
round between Reykjavík and Húsavík (one way Ikr27,100).
BUS
SBA-Norðurleið ( GOOGLE MAP ; 550 0700; www.sba.is ) services (depart from in front of
Gamli Baukar restaurant, on the waterfront):
Bus 641a to Akureyri (Ikr3700, 1½ hours, two daily mid-June to August)
Bus 641 to Ásbyrgi (Ikr2200, 50 minutes, one daily mid-June to August)
Bus 641 to Dettifoss (Ik5800, 2¾ hours, one daily mid-June to August). From Dettifoss
you can connect to bus 661a to Mývatn.
Bus 650a to Mývatn (Ikr3100, 40 minutes, two daily mid-June to August).
Strætó ( GOOGLE MAP ; 540 2700; www.straeto.is ) services (depart from N1 service sta-
tion):
Bus 79 to Akureyri (Ikr2100, 1¼ hours, three daily)
Bus 79 to Ásbyrgi (Ikr1750, one hour, one daily Sunday to Friday summer, three weekly
winter). This service only operates from Húsavík to Þórshöfn (via Ásbyrgi, Kópasker and
Raufarhöfn) if prebooked. Call Strætó at least four hours before departure.