Húsavík
- 2015
Húsavík is a fishing town on the north coast of Iceland on the shores of Skjálfandi Bay.
According to the Landnámabók ("Book of Settlement"), Húsavík was the first place in Iceland to be settled by a Norse man.
The Swedish Viking Garðar Svavarsson stayed there for one winter around 870 A.D.
When he left the island in spring of 870, after a winter's stay, he left behind a man named Nattfari and two slaves, a man and a woman,
and they established a farm here.
The name of the town means "bay of houses", probably referring to Garðar's homestead, which may have been the only houses then in Iceland.
Húsavík has become a centre of whale watching in Iceland due to whales of different species that frequently enter the bay.
Húsavík is a fishing town on the north coast of Iceland on the shores of Skjálfandi Bay.
According to the Landnámabók ("Book of Settlement"), Húsavík was the first place in Iceland to be settled by a Norse man.
The Swedish Viking Garðar Svavarsson stayed there for one winter around 870 A.D.
When he left the island in spring of 870, after a winter's stay, he left behind a man named Nattfari and two slaves, a man and a woman,
and they established a farm here.
The name of the town means "bay of houses", probably referring to Garðar's homestead, which may have been the only houses then in Iceland.
Húsavík has become a centre of whale watching in Iceland due to whales of different species that frequently enter the bay.
