open for business
the Faldur once was used for whale-hunting but is now used for whale-watching. Times do change
a schooner always needs maintenance
whalewatchers leave the harbour aboard a zodiac, they well may get soaking wet.
a last glance of the harbour
It all started when a
Viking called Gardar Svavarsson hibernated here with a small party in the winter of 870. Gardar moved on when spring arrived
but he left a servant and a couple of slaves behind to build a farm which gave the place its name, as Husavik means Bay with
houses.
Over time more people moved in and presently the town has about 2000 hardy inhabitants.
In the 1960's the Apollo
astronauts were trained in geology in the Husavik area and an Astronaut Monument was erected in 2015 to commemorate this
period.
Allthough fishing is still important for the local economy, whalewatching has become a major source
of income and Husavik proudly calls itself Iceland's whalewatching capital.
The
pretty red and white Húsavíkurkirkja was build from real Norwegian wood in 1907.
the wooden church from 1907
the Opal was build as a trawler but later transformed in a two mast schooner. It now sails whalewatch expeditions
he watches his own vessel
but so is the competition
