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Things to do in Húsavík

A fishing town of roughly 2,500 on the east shore of Skjálfandi bay, 50 km short of the Arctic Circle. Whale watching started from the harbour in 1995 with converted oak fishing boats and now defines the place. The timber church of 1907 stands above the quay, the old slaughterhouse holds the whale museum, and geothermal seawater is pumped to baths on the cliff at Húsavíkurhöfði.

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Things to do

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  1. Ásbyrgi

    Natural Wonder · 2 hr

    Norse tradition reads it as the hoofprint of Odin's horse Sleipnir; the geology reads it as a flood that emptied in days.

  2. Dettifoss

    Waterfall · 1 hr

    The most powerful waterfall in Europe by volume, and the ground shakes before the canyon comes into view.

  3. GeoSea Geothermal Sea Baths

    Hot Spring · 2 hr

    Saltwater rather than freshwater, at eye level with the bay the whale boats work.

  4. Húsavík Whale Museum

    Museum · 1.5 hr

    The reference collection behind Skjálfandi bay, and the place to learn what is out there before boarding a boat.

  5. Húsavíkurkirkja

    Church · 30 min

    The most photographed wooden church in the north, and the work of the man usually called Iceland's first architect.

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