August 6th 2018 - Húsavík
Húsavík is a town in Norðurþing municipality on the north coast of Iceland on the shores of Skjálfandi bay with 2,307 inhabitants.
According to the Landnámabók ("Book of Settlement"), Húsavík was the first place in Iceland to be settled by a Norseman. The Swedish Viking Garðar Svavarsson stayed there for one winter around 870 A.D. When he left the island he left behind a man and two slaves, a man and a woman, and they established a farm. 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.
It is an interesting co-incidence that the boat in this shot is named Gardar
August 6th 2018 - Húsavík
Húsavík is a town in Norðurþing municipality on the north coast of Iceland on the shores of Skjálfandi bay with 2,307 inhabitants.
According to the Landnámabók ("Book of Settlement"), Húsavík was the first place in Iceland to be settled by a Norseman. The Swedish Viking Garðar Svavarsson stayed there for one winter around 870 A.D. When he left the island he left behind a man and two slaves, a man and a woman, and they established a farm. 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.
It is an interesting co-incidence that the boat in this shot is named Gardar