Festival in Húsavík 24. júlí 2006 12:01 Húsavík, Mærudagar, Sænskir dagar A week-long family festival begins in Húsavík today. The festival is geared towards people from Húsavík that have moved away and want to visit family and friends but also towards tourists. The festival was held for the first time in 1997 and this year the festival has a Swedish tone to it. The town of Húsavík has been working closely with the Swedish embassy towards an exhibition on Garðar Svavarsson, the Swedish viking who came to Iceland in 870 and was the first to dwell in Iceland over winter. The master chef from the Embassy will cook and there will be a Swedish menu in the town's restaurants. Many events will take place during the week, such as a sailing course for children and teenagers, golf tournament, car show, theatre play, concerts, amusement park and a Swedish circus will teach circus tricks. The festival is free of charge but some events charge admission. News News in English Mest lesið Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Ætla að opna Bláa lónið 29. nóvember Innlent „RÚV er sá fjölmiðill sem er líklega einna lengst til vinstri á Íslandi“ Innlent Rafmagnsmastur í hættu vegna hraunflæðis Innlent Segist svikin af Viðreisn og segir sig úr flokknum Innlent Hörð viðbrögð við vaxtahækkunum Innlent Tilbúin að aflýsa verkföllum í fjórum leikskólum Innlent Atburðarás gærdagsins í myndum Innlent Eldri maður á gamalli Corollu ógnaði ekki lífi hjóna á nýjum Ram Innlent Vaktin: Totur farnar að teygja sig til norðurs Innlent
A week-long family festival begins in Húsavík today. The festival is geared towards people from Húsavík that have moved away and want to visit family and friends but also towards tourists. The festival was held for the first time in 1997 and this year the festival has a Swedish tone to it. The town of Húsavík has been working closely with the Swedish embassy towards an exhibition on Garðar Svavarsson, the Swedish viking who came to Iceland in 870 and was the first to dwell in Iceland over winter. The master chef from the Embassy will cook and there will be a Swedish menu in the town's restaurants. Many events will take place during the week, such as a sailing course for children and teenagers, golf tournament, car show, theatre play, concerts, amusement park and a Swedish circus will teach circus tricks. The festival is free of charge but some events charge admission.
News News in English Mest lesið Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Ætla að opna Bláa lónið 29. nóvember Innlent „RÚV er sá fjölmiðill sem er líklega einna lengst til vinstri á Íslandi“ Innlent Rafmagnsmastur í hættu vegna hraunflæðis Innlent Segist svikin af Viðreisn og segir sig úr flokknum Innlent Hörð viðbrögð við vaxtahækkunum Innlent Tilbúin að aflýsa verkföllum í fjórum leikskólum Innlent Atburðarás gærdagsins í myndum Innlent Eldri maður á gamalli Corollu ógnaði ekki lífi hjóna á nýjum Ram Innlent Vaktin: Totur farnar að teygja sig til norðurs Innlent