What's going on in Gamli Baukur?

Gamli Baukur is brimming with life these days as the summer is of course the busiest time of the year. Let‘s Talk Local is an interesting comedy show about the settlement of Húsavík and the surroundings, performed every day at 15:30 in Gamli Baukur. Wednesday nights are Pubquiz nights and during the summertime it is also…

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Bad weather in the North of Iceland

Today the weather has prevented us from going whale watching, a state of “bræla” as we say here in Iceland. Strong winds from the north along with heavy rain and low cloud cover make an uninviting situation out in the bay. Tomorrow‘s weather will in all likelihood be just as bad but we are hopeful that…

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Success despite thick fog

A thick fog lay over the bay when we went out this morning, and I wasn’t especially optimistic for the first tour.  We however quickly got reports of White Beaked Dolphins, and managed to stumble on a group of them as well, although they quickly got lost.  We drove on, and as we got closer…

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July schedule taking effect soon

July is around the corner and from the 1st of July our new departure schedule will come into action. That includes 11 departures per day; 9 NS1-Whale Watching tours and 2 NS2-Whales, Puffins and Sails tours, the first leaving at 8:30 am and the last at 20:15 pm. July is our busiest month and we…

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The BLUE WHALE back in the bay!

Last night the crew and passengers on Bjössi Sör hit the jackpot when a BLUE WHALE came into the bay again. There has been some time now since we’ve spotted blue whales but this just shows how unpredictable the wildlife can be. Some white beaked dolphins and minke whales were also spotted on the tour.…

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Hildur taken out sailing

There’s not a lot of work left to get Hildur ready. It was taken out for a tour with a few guests, some with notable sailing experience.  The tour went nicely and Hildur sailed well, experiencing both a nice and calm wind and a somewhat stronger breeze as well.  In the next few days, Hildur…

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Minke whales and dolphins playing

The calm wind from last night didn’t last long, it was blowing from north west this morning but it wasn’t too strong though, all right to go whale watching. Too my surprise nobody got seasick so everybody enjoyed themselves. The life in the bay was similar as yesterday, not difficult to find a minke whale…

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More minke whales

It was getting a bit windy when me and capt Hrólfur went out at 17:00 but it calmed down again in the evening. The day has been pretty much like the last days. There are a lot of minke whales in the bay and some of them are really easy going around the boats. On…

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Still making progress on Garðar!

Garðar is at the pier and work has been ongoing to get him passenger ready.  There is still plenty of work to be done, for example painting in various places, placing benches as well as security equipment and many other smaller (or bigger!) tasks.  Quite a lot of work took place yesterday, and here you…

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Breaching minkes and dolphins

The weather today was a bit rough in the 17 o’clock tour, but got better in the evening.  To start off the former tour, me and the captain saw a Minke whale breaching in the rough seas, but not many of the passengers caught it.  We waited around but didn’t see it again, so we…

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Minke whales and white beaked dolphins

The day has been pretty much like yesterday apart from the fact that the humpback whales haven’t shown up again. But there are plenty of minke whales around still and groups of white beaked dolphins traveling around as well. The weather has been quite neutral, the sun didn’t shine today but the wind was calm…

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Enchanting night in Café Skuld

Last week we had “magic chocolate” night in Café Skuld where the hot chocolate was enriched with a little extra. The atmosphere on the terrace by Skuld was cozy in the midnight sun, just perfect for sitting down with a blanket, sniff in the clear sea air and warm up with a cup of “magic…

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