Study Tour - Húsavík, Ásbyrgi

Our plan for the first day was to see greenhouses and Kalina power plant next to Husavik, fish farm in Silfurstjarnan in Öxarfjördur, Ásbyrgi canyon and Húsavík itself. The trip started at 9.00.

Here's a map from the first day (click to zoom).












View on Akureyri from the other side of the Fjord.













Bee house in one of the Greenhouses in Reykjahverfi.






























Geothermal spot next to greenhouses.













Lunch break near small lake.


























Kalina power plant not far from Húsavík.










































Húsavík surroundings.


























North Iceland.


























Fish farm in Silfurstjarnan in Öxarfjördur.

























Ásbyrgi canyon - part of a National Park. It was created by water melting from a glacier, which coused an enormous flood thousands years ago. Because of the hill in the middle it has a funny, horseshoe shape. At the end of the canyon there is a nice, small waterfall. Also, many birds set up their nest on the cliffs surounding the canyon. Really, when you're there you feel like in Jurrasic Park :)

























































Húsavík - small town with about 2000 people, but one of the biggest in north Iceland. Mainly, inhabitants live from fishing, but also tourism. Whale watching is one of the main attractions, but in the world Húsavík is known because of Phallus museum situated there. It has a biggest collection of penises of all kinds of animals in the world. They miss a crucial one - human, but the owner already have two donnors, who offered their "organs" for the museum. The funny thing was that the owner opened the museum espacially for us, we just had to call him - this is Iceland :)







































The owner and his phone :D












Signing the guest book.













Sperm whale penis - 170 cm long :D

















Húsavík.