Húsavík Port
Húsavík Port is a landscape in North Iceland, Iceland — about 463 km from Reykjavik and reached by a straightforward drive from the nearest highway turnoff. Shoot it during the summer window, when light, road status, and crowd levels line up for photography, then use the GPS coordinates, parking notes, and nearby waypoints below to fold this stop into a longer photography route.
Overview
A port in a fishing village in the Northeastern Region of Iceland with a population of about 2,000.
As a photography stop, Húsavík Port is a landscape in North Iceland, roughly 463 km from Reykjavik, reached by a straightforward drive from the nearest highway turnoff. Plan the shoot during the summer window, when light, road status, and crowd levels line up for photography. The downloadable Landscape map pins exact GPS coordinates, parking, and nearby waypoints so you can fold it into a wider route instead of hunting for the pull-off on arrival.
Húsavík Port sits inside the landscape GPS map for Iceland, alongside the other spots worth routing a day around.
Notes on this location
Compiled from published sources rather than a visit. Sources are listed below.
A town of about 2,485 on Skjálfandi bay in the northeast, and the centre of whale watching in Iceland — several species enter the bay regularly. The wooden church, Húsavíkurkirkja, dates from 1907.
- Where
- Northeast coast, on Skjálfandi bay
- Population
- About 2,485
- Whales
- A centre of whale watching in Iceland; several species frequently enter the bay
- Church
- Húsavíkurkirkja, wooden, built 1907
The whales are the reason most people come, and they are photographed from a boat rather than the shore — a different lens, a different platform and a different failure mode from everything else in this catalog. The 1907 wooden church is the reliable land subject when the sea is not cooperating.
SourcesHúsavík — Wikipedia
Light & aurora at this spot
Calculated from this location’s coordinates (66.046, -17.346). Iceland stays on UTC year-round, so these are local times.
- Summer
- Midnight sun in June — the sun does not set, so golden light runs for hours either side of midnight.
- Winter
- December: only 2.9 h of daylight (11:38–14:31), but the sun never climbs above 0.7° — the entire day is golden hour. Sunrise bears SSE, sunset SSW.
- Aurora
- Aurora-grade darkness Sep–Mar, peaking at 13.1 h a night in December. Not possible Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug — the sky never gets dark enough.
Bar height is daylight hours. Months marked • have enough astronomical darkness for aurora; the rest do not.
Questions & answers
Húsavík Port is a landscape in North Iceland, Iceland, approximately 463 km from Reykjavik. Exact GPS coordinates are included in the downloadable Landscape map.
The recommended season for Húsavík Port is Summer. For light, plan around blue hour and the first hour after sunrise; Iceland's long shoulder-season twilight extends usable conditions on either side.
Drive access. A standard rental car works in most seasons; check road status in winter before committing. The downloadable GPS map puts the waypoint on your phone; your own app routes you to it from wherever you are.
Húsavík Port is best visited during Summer. Outside that window, expect limited access, weather closures, or significantly different photographic conditions.