Beste Hotels mit Bar in Norðurþing

Es handelt sich um ein Kettenhotel ohne besonderen Charme, gut ausgestattet für Seminare und Tagungen, aber keine besonders ”heimelige Atmosphäre”. Nahe beim Hafen und günstig, wenn man nur schnell für eine Nacht eine Unterkunft benötigt. Unser Zimmer hatte nur Aussicht auf den Innenhof, wir hatten TV, Kühlschrank, Tee & Kaffee im Zimmer. Unten im Foyer Automat mit Snacks, kleine Bar, riesiger Frühstücksraum, etwas unpersönlich. Beim Frühstück war ziemlich viel Trubel, einige Dinge waren aus und wurden nicht mehr nachbefüllt. Okay, aber falls es uns wieder einmal nach Husavik verschlägt, werden wir uns eine andere Unterkunft suchen. Es gibt nichts zu bemäkeln, aber es war auch nicht besonders überzeugend.

On our road trip through Iceland, we visited the small town of Raufarhöfn and the Arctic Henge monument, Stonehenge’s younger brother, which is just a few kilometers from the Arctic Circle. It was already lunchtime and we decided to stop at the restaurant at the Nordurljos Hotel. We were welcomed by the owner. An extremely friendly gentleman, who in addition to offering us delicious food, also gave us lots of interesting information about the place and the region. I highly recommend it!

Myself and my partner were booked to stay here from a Saturday evening through until Monday afternoon. This was the longest we were staying anywhere on our journey around the country, mostly enticed in by the promise of whale watching and the JaJa Ding Dong cafe and Eurovision experience. It would be fair to say that this was to be the absolute highlight of our holiday and the main reason that we’d decided to holiday in Iceland. On arrival, there were no staff present and our room key was on the front desk for us to collect. First impressions of our room were good. It was large, very warm and the huge bed was very comfortable. However, when looking for a plug socket, I found that the floor was coated in a thick layer of dust and dirt in the corners. We also noticed that there was only one tea bag and no cups in our room for us to use. Undeterred, as British people in need of a tea fix, we left our bags in the room and excitedly hurried next door to JaJa Ding Dong, only to find an upside down sign in the window stating it was ‘closed until further notice.’ Everywhere we looked online said it was open, we weren’t notified by the staff that there was an issue with the cafe and we couldn’t find any clues as to why it was closed or when it might reopen. Come the following morning, we realised that the closure meant there was now nowhere to have breakfast. Most of the places in town were closed as it was Sunday. We’d also not had the greatest nights sleep as the heating was on full blast all night with no way to turn it down. I also had to shower with the door open as the bathroom had become unbearably hot. To continue our run of bad luck, our whale watching trip got cancelled (we know that is in no way the fault of the hotel) and that led us to decide to cut our losses and leave Husavik by Sunday lunchtime. Overall, we had a very disappointing stay and probably wouldn’t return. Husavik seems like a lovely town though.