How to Photograph the Northern Lights?

The people of Húsavík are quite used to seeing the sky light up in green at night, and this is the reason many people visit our town during the winter months. Due to a huge solar flare two nights ago, a large part of the northern hemisphere now has a chance to enjoy this spectacle tonight on Halloween.

Here are a few tips from Icelandic photographers on how to best capture the show.

  • Set your aperture to the widest your lens offers (f/1.4, f/1.8 or f/2.8) and adjust the ISO setting to either at least 1600.
  • Set your  shutter speed to somewhere between 1 to 30 seconds and adjust your white balance to 3500 kelvin.

For the best result, it is good to set the focus to infinity or to focus on a distant object. Finally, to avoid shaking, set a shutter delay of 1 or 2 seconds. Enjoy the show tonight. We look forward to seeing your photos tomorrow.

Photo by Julentto Photography

Húsavík is at the heart of the Diamond Circle

Húsavík Cover Song Contest

Welcome to Húsavík, our hometown. The place where the mountains sing through the screams of seagulls, and where the whales can live ’cause (we) are gentle people.

Like the rest of the world, we have seen Netflix’s new film Eurovision Song Contest: The story of Fire Saga and we just love it. We haven’t laughed so hard in… ever I guess. We are also proud to tell you that two of our Cape Hotel family members have small roles as extras in the film. They’ll for sure tell you all about it next time you come to stay.

We feel so grateful to Netflix and the cast and crew for this film and for the beautiful song about our small town. Now we want to give back.

Click here to listen to ‘Húsavík’ from the film.

Win a free one week trip to Iceland

From July 10 to 25 we will accept your covers of the “Husavik” song. All of the songs will be posted on July 25. The view count of the songs on August 10 will weigh 50% against juries from the town of Húsavík. The vote for the winning song will be announced in a special live Eurovision style streaming event on the evening of August 12, 2020.

Click here to submit your cover of Húsavík

The winning song will receive a free flight to Iceland, 2 nights (first and last) in Reykjavík and 4 nights in our hometown Húsavík, where they’ll get to try the new GeoSea Spa, our restaurants and a Eurovision themed walking tour of Húsavík.

Click here to learn about the prizes

We can’t wait to hear your take on our hometown song and to welcome you to Iceland.

Have a great day!

Orly Orlyson, manager
Húsavík Cape Hotel