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The town of 2,300 gained attention last year
with the release of "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire
Saga" with Ferrell and Rachel McAdams cast as a fictional duo
from bumbling through the contest.
The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the world's biggest annual
television events, featuring colourful and often over-the-top
performances and outfits. This year's edition will be held
between May 18 and May 22 in Rotterdam.
Husavik, which relies on fishing and whale watching tourism for
most of its income, has secured government funding of around 2
million Icelandic crowns ($15,840.33) to open a temporary museum
in a building that earlier housed an Exploration Museum.
The man behind the project, entrepreneur Orly Orlyson, told
Reuters the museum would be dedicated to the Netflix film, the
Eurovision contest, and the Icelandic national final.
Orlyson, 37, a Husavik native and a lifelong fan of Eurovision,
said he wanted to explore how local community could use the film
to revitalise the town.
He said Eurovision fans would get to see memorable dresses worn
in the climactic scenes of the film and other movie props as
well as costumes worn by Icelandic contestants.
The museum is also in talks with other Eurovision contestants,
including two winners, about lending their memorabilia, he
added.
The museum, which aims to open during the Eurovision week in
May, is set to operate for two years, with founders exploring a
possibility to keep a smaller permanent exhibition afterwards.
($1 = 126.2600 Icelandic Crowns)
(Reporting by Tommy Lund and Jagoda Darlak; Editing by Milla
Nissi and Tomasz Janowski)
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