Reflectors given away on the darkest days of the year

Association of Senior Citizens in Hafnarfjörður received a gift of reflective badges from the Healthy City of Hafnarfjörður last weekend, when the shortest and therefore darkest days of the year are underway. Sigurður Björgvinsson, deputy chairman of the Pensioners' Association in Hafnarfjörður, accepted the gift. With him in the picture above are Linda Hildur Leifsdóttir, project manager for the Association of Senior Citizens at Hraunsel, and Sjöfn Guðmundsdóttir, Head of Support Services at the Family and Children's Services Department of Hafnarfjörður Municipality. 

Full daylight yesterday for only 4 hours and 9 minutes.

The winter solstice was yesterday, Sunday, the 22nd. December. In the Greater Capital Area, the winter solstice was at 04:19 yesterday morning, the sun rose at 11:22 and was at its highest point 2.7 degrees above the horizon at 13:26. At the Winter Solstice, the sun set at 15:31 and it was dark not long after. These timings will be roughly the same today on St. Lucia's Day, though the times will vary by a few seconds depending on the sun's position, which means that these are the shortest days of the year. Yesterday, there was only 4 hours and 9 minutes of daylight. 

Reflective vests available for anyone interested

Reflective badges from the City of Hafnarfjörður are now available at the City of Hafnarfjörður's service centre and at the Hafnarfjörður Library for interested people of all ages. The reflectors were produced and given as a gift to all six-year-olds in the autumn of 2019 when they started primary school. Due to popular demand, it was decided to produce more reflectors, which are now available to everyone. Overall, the aim of making the reflectors widely available is to increase the safety of everyone on the roads and to improve the visibility of Hafnarfjörður residents and friends of Hafnarfjörður on their journeys around the town.