International visits – transfer of knowledge and experience
Numerous groups from foreign municipalities have visited Hafnarfjörður this year. Seven representatives, including mayors from four municipalities in Bulgaria, visited in April and were introduced to nursery services, development projects within nurseries, and BRÚNNI, which focuses on the collaboration of various specialists to support children and their parents. The group also had the opportunity to learn about the municipality's cultural activities and annual events related to tourism.
Numerous groups from foreign municipalities have visited
Hafnarfjörður this year. Seven representatives, including the mayors of four
Municipal officials from Bulgaria visited in April and were given a presentation on
nursery services, development projects within nurseries and a BRIDGE that relates to
cooperation between different specialists in support of children and their parents. Likewise
The group had the opportunity to learn about the borough's cultural activities and annual events.
related to tourism.
Five staff members of the cultural office of our twin town Tartu in
They visited Estonia in March and got to learn about cultural affairs in
the municipality from various perspectives and presented Tartu's application to become
European Capital of Culture in 2024, and if that goes ahead, it involves exciting
an opportunity for Hafnarfjörður and Hafnarfjörður artists. In May, a large group then came
from the twin town of Bærum in Norway, he inspected utility infrastructure and received a presentation on
operations of environmental and planning services. The guests then presented extensive
a project on sewerage issues which they are undertaking in their home town in cooperation with Oslo. On
A few days ago, we had a visit from a staff member of Hämennlinna in Finland who
familiarised themselves with cultural affairs and introduced the town's staff to interesting
projects related to employment matters for highly educated people with a foreign background and
augmented reality which is widely used in museums in
Hämeenlinna.
The other day, the mayor welcomed a good group from
in Denmark the other day, which received a detailed introduction to the work of education and
leisure services, and this week guests from Blagoevgrad in Bulgaria visited
as a community of 70,000 people in south-western Bulgaria. They had, on the one hand
an interest in cooperation regarding cultural matters and the organisation of musical events and
so regarding environmental issues and the planning of green spaces, and they found out about the festival
The Heart of Hafnarfjörður and a singing festival at Hafnarborg, as well as visiting the head gardener.