Úti-Hamarinn is a project run by the youth centre Hamarinn, which is about introducing young people to the great outdoors and hiking. The project runs for eight weeks, with a light walk taking place once a week, every Thursday at five o'clock. In the final week, a larger walk is undertaken with an overnight stay. Úti-Hamarinn, which was run […]
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The „Walk to School“ project starts on 8 September.
The 'Walk to School' project (www.iwalktoschool.org) begins on Wednesday, 8th September for the fifteenth time and formally concludes with the international Walk to School Day on Wednesday, 6th October. The aim of the project is to encourage children to adopt an active mode of travel to and from school and to increase their ability to travel safely in […]
„Home is where the heart is.“
The project is a collaboration with the City of Hafnarfjörður and focuses on women's experiences of the concept of home, across nationalities. All the participating women have in common that they have been on the move and have maintained homes in more than one country, and the exhibition focuses on the concept of time, space and what it means to be at home. […]
Vaccination of 12-15 year olds
In August, COVID-19 vaccinations will be offered to children aged 12-15. A guardian wishing to have their child vaccinated must accompany the child to the appointment or send a representative aged 18 or over with a letter of authorisation. Year 7 pupils who will turn 12 after 1 September will be offered the vaccine later this autumn. […]
Guidance on infection prevention and control in school activities for autumn 2021
The current Minister of Health's Regulation No. 878/2021 on restrictions on gatherings is in force until 27 August and now also applies to school activities. In light of this, the Ministry of Education and Culture is providing schools with further guidance on the impact of the current public health measures on different school levels. See the announcement on the website of the Cabinet Office. The aim of public health measures in schools is, as before, to promote […]
The camping equipment must now disappear from the school car parks.
This summer, as in the last two summers, permission was granted to park any kind of recreational vehicle that has been in use this summer in the car parks of, for example, Hafnarfjörður's primary schools and Flensborg School. Now, as the full start of the school term approaches and school staff are already beginning to return to work, the trailers are starting to […]
Green articles from Orkusalan
Orkusalan came bearing gifts today and presented the City of Hafnarfjörður with the Orkusalan Green Branches, but the project is primarily intended for awareness-raising and entertainment. Mayor Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir accepted the Orkusalan's green branches from the company's energy advisors, who are travelling around the country to present all the nation's municipalities with branches for planting. The branches are Sitka spruce, which the head of horticulture will […]
Annalísa and Katrín – creative summer jobs
The artists and friends, Annalísa Hermannsdóttir and Katrín Helga Ólafsdóttir, are working on three different music videos which will be released at the end of the summer. The friends are working on them as part of a creative summer job in Hafnarfjörður. A lot of emphasis is placed on the visual aspect. One of the music videos, which Katrín is working on the most at the moment, is hand-drawn […]
49 Hjallabraut – extended deadline for tenders
The deadline for bids for the plot at Hjallabraut 49 in Hafnarfjörður has been extended to 12:00 on Monday, 23 August. Development in an established neighbourhood on the edge of a recreational area by Víðistaðatún. The plot permits the construction of two two-storey terraced houses, one with three flats and the other with four, and three single-storey detached houses. A total of ten separate dwellings, and […]
Applications for cultural grants
The Culture and Tourism Committee of Hafnarfjörður is inviting applications for grants for projects, events and partnership agreements in the field of culture and the arts in Hafnarfjörður. Applications must be submitted online by 13 September. Twice a year, the Culture and Tourism Committee of Hafnarfjörður invites applications for grants for cultural activities and the enhancement of the local cultural life. The aim is to […]