Hafnarfjörður Style was held at the youth centre Setrið in Setbergsskóli at the beginning of March. This is an ambitious design competition in hair, make-up and fashion, and the contestants in Hafnarfjarðarstíll will take part in Stíl 2021 – the young people's design competition – which takes place tomorrow, Saturday, 20th March. The theme of this year's competition is […]
On Saturday 20 March, the exhibition Magic Meeting – a Decade Later will open at Hafnarborg by the Spanish-Icelandic art duo and recipients of the 2021 Icelandic Art Award, Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, together with the flexible artist and activist collective The Magic Team. It is now ten years since the artists last held a solo exhibition at Hafnarborg, then based on the 1944 constitution, and likewise a decade has passed since […]
The map service allows you to see Hafnarfjörður and its surroundings in a new light. It is a powerful tool for getting to know our town better. The Municipality of Hafnarfjörður is placing an ever-increasing and greater emphasis on digital services and communication for the town's residents and other stakeholders. Over the past few months, a great deal of work has been carried out to update, refine, expand and enhance the map website […]
Applications are open for a special sports and leisure grant for children from lower-income households until 14 April. The project aims to level the playing field for lower-income families to participate in organised sports and leisure activities. Attention is drawn to the fact that […]
Amendment to the Master Plan for the Harbour Area in Hafnarfjörður. A public meeting is being called for 17 March 2021 from 17:00 to 18:30 at Norðurhellu 2, where a proposal for an amended master plan for the harbour area in Hafnarfjörður will be presented. The number of participants in the room will be in accordance with government guidelines on gathering sizes and distancing. All attendees are kindly requested to wear […]
Work has begun to install a sub-base at the old steel sheet pile at the North Shore, but in accordance with the recently approved plan for the North Shore area, a rock armour will be installed in front of the bank, and the surface will then be finished with footpaths, lighting and planting later this summer. Area in accordance with the shoreline at the bottom of the fjord The older steel wall at Norðurbakki on the eastern side is now over 60 […]
The City of Hafnarfjörður takes its preventative role seriously and has, among other things, chosen to offer preventative education within Hafnarfjörður's primary schools. For eleven years, the affable Hafnarfjörður musician and former footballer Jón Jónsson has been visiting all Year 8 pupils in the town's primary schools to talk to them about a healthy lifestyle. These days, the visits […]
A joint project between the City of Hafnarfjörður and voluntary organisations for the upkeep of the city's landscape. The City of Hafnarfjörður never stops its environmental watch. The „ENVIRONMENTAL WATCH“ project is about the upkeep and beautification of the town, and the aim, as ever, is to raise residents' environmental awareness, make the town more beautiful and increase cleanliness. Associations and groups in Hafnarfjörður are invited to monitor the environment, i.e., to take on the task of cleaning a designated […]
The Álfasteinn Nursery School is celebrating its 20th anniversary today. To mark the occasion, a variety of activity stations were set up for all the pupils, and an indoor celebration was held with the school's staff. The Mayor and the Director of Education, along with a small delegation, were invited for a visit and introduced to the school's methodology and its varied and creative work. Fanney Dóróthe Halldórsdóttir, Director of Education and Head of the Education and Public Health Department, Inga Líndal […]
Time is running out to register your child for the summer holiday in the summer of 2021. Registration is open until 18 March. Hafnarfjörður's nurseries will be open all year round from the summer of 2021. The aim of the summer opening is to meet the wishes of parents and increase the opportunities for parents to be […]
