We welcome the staff and visitors of the Institute of Marine Research to Hafnarfjörður! The Institute of Marine Research (Hafró) has relocated to Hafnarfjörður. An agreement for new premises was signed in February 2018, and the first sod was cut in March of the same year. This past weekend, the premises at Fornubúðir 5 was formally opened with a symbolic ceremony, attended by the President of Iceland, the Minister of Fisheries, the Director-General, the Director, staff of the institute and […]
Stable plots at Sörli's activity area available for allocation. Sörli's riding trail area is among the best and most beautiful in the capital region. The City of Hafnarfjörður is advertising stable plots at the activity area of the Riding Club Sörli, at Fluguskeið and Kaplaskeið, available for allocation.allocation. The plots vary in size, the smallest being 452.2 m² and the largest 1,909.3 m², with space for 8-48 horses. A revised detailed plan which was approved […]
A new feedback portal for the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður was launched in March 2020 and is already receiving close to 150 suggestions each month from interested residents who care about their environment and the town as a whole. All suggestions go through a specific process in the relevant department, depending on their subject matter and nature. Some suggestions are […]
The board of Strætó bs. and the City of Hafnarfjörður approved changes to the route network within the municipality last year, which will come into effect on 14 June. This is the first phase of the major City Line project, in which route 1 plays a major part, starting and ending at Völlunum. The local paper, Hafnfirðingur, spoke with Jóhannes Rúnarsson, Managing Director of Strætó bs. „This is the first Bus Lane change […]
The Rabbrýmið is the open podcast studio of Hafnarfjörður Library, where books and magazines meet over hanging microphones and everyone is up for a chat. The space is open to all library card holders, and recording slots can be booked on the library's website. Everyone is very welcome to the Rabbrýmið! The Rabbrýmið has all the equipment needed for recording and […]
This summer, guided town walks are offered every Thursday at 8 p.m. Most walks last for about an hour, participation is free and everyone is welcome. The walks are a collaboration between the Hafnarfjörður Library, the Hafnarfjörður Folk Museum, Hafnarborg and the Healthy Town of Hafnarfjörður. 4th June - An Artist's Perspective on Hafnarfjörður Ágústa Kristófersdóttir, director of Hafnarborg, will lead a walk in search of artists' perspectives on the old town. […]
Hafnarfjörður celebrates its 112th anniversary today, as the municipality was granted borough status on 1 June 1908. A year later, on 1 June 1909, the town had a population of 1,469, with 109 children enrolled in its primary school. Today, around 30,000 residents live in Hafnarfjörður, and the number of pupils in the municipality's nursery and primary schools has risen to almost 6,000 in […]
Summer at the Hafnarfjörður Folk Museum begins with a Puffin and Occupation exhibition. Summer opening begins at the Hafnarfjörður Folk Museum on the town's 112th anniversary, 1 June, with the opening of two new exhibitions. A themed exhibition about codmen opens in the Packhouse and a new occupation exhibition has been set up on Strandstíg. Admission to all the museums of the Folk Museum is free and all five of the museum's buildings are open […]
The swimming pools in Hafnarfjörður will be open as follows over the Whit Monday weekend. Sat 30 May Sun 31 May Mon 1 June Ásvallalaug 08:00-18:00 08:00-17:00 08:00-17:00 Suðurbæjarlaug 08:00-18:00 Closed 08:00-17:00 Swimming Pool 08:00-18:00 Closed 08:00-17:00 Due to capacity restrictions and extensive maintenance work at the Suðurbæjarlaug, 30 people are allowed in the Suðurbæjarlaug at one time, 32 in the Hafnarfjörður Swimming Pool and 200 […]
The Hafnarfjörður Education Council Award is presented annually for projects in school life that promote school development, professional collaboration and cooperation. This year, it was decided to award all schools in Hafnarfjörður—nursery schools, primary schools and the music school—an award for the great task of maintaining a vibrant and creative school environment during uncertain times, for standing on the front line and carrying out their work […]
