Collaboration on increased online safety. A new reporting page for the Tip Line was recently launched at the web address barnaheill.is/abendingalina. All those who work with and for children are asked to introduce the Tip Line to the children in their surroundings. Furthermore, Barnahjálp hopes that the entire community will use the Tip Line to report violence, grooming, harassment or anything else that is […]
These days, the Hafnarfjörður musician and former footballer Jón Jónsson is visiting all Year 8 pupils in the town's primary schools – for the tenth year in a row – to talk to them about a healthy lifestyle. The prevention project is a collaboration between the Cancer Society of the Capital Area and the City of Hafnarfjörður, which have for the past few years worked on preventing tobacco use among children and young people. Measurable success from this collaboration Research […]
Please note that the 16m teaching pool, wading pool and slide at Ásvallalaug will be closed from Tuesday, 18th February until and including Monday, 24th February for maintenance and repairs. Thank you for your understanding!
Kristrún Sigurjónsdóttir is an artist-chef and practises her meditation through baking and cooking, which friends and family enjoy. She is undertaking a master's degree in multiculturalism, global connections and migration, and works as a teaching advisor for the City of Hafnarfjörður, where she fulfils an advisory role in multiculturalism in close cooperation with the municipality's nursery and primary schools and others […]
On 10 February, the plot at Hrauntunga 5 was put out to tender for legal entities. Please note that the deadline for tenders is Monday, 24 February at 10 a.m. ______________________________________ Offers are invited from legal entities for the plot at Hrauntunga 5. The plot permits the construction of three two-storey residential houses, comprising two semi-detached houses and one detached house, […]
The Marketing Office of Hafnarfjörður's Encouragement Awards were held at Hafnarborg on 18 February 2020. VON Mathús received the MsH Encouragement Award, and Fjarðarkaup, St. Jó's Well-being Centre and Þorgeir Haraldsson received MsH's acknowledgements. Actor and speaker Bjartur Guðmundsson warmed up the room with his positivity before the award itself was presented, and it's safe to say he was a roaring success. Here […]
Hafnarfjörður has the highest leisure grants for 2020 at 54,000 kr. per year, according to an analysis by the ASÍ price monitoring authority of leisure grants in 16 municipalities across the country. See the news on the ASÍ website: Leisure grants equalise children's opportunities for leisure activities. Many municipalities support children's leisure activities with so-called leisure grants, which is usually a set annual sum of money allocated to each child and intended for […]
There are half-term holidays in Hafnarfjörður's primary schools on the 20th and 21st of February 2020. Swimming is free in Hafnarfjörður on these days for the whole family: Ásvallalaug, Suðurbæjarlaug, Sundhöll Hafnarfjarðar. Please note that since the turn of the year, children and young people under the age of 18 have been able to swim for free in Hafnarfjörður. On these two days (20th […]
At its meeting on 5 February 2020, the Hafnarfjörður Town Council resolved to advertise a proposal for an amendment to the Hleinar to Langeyrarmólar detailed plan, which covers the plot at Brúsastaðir II, in accordance with 1. subsection 43 of the Planning Act no. 123/2010. The amendment consists of defining a building plot measuring 14m x 14m. The plot's utilisation factor will be 0.5 instead of […]
On Thursday and Friday, 20th-21st February, there is a winter holiday in the primary schools of Hafnarfjörður. Swimming is free during the winter holiday, and cultural institutions are running a varied programme on these days and the following weekend. Further information about the programme can be found via the attached links in Icelandic, English and Polish. Winter Holiday – free swimming and a varied programme by cultural institutions Winter […]
