Merry Christmas! Season's Greetings! Happy Holidays!
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The Mayor's Christmas Reflection
Reconciliation, gratitude and anticipation. At this time of year, strong emotions stir in the heart: anticipation of what is to come, gratitude for the past, and love for family and friends. Another year is drawing to a close. It has deposited certain experience, growth and insight into the bank of life regarding what […]
We want to make the service smarter
Sigurjón Ólafsson took up a new post as Director of Services and Development for the City of Hafnarfjörður at the beginning of the autumn. Sigurjón has been involved in the digital journey of many organisations and companies, managing large projects, assisting with transforming their digital presence and introducing new ways of working and mindsets. His team has been busy these first few months, […]
Opening hours over the festive period
The City of Hafnarfjörður's customer service, cultural institutions, primary schools, nurseries and swimming pools will be open over the festive period as follows: Customer Service and Service Centre Customer Service Service Centre 24th December Closed Closed 25th December Closed Closed December Closed Closed 26 December Closed Closed 27 December 08:00 – 16:00 07:30 – 15:20 28 December Closed Closed 29 December Closed Closed 30 December 08:00 – […]
Service Agreement with Hafnarfjörður Volleyball Club
In the run-up to Christmas, the City of Hafnarfjörður and the Hafnarfjörður Volleyball Club signed a service agreement covering all the services the club provides to residents of Hafnarfjörður and the contribution from the City for these services. Today, the adult section of the club is very active, and there is also a growing emphasis on its youth work. 15-20 children and young people, aged 18 and under, train regularly with the club in […]
A fifteen-year-old nursery school in international cooperation
The Stekkjarás nursery school celebrated its fifteenth anniversary on 8th September. „Over these fifteen years, we have been in constant development and have never had to worry about stagnation,“ says Alda Agnes Sveinsdóttir, the nursery school headteacher. She says that this past autumn at Stekkjarás has been as lively as ever, and the school community has taken part in and launched various projects. […]
Reflectors given away on the darkest days of the year
The Pensioners' Association of Hafnarfjörður received high-visibility stickers as a gift from the City of Hafnarfjörður last weekend, during the shortest and therefore darkest days of the year. Sigurður Björgvinsson, vice-chairman of the Pensioners' Association of Hafnarfjörður, accepted the gift. With him in the picture above are Linda Hildur Leifsdóttir, project manager for the Association of Senior Citizens at Hraunsel, and […]
Fingers on the School Pulse
Increased satisfaction with the town's primary school provision. The schools' improvement projects are delivering visible and positive results. The results of the School Pulse were presented at a meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Education Board this week and are considered particularly pleasing for the local primary school community.. The purpose of Skólapúlsinn and Skólavogin, a special report that the City of Hafnarfjörður publishes with the results, is to ascertain the situation and to give individual schools, and […]
Reflective vests available for anyone interested
Reflective badges from the City of Hafnarfjörður are now available at the City of Hafnarfjörður's service centre and at the Hafnarfjörður Library for interested people of all ages. The reflectors were produced and given as a gift to all six-year-olds in the autumn of 2019 when they started primary school. Due to popular demand, it was decided to produce more reflectors, which are now available to everyone. […]
Christmas swimming is a good time for togetherness.
The City of Hafnarfjörður has three swimming pools, each with its own unique characteristics. Information about all the swimming pools and their locations can be found HERE. The opening hours for the swimming pools during the 2019 Christmas period are as follows: Ásvallalaug Suðurbæjarlaug Sundhöll Hafnarfjarðar 23 December 06:30 – 17:00 06:30 – 17:00 06:30-17:00 24. December 06:30 – 13:00 06:30 – 13:00 06:30 – 11:00 […]