Due to repairs at the Fagrahvammi distribution substation, there will be a power cut tomorrow, Tuesday 29th October 2019, between 10:00 and 14:00. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. HS Veitur. Tel: 422-5200. Email: hsveitur@hsveitur.is
The hosts of Vitan, the City of Hafnarfjörður podcast, continue their journey around the municipality, welcoming colleagues with experience and expertise in a wide range of fields within the municipality's diverse operations for a chat. A new episode has been released weekly at the end of the week for the past six weeks, and the seventh one is now out! In this episode […]
Strong interest in blocks for blocks of flats in Hamranes. The City of Hafnarfjörður recently sought interested developers for plots in the first phase of Hamranes, a 25-hectare area south of Ásvallabraut, Velli 6 and Skarðshlíð in Hafnarfjörður. A total of 12 applications were received for the four available plots, and it is therefore likely that there will be high demand for plots in this new area […]
The Hafnarfjörður Music School Symphony Orchestra, together with the Garðabær Music School String Orchestra, will hold a series of three concerts featuring the musical adventure of the musical mouse, Maximus Musicus, in the Great Halls of the Hafnarfjörður Music School and at Harpa over the coming weekend.s. The story “Maximus Musicus Tritters to the Music School” will be performed, featuring a narrator, visuals and musical pieces by around 50 instrumentalists. The programme will include the orchestral work In the Hall of the Mountain King by Grieg, a piece […]
Hafnarfjörður, along with five other municipalities in the capital region, Garðabær, Kópavogur, Mosfellsbær, Reykjavík and Seltjarnarnes have signed a landmark agreement with the Icelandic government on an ambitious development of transport infrastructure and public transport in the capital region for fifteen years. The Hafnarfjörður Town Council approved the agreement on the planning and financing of transport infrastructure development until 2033 at its meeting on 16 October. The agreement […]
Filming is about to begin on a new bittersweet comedy series starring Laddi. The setting for this 6-part series, which is being filmed for Sjónvarp Símans, is Hafnarfjörður, and the film crew will be travelling around the town this November. Gunnar Geirdal, Baldvin Zophoniasson, Kristófer Dignus, Hekla Elísabet Aðalsteinsdóttir, Ragnar Eyþórsson and Laddi. Fréttablaðið/Anton Brink […]
On Monday and Tuesday, 21st-22nd October, there is a winter holiday in the primary schools of Hafnarfjörður, except for Áslandsskóli, which only has a winter holiday on 21st October. As usual, there will be free swimming during the winter break, and cultural institutions are organising a varied programme for these days and the preceding weekend. Further information about the programme can be found via the attached links in Icelandic, English and Polish. […]
The Environment and Operations Committee recently approved the purchase of four electric bikes and loaning them to staff of the City of Hafnarfjörður for a trial. This health-promoting project has the main aim of introducing e-bikes as a suitable mode of transport, in the hope that more, and indeed as many people as possible, will start to use this means of transport. In recent years, the municipality has greatly increased its snow clearance services and […]
At a meeting of the Planning and Building Committee of Hafnarfjörður on 27 August 2019, it was approved to advertise a proposal for amendments to the detailed plan for Hellnahraun, Phase 2. which concerns the plots at Álfhella 10 and Einhella 7, in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 43 of the Planning and Building Act no. 123/2010. The changes consist of combining the plots at Álfhella 10 and Einhella 7 and altering the building plots. […]
A new episode of Vitaninn is now live. In this episode, Sigurjón Ólafsson, Director of the Service and Development Department for the City of Hafnarfjörður, chats with Anna Bára Gunnarsdóttir, Head of the City of Hafnarfjörður's Service Desk. Anna Bára and her staff are on the front line for the City of Hafnarfjörður, serving visitors of all nationalities with a variety of enquiries every weekday through many different service channels. Good service […]
