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Fjögurra daga glæsileg Vetrarhátíð verður haldin dagana 2. – 5. febrúar. Höfuðborgarstofa skipuleggur og framkvæmir Vetrarhátíð sem nú er haldin í 16 sinn og fer hátíðin fram í öllum sex sveitarfélögum höfuðborgarsvæðisins. Þessi hátíð ljóss og myrkurs samanstendur af fjórum meginstoðum: Safnanótt, Sundlauganótt, Snjófögnuði og ljósalist ásamt yfir 150 viðburðum þar sem fjöldi listamanna tekur […]

Boðað hefur verið til bæjarstjórnarfundar miðvikudaginn 1. febrúar. Fundurinn hefst kl. 14:00 í Hafnarborg, Strandgötu 34.  Fundi er streymt beint á heimasíðu bæjarins.   Hér má sjá dagskrá fundar Hér er hægt að horfa á fundinn í beinni útsendingu Útsending hefst stundvíslega kl. 14:00. Meðal efnis á fundi eru aðalskipulag Hafnarfjarðar og breyting vegna vatnsverndarmarka til samræmis […]

Lestur gerir lífið einfaldlega skemmtilegra! Við hvetjum ALLA til að taka þátt í ALLIR LESA – landsleik í lestri Á fundi sínum í vikunni vakti fræðsluráð Hafnarfjarðarbæjar sérstaka athygli á lestrarkeppninni Landsleikur í lestri sem samtökin Allir lesa standa að og stendur yfir á landsvísu dagana 27. janúar – Konudagsins 19. febrúar. Fræðsluráð hvetur bæjarbúa til […]

The Hafnarfjörður Town Council approved at its meeting in April 2016 to begin work on a health strategy for Hafnarfjörður: Hafnarfjörður – a healthy community. It was decided to develop a health-promoting strategy that would have an impact on all areas of the town. A strategy that addresses the current situation and implementation aspects. A working group was subsequently appointed to work on […]

It's safe to say we've been exceptionally lucky with the weather and road conditions this winter, and it's only now that we need to be on our guard and take particular care.  There has been significant ice on the roads, pavements and car parks throughout the town in recent days, and particularly early on […]

The City of Hafnarfjörður today hosted a seminar at Hásölum (the parish hall of Hafnarfjörður Church) on special provisions in primary schools and the issues concerning pupils with special needs. Around 150 individuals from among parents, teachers, occupational therapists, school leaders and other interest groups attended the conference, listened to presentations and took part in a discussion about the importance of meeting the learning needs of all pupils in day-to-day primary school work. Discussions […]

From the New Year, the Employment Authority will handle new housing benefits, while the City of Hafnarfjörður will manage special housing support, which replaces special rent subsidies. At its meeting on 18 January, the Hafnarfjörður Town Council approved new regulations for special housing support. Special housing support is financial assistance for the payment of rent in excess of housing benefits provided under the Act no. […].

Hafnarfjörður Library, in collaboration with the Red Cross in Hafnarfjörður and Garðabær, runs the 'Heilahristingur – Homework Help' project. The service is also available at Hvaleyrarskóli. The support involves helping primary school pupils in years 1–10 with their homework, with the aim of supporting and strengthening them in their studies. Pupils do not need to register […]

The jury for the Icelandic Web Awards has been working hard over the past few weeks and has now selected the top five web projects in each category. The new website for the City of Hafnarfjörður is among the five web projects that have been nominated in the category: Official Website of the Year, and is in the running against websites from the Patent Office, the Municipality of Kópavogur, Íslandsstofa and Veitur. The awards will be presented in Silfurberg at the Harpa […]