The Christmas adventure begins in Hafnarfjörður – light switch-on and Christmas Village. This weekend, Christmas officially begins in Hafnarfjörður with the opening of the Christmas Village and the switching-on of the lights on the Christmas trees in Thorshöfn and Flensborg Harbour. On Thorsplan, seventeen beautifully decorated Christmas houses have now been erected, where cheerful, singing vendors offer a variety of gift items, design products and Icelandic handicrafts. The Christmas Village in Hafnarfjörður will be open every […]
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Town Council Meeting, 23 November
A town council meeting has been called for Wednesday, 23 November. The meeting will begin at 14:00 at Hafnarborg, Strandgata 34. The meeting is streamed live on the town's website. Here you can see the agenda for the meeting. Here you can watch the meeting live. The broadcast starts promptly at 14:00.
Day of the Icelandic Language
16 November is the Day of the Icelandic Language and is also the birthday of the poet Jónas Hallgrímsson. Various events take place on this day in the operations of the City of Hafnarfjörður, and particularly in the primary schools. On this day, the Little and Big Reading Competition begins in the city's primary schools, where special events are held to mark the occasion and the launch of these projects. Special […]
The language stimulation programme Word Gold
The app Wordgold is a new language stimulation app for tablets, released today on the Day of the Icelandic Language. Wordgold is designed to strengthen vocabulary, working memory, auditory processing and expression. An effort is made to engage students' motivation by making the learning material interesting and fun, thereby utilising, among other things, the opportunities offered by apps […]
Lúvísa appointed Quality Manager
The Municipality of Hafnarfjörður has appointed a Quality Manager, following an advertisement for the position in mid-September. Lúvísa Sigurðardóttir has been appointed to the post. Lúvísa completed an MSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Reykjavík in 2010 and a BSc in Building Technology from the same institution in 2008. For the past year, Lúvísa has been working at Actavis, where […]
Live stream from the public meeting
The mayor is holding a meeting with residents of Hafnarfjörður about the 2017 budget this evening, Tuesday 15 November. The meeting will be held at the Bæjarbíó and will start promptly at 8 pm. The meeting is expected to last approximately 1.5 hours. At the meeting, the mayor and the heads of departments of the City of Hafnarfjörður will present the main priorities and findings in the draft budget for the City of Hafnarfjörður […]
Ásvallalaug closed this weekend
Attention residents! Ásvallalaug will be closed from Friday, 18 November until Sunday, 20 November, due to the Icelandic Swimming Championships. Suðurbæjarlaug and Sundhöll will be open until 9 pm on Friday evening, and Suðurbæjarlaug will be open from 8 am to 6 pm on Saturday and from 8 am to 5 pm on Sunday. Thank you in advance for your understanding!
Disruption to school activities
The fire and rescue service and the police in the capital region issued the following notice this morning: Weather notice. Gale-force winds and rain may delay pupils' journeys to school this morning. Schools are open, but it is important that parents ensure younger children do not go to school alone; this applies especially in upper areas and where children […]
Tender – new sports hall
Hafnarfjörður Municipality invites tenders for the construction of a new sports hall at the Haukar Sports Centre in Ásvellir. The project includes the construction of the sports hall and its external and internal finishing, together with the site's landscaping. The sports hall, including equipment storage rooms and technical spaces, has an area of 2,411 m². The main quantities are: Mould area 3,440 m²; Concrete […]
Bids for plots accepted
Seven bids were received when the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður advertised six multi-family housing plots in Skarðshlíð this autumn. After the deadline for bids passed, their evaluation and review began, based on the defined terms, alongside meetings with the highest bidders. On 3 November, the Town Council resolved to accept, on the one hand, the offer from Byggingarfélag Gylfa og Gunnars hf. for two plots, and on the other, from […]