Category: News

Accommodation wanted

Three-room flat for a refugee family. The City of Hafnarfjörður is seeking to rent a three-room flat in the municipality for a refugee family who are due to arrive in the country. For information, please contact the Hafnarfjörður Service Centre on: 585-5500 | email: hafnarfjordur@hafnarfjordur.is. Information regarding accommodation should be received by 27 August.  

Organisational changes

Proposal for an amendment to the detailed plan for Hellubraut 5 and 7, 220 Hafnarfjörður. The Planning and Building Committee of Hafnarfjörður approved at its meeting on 28 June 2016 to advertise the proposal for a change in accordance with Article 43 of the Planning and Building Act No. 123/2010 and to simultaneously give local notice of the proposal pursuant to Article 44 of the Planning Act no. 123/2010. The change consists of placing a plot at […]

Short walk to the next bench

Brúkum bekki is a community project that has been running since 2013 and is now at a stage where residents of Hafnarfjörður and other visitors can walk through almost all of the town's neighbourhoods and rest on a bench at intervals of about 250–300 metres. It is a joint project of the Eldri borgarar Council, the Association of Senior Citizens in Hafnarfjörður, the Association of Physiotherapists and […]

Rebuilding of Hraun – west

The Environment and Planning Service of Hafnarfjörður held an information meeting on 16 June regarding the planned work on a detailed plan for a plot of land bordered by Fjarðarhraun, Reykjavíkurvegur and Flatahraun. The meeting included a review of the planning statement for the area, the topography and existing settlement, and the master plan. The meeting was well attended and there was great interest in changes and development in the area. The Lavas […]

Hunting and fish farming in Kleifarvatn

  The agreement with the Hafnarfjörður Rod and Line Fishing Club regarding fishing and fish stocking in Kleifarvatn has been renewed. The agreement, which now runs for six years, continues to grant an exclusive right to fishing and fish stocking in the lake. The rod and line fishing club is authorised to sell fishing licences in Kleifarvatn to its members and others. The Hafnarfjörður Rod and Line Fishing Club is a society with a long tradition, having been founded […]

Vodafone wins tender

The City of Hafnarfjörður and Vodafone have signed a two-year contract for telephone and telecommunications services for the city, covering all product categories, i.e. GSM, fixed-line and data transmission. Through the tendering of the service, the City of Hafnarfjörður is achieving a saving of approximately 25-30 per cent, as the total cost of these tendered elements has been around 38-40 million króna per year. The telephone and telecommunications service was recently tendered […]

New Hafnarfjörður news website

Last Friday, a new Hafnarfjörður news website was launched: www.fjardarfrettir.is. The website builds on the solid foundation of Fjarðarpósturinn, which has been published for the past fifteen years, and Fjarðarfréttir, which was first published in 1969 by the same parties who later founded Fjarðarpósturinn. The new website is intended to be a lively news site about Hafnarfjörður, its social life, business community and environment – for the people of Hafnarfjörður […]

Partnership on the development of housing

The City of Hafnarfjörður and the Icelandic Federation of Labour have signed a letter of intent regarding the development of 150 rental flats in Hafnarfjörður. The project will be carried out under the General Rental Housing Act, which was passed by the Althingi on 2 June. Haraldur L. Haraldsson, Mayor of Hafnarfjörður, and Gylfi Arnbjörnsson, President of the Icelandic Trade Union Federation, today signed a letter of intent for the construction of 150 rental flats in Hafnarfjörður over the next four […]

Disc golf with the family

Discs can now be hired from the Hraunbúar Scout Association at Hraunborgir. A six-hole disc golf course was opened in Víðistaðatún in the summer of 2014. Disc golf is played in a similar way to regular golf, except that instead of golf clubs and a golf ball, disc golf discs are used and instead of golf holes, specially equipped baskets are set up. Now, those interested can […]

Summer Festival in Víðistaðatún

On Tuesday, 5th July, between 1 pm and 4 pm, a summer party will be held in Víðistaðatún for children and teenagers who have taken part in the summer activities in Hafnarfjörður so far this summer.  There will be a giant slide, as well as various challenges and games. The barbecue will be fired up and […]