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  Major holidays usually generate a bit more rubbish than is typical in other months of the year. In December and into January (15th December – 15th January), the City of Hafnarfjörður plans to offer extra bags for general waste for sale. These bags can be placed next to the rubbish bin and will be collected during the regular waste collection service in the town during this period. […]

The Environment and Operations Committee of the City of Hafnarfjörður wishes to emphasise that ice driving on Hvaleyrarvatn is NOT permitted. On 22 January 2001, the Motorcycle Sports Club was granted a permit for ice driving on Hvaleyrarvatn subject to various restrictions.  These restrictions were not observed and the permit was therefore revoked with the following resolution of the Environment Committee on 12 December 2006. Motocross at Hvaleyrarvatn, noise pollution. Case no. […]

The City Council and staff of Hafnarfjörður send the residents and businesses of Hafnarfjörður their warmest Christmas and New Year greetings, with sincere gratitude for the dialogue and cooperation during the year that is drawing to a close.  We look forward to tackling new and exciting projects with you in the new year. Together, we make Hafnarfjörður the best municipality! Enjoy the festivities!

  This evening, there will be a Christmas walk in the Christmas Village in Hafnarfjörður. It will set off at 19:00 from the new Lækjarskóli and walk to Thorsplani. Yule lads from Hellisgerði will lead the walk. At Thorsplani, a Christmas quartet will welcome the walkers with beautiful singing, mulled cod will be served and Christmas will be sung in, in the style of the people of Hafnarfjörður. The Christmas market in the Christmas Houses is open […]

  Attached are the opening hours for the Service Desk and Service Centre of the City of Hafnarfjörður, the swimming pools, the library and the municipal museum.   Customer Service St. Thomas' Day – 8:00 am – 4:00 pm Christmas Eve – closed Christmas Day – closed Boxing Day – closed 28th – 30th. December – open from 8:00 – 16:00 New Year's Eve – closed From 4 January onwards […]

 A new year is set to begin with a cultural festival for children in Hafnarfjörður, where the focus will be on books and films. The aim of the festival is to foster children's interest in reading and literacy in the broadest sense, and the festival will support the literacy project of the town's nursery and primary schools, which has been running for the past few terms. Children, books and […]

Registration is now open for the conference Theory and Multiculturalism 2016. The conference aims to share and build further knowledge in the field of multiculturalism. Topics will include, among others, how the Icelandic academic and professional community can work more closely together to increase knowledge of the subject, and how the University of Iceland can contribute to the general societal […]

  The representatives of Bjarkar view this change very positively and now see an opportunity to build an even stronger sports club with an even better service.   New operating agreement between the municipality and Bjarkar A new agreement was recently signed between Hafnarfjörður and the Fimleikafélagið Bjarkar regarding the operation of the Björk sports centre. From the turn of the year, Bjarkar will […]

  There is a lot of ice on the roads, pavements and car parks all over town these days. The City of Hafnarfjörður's Service Centre is on duty almost around the clock for salting and sanding, but this is not always enough. As in previous years, residents of Hafnarfjörður can collect sand from the city's Service Centre, which is located […]