Hafnarfjörður's elite athletes were honoured and awarded for their good performance in their respective fields at the Sports Hall on Strandgata today, where the municipality's annual Sports and Recognition Gala took place. Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir, a national team swimmer from Hafnarfjörður Swimming Club, was named Hafnarfjörður's Sportswoman of the Year for the second year in a row, and Axel Bóasson, a national team golfer from Keili Golf Club, Sportsman of the Year in […]
Stapahraun 11 and Stapahraun 12. The Planning and Building Committee of Hafnarfjörður approved at its meeting on 3 November 2015 to advertise the proposal for the amendment in accordance with Article 43 of the Planning Act No. 123/2010. The amendment involves the merger of plots 11 and 12 of Stapahraun into the single plot, 11-12 Stapahraun. The intended use of the plot is retail, service and manufacturing […]
The Hafnarfjörður Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year 2015 will be crowned at an awards ceremony to be held at the Sports Hall on Strandgata on Tuesday, 29 December. The ceremony will begin promptly at 18:00. Please note that there is a live stream of the event on the home page of the city's website: www.hafnarfjordur.is The Hafnarfjörður Town Council and the Sports and Leisure Committee will be presenting awards to Hafnarfjörður athletes, Icelandic champions, cup-winning teams, Nordic champions […]
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 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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
