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 […]
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Opening hours over the festive period
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 […]
Driving on Hvaleyrarvatn is not permitted.
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. […]
Merry Christmas to you from us
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!
The Children's Book and Film Festival
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 […]
Theory and Multiculturalism – Call for Abstracts
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 […]
Positive changes at Björkurnar
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 […]
Sand at the Service Centre
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 […]
Proposal to begin preparations for a new school
Large year groups call for adaptation and development in the area. The working group on school matters in Vogar, appointed by the Hafnarfjörður Education Council at the end of August, has submitted its recommendations to the council. The task of the working group was to assess the accommodation needs of nursery and primary schools and to formulate proposals for the future organisation of school operations in a rapidly growing neighbourhood in Völlum. The working group has now put forward […]
Tender for outsourced services – incentive of 111 million
Great emphasis has been placed on lowering the operating costs of the City of Hafnarfjörður without compromising services for its residents. One of the elements of the city's reform process is an increase in tenders for outsourced services. Recently, services including insurance, auditing, school transport, comprehensive printing solutions, food production and cleaning were put out to tender. The benefit of tendering these areas […]