Tomorrow, Wednesday 11 February, the Primary School Festival will take place in Hafnarfjörður. The youth clubs and schools have been running this project for years, and it has been to the credit of the young people and their initiatives. During the day there will be performances at the Gaflar Theatre at 13:00 and 15:00. There, students from the town's schools will present the results of all kinds of art-related work. The 13:00 performances are for Áslandsskóli, […]
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Nursery School Day
Today, 6th February, is Nursery School Day, and it is celebrated in nursery schools in Hafnarfjörður as well as in other nursery schools across the country. This is a landmark day in the history of Icelandic nursery education, as on this day in 1950, pioneering nursery teachers founded their first association. This is the eighth time the day has been celebrated, and as ever, many activities will take place […]
New nursery in Völlunum
The Planning and Building Council has approved the commencement of construction on a new four-class nursery school at Bjarkavellir. The nursery school will be built to designs by Sigurlaug Sigurjónsdóttir. Construction on the school will begin later this year, with the aim of it being opened in 2016. There are now almost 5,000 people living in Völlunum, and the nursery will address a pressing […]
Museum night on Friday and swimming pool night on Saturday
As in previous years, the museums in Hafnarfjörður are taking part in Museum Night, an event of the Reykjavík City Winter Festival. There will therefore be plenty going on at our museums in Hafnarfjörður next Friday, and they will be open until midnight. This year the town is also taking part in Swimming Pool Night, which will be held on Saturday, and the Ásvallalaug pool will be open until midnight and […]
Hafnarfjörður Surfing Club opens the facility
On Wednesday, 4th February, the Hafnarfjörður Skateboard Club's facility at Flatahraun will be opened, following months of interior fit-out. The facility has now taken on a fairly final form and a skate shop is set to open there, selling everything related to skateboarding. It will be open every weekday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at weekends. Skateboarding lessons […]
Hafnarfjörður Surfing Club opens the facility
On Wednesday, 4th February, the Hafnarfjörður Skateboard Club's facility at Flatahraun will be opened, following months of interior fit-out. The facility has now taken on a fairly final form and a skate shop is set to open there, selling everything related to skateboarding. It will be open every weekday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at weekends. Skateboarding lessons […]
Hafnarfjörður wants full control over St. Joseph's Hospital
At the town council meeting currently underway, the affairs of St Joseph's Hospital were discussed. The town council unanimously agreed to instruct the mayor to enter into talks with the government with a view to securing full control of the premises of St Joseph's Hospital. The State Property Directorate advertised the properties at 41 and 44 Suðurgata for sale. No satisfactory offers were received for the properties. In […]
Town Council Meeting
A meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Town Council has been called for Wednesday, 4th February at 14:00. Town residents and other interested parties are encouraged to follow the meeting here on the website.
Continue the development of care homes
The Family Council of Hafnarfjörður has instructed the mayor to enter into negotiations with the Ministry of Welfare regarding the review of the existing 2010 agreement on the construction of a new care home in the town, in light of changes that have been made to comparable agreements in the intervening time. is from the signing. In the autumn of 2014, at the request of the Hafnarfjörður Town Council, Capacent made a comparison of options for the location of a nursing home […]
Possibilities for a hotel in the centre of Hafnarfjörður explored
At a meeting of the town council this morning, hotel development in the centre of Hafnarfjörður was discussed. Mayor Haraldur L. Haraldsson says there is a basis for a new hotel in Hafnarfjörður. „In Hafnarfjörður there are currently two three-star hotels, Hotel Víking and Hotel Hafnarfjörður, with around 350 rooms, and according to information from their owners the hotels' occupancy was very good last year. […]