The Christmas Town of Hafnarfjörður

The City of Hafnarfjörður runs the Christmas Village, which is a Christmas market modelled on European traditions. For over twenty years, the Christmas Village has been a feature of the social life in the town centre of Hafnarfjörður. The village has been a great success, attracting visitors from far and wide.

Opening hours

The Christmas Village opens on Friday, 14 November 2025.

• Open Fridays until Christmas from 5 pm - 8 pm.
• Open Saturdays and Sundays from 1 pm to 8 pm.
• Open on Christmas Eve from 1 pm to 9 pm.

Information telephone number

The staff on duty at the Christmas Village can be reached on 664-5566. Enquiries can be sent to jolathorp@hafnarfjordur.is.

Here you can find photos from the Christmas Town which the media and others are free to use.

There are plenty of parking spaces in the centre of Hafnarfjörður. If a space cannot be found close to the town centre, you can park in various locations and walk, for example:

• The music school, 350 metres
• The sports hall on Strandgata, 500 metres
• The Learning Centre by the Stream, 500 metres
• Flensborg School in Hafnarfjörður, 950 metres

Guest toilets are located behind Bæjarbíó. Public toilets are also available at the Hafnarfjörður Library, the Hafnarfjörður Folk Museum, Hafnarborg, and on the second floor of the Firði Shopping Centre.

The Strand (from Lækjargata to Reykjavíkurvegur) will be transformed into a pedestrianised street and will therefore be closed to car traffic during the opening hours of the Christmas village on the following days and times until 23 December 2024:

• Every Friday From 14th November – closed from 5pm-8pm
• All weekends From 14th November – closed from 1pm to 6pm
• On St. Thomas's Day 23rd December – closed from 1pm-9pm
• The car park at the library Everything will be closed from 23 October to 5 January.

Bins are widely available in the area, along with recycling bins for cans and bottles – please keep our town tidy while the Christmas Village is open, and on other days too.

Hafnarfjörður advises those who wish to fly drones to refer to Article 12 of the regulation on the operation of remote-controlled aircraft. The first article states that it is forbidden to fly a remote-controlled aircraft over a crowd of people.

To ensure the safety of visitors to the Christmas village, a plan has been drawn up for all parties involved in security on the site.

The Christmas Village organising committee has been working in close cooperation with, among others, representatives from the fire brigade, ambulance service and the police. Particular attention has been paid to the organisation of the area and potential incidents, the response of the police, fire brigade, ambulances and other emergency services, as well as their roles and responses.