Inauguration and handover of the Vörður award bench

A new and beautiful bench has been
installed at Hleinam, Langeyrarmólar, by the car park where the artwork is
located. The bench is part of the Brúkum bekki project, a community project which
has been running since 2013 and today comprises over 50 benches. Designer
The bench players are Reynir Reynisson, Ásdís Ýr Einarsdóttir and Erla Rún.
Ingólfsdóttir. Headmaster
Hildur Ingvarsdóttir of the Technical College presented the class with a plaque at a formal ceremony in
the week.

Winning suggestion
in the design department's design competition

The background of the bench is that at a meeting
The project management committee agreed to approach the Technical College in
Hafnarfjörður to get design students to come up with a bench idea.
Winning proposal in the design department's concept competition at the Hafnarfjörður College of Crafts,
now the Technical College, the bench proved to be Vörður. Production of the prototype was carried out by
the school's students under the guidance of, among others, Hrafnkell Marinósson, who also had
overseeing the project on behalf of the school. It is hoped that it will be possible
to install the Vörður bench in several places in Hafnarfjörður in the future but
Hleinar is the first place. It has, among other things, been described by Trefjar and Karlar in the shed.
Interest in participating in a project.

Community project
which blooms in the town

The community project Brúkum bekki has
is celebrating great success in Hafnarfjörður and it has now come to the point that
Residents of Hafnarfjörður and friends of the town can walk through almost all the neighbourhoods.
between Hafnarfjörður and rested on a bench at intervals of about 250-300 metres. This concerns
a joint project of the Eldhrafnaráð, the Association of Senior Citizens in Hafnarfjörður, the Association
physiotherapists and the City of Hafnarfjörður. The aim of the project is to promote
Increased physical activity among older people and enable them to go out for a walk in their own time.
surrounding environment. The benches are manufactured by Málmsteypan Hellu and are marked
to the donors or to the person the donor wishes to dedicate the bench to. Hella Metal Casting
provides an additional eleventh grade. The project is led by a project management team, which is composed of Gylfi Ingvarsson of the Elderly Council, Valgerður Sigurðardóttir of the Association of Senior Citizens in Hafnarfjörður, Haraldur Sæmundsson and Kristinn Magnússon of the Association of Physiotherapists. 

Here Is it possible to get a map showing walking routes?
and benches in Hafnarfjörður.