Seafarers' Day celebrated with an entertainment programme

Celebrate Seamen's Day with a trip to the harbour in Hafnarfjörður. 

Seafarers' Day in Hafnarfjörður will be celebrated with
Entertainment at Flensburg Harbour from 1 pm to 5 pm on Sunday, 12 June. Four
Teams are registered for the rowing competition which starts at 1 p.m., artists' workshops at
The harbour will be open to visitors and the public, and the Rescue Squad's rescue equipment will be on display.
The harbour vessels will be in their place. At the Þyt Sailing Club, you will be able to try out
Kayaks and rowing boats, and a fish exhibition by the Marine Research Institute will be in the area for
in front of the organisation's headquarters on Highbank. It will be possible to view samples of
fish and invertebrates, from common commercial fish such as cod and haddock
to rarer species, and offering an open house on the first floor where it is possible
Must familiarise oneself with the mills and the light trap. 

A varied programme on offer

Hafnarfjörður Harbour offers sightseeing cruises every half an hour.,
Hafnarfjörður's rescue team sets up rescue equipment, kayaks and rowing boats.
will be available at the sailing club Þyt, a entertainment programme will take place at
Flensburg Harbour and strongmen go head-to-head, and the strongest man in Iceland will be
crowned at the end of the day. A new one has been installed on the Strandstígur.
The Byggðasafnið's photography exhibition, and in the Bookless Bungalow there is an exhibition about a period.
of the foreign fishing fleets, and in Siggubær you can see an example of a sailor's home in
Hafnarfjörður in the first half of the 20th century.

The organisers of the celebrations encourage Hafnfirðingar and visitors
to make a trip down to the harbour to celebrate and enjoy Seafarers' Day
which the harbour, for which the town is named, has to offer. 

It is possible to present
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