The little Christmas houses are filled with life, goods and merchandise over the weekend.
The Christmas Village in Hafnarfjörður will be opened for the twentieth time on Friday, 18th November at 5 p.m. and will be open every weekend until Christmas, as well as on St. Lucia's Day. The lights will be switched on on the Christmas tree in the middle of Thorsplan at 6:30 p.m. The small, beautifully decorated Christmas houses in the Christmas Village in Hafnarfjörður are a nationally renowned marketplace. The emphasis is on the splendour of lights and decorations in the Christmas town of Hafnarfjörður, and the Christmas spirit has been brought to the town centre of Hafnarfjörður as a whole.
The Christmas village in Hafnarfjörður opens this weekend.
The Christmas Village in Hafnarfjörður will be opened for the twentieth time on Friday, 18th November at 5 p.m. and will be open every weekend until Christmas, as well as on St. Lucia's Day. The lights will be switched on the Christmas tree in the middle of Thorsplan at 18:30, after the Hafnarfjörður Wind Orchestra and the Threstir Male Choir have performed a few songs. The Christmas tree is, as before, a gift from Cuxhaven, Hafnarfjörður's twin town in Germany. After the lights have been switched on, Klara Elías will perform the song 'Eyjanótt' in a Christmas costume and her brand-new Christmas song, 'Desember'. The Christmas Village in Hafnarfjörður will be open every Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., and on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. until Christmas, and until 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The Santas will be visiting the Christmas Village on Saturdays, and Grýla will be roaming the town centre on Sundays.
You'll find the Christmas spirit in Hafnarfjörður this weekend.
New additions alongside timeless classics
The small, beautifully decorated Christmas houses in the Christmas Village in Hafnarfjörður are a nationally renowned marketplace for various kinds of giftware, handicrafts and designs that are ideal for putting in a Christmas stocking, along with delicious food to eat on-site and tasty treats to take home for the festive table. Great care is taken to offer a diverse range of products and goods in the Christmas houses, and it is safe to say that the demand for and attendance at this year's Christmas houses have broken all records. There was less space than desired in the Christmas houses in the Christmas Village this year, and it is clear that this friendly and popular Christmas market has made its mark on the minds and hearts of many, becoming a part of Christmas tradition for both the vendors in the beautiful Christmas houses and for visitors alike. This year, new things are being introduced, in addition to offering products that have been a hit for years. The dynamic and ambitious young baker, Gulli Arnar, who runs his eponymous artisan bakery in Hafnarfjörður, will, for example, be offering his delicacies for sale all weekends during Advent. The farmers at Ytra-Hólmi will be staffing their house all weekends, as in previous years, selling fresh and smoked lamb, sauces and all sorts of accompaniments like pâté, direct from the farm. These and a number of other exciting vendors will have a Christmas house this year, in addition to the Viking society Rimmugýgur holding a craft market on Thorsplan the first and second weekends of Advent.
Delicious treats and goodies to take home for the party table.
Unexpected events and a different kind of programme during Advent
Unexpected events will be the undertone of the celebrations in Hafnarfjörður this year, just like last year. The emphasis is on a splendour of lights and decorations in the Christmas town of Hafnarfjörður, and the Christmas spirit has been brought to the entire town centre, making it easy to spend whole days during Advent experiencing and enjoying everything Hafnarfjörður has to offer with a visit to the Christmas Village., the Christmas adventure in Hellisgerði, shopping and services throughout the town, a trip to the town's swimming pools and museums where admission is free, and enjoying the food at the wide variety of restaurants and cafés that have sprung up in Hafnarfjörður in recent years. The Christmas town of Hafnarfjörður warmly welcomes the residents of Hafnarfjörður and friends of the town.