The Winter Festival has begun – a smart and clever experience this year.

The Winter Festival began today and will run until Sunday across the entire capital region. This year, the focus is on the great outdoors and experiences, art in public spaces, outdoor artworks, cultural landmarks and light art installations. Visitors to the festival in Hafnarfjörður are encouraged to experience light art, take part in a family workshop and a smart tour of outdoor artworks, go to a drive-in cinema and an afternoon concert, or go for a swim and visit a museum! Entry to the town's museums and swimming pools is free for children aged 17 and under.

Light art, drive-in cinema and smart tour

In Hafnarfjörður, Flensborgarskólinn and Hamarinn have been lit up in the signature colours of the Winter Festival, green and purple, and artworks from the Hafnarborg collection have been projected onto the east wall of the art museum. On Saturday, the City of Hafnarfjörður and the National Film Archive of Iceland are hosting a drive-in cinema in the car park at Flensborg School, where two classic Icelandic films, Regína and Með allt á hreinu, will be shown. The Library of Hafnarfjörður, in collaboration with Hafnarborg, is organising a digital interweaving of form and sound around the outdoor art installations in Hafnarfjörður's town centre and has laid out c.a. a 40-minute walk between selected outdoor artworks, which are marked with a QR code, providing a short introduction to each piece directly on your smartphone.

^{Flensborgarskólinn and Hamarinn have now been lit up in the signature colours of the Winter Festival, green and purple.}

^{Selected artworks from the Hafnarborg collection will be displayed regularly on the gallery's east wall every day of the Winter Festival.} 

^{A small group watched the formal lighting of the Winter Festival 2021 lights live from the pond at Hafnarborg.} 

Afternoon Tones and Outdoor Arts Workshop

Singer-songwriter Svavar Knútur, accompanied by a band, will perform at the fifth concert in the Síðdegistónar concert series at Hafnarborg on Friday, 5th February. The concert will be streamed live on Facebook and hafnarborg.is. On Saturday, Hafnarborg invites families to come and take part in a creative outdoor art workshop outside the museum, where open-ended materials will be used. Participants are encouraged to experiment and create their own outdoor artworks and share a photograph of their creation under the hashtag #mitteigiðútdoor art work. Participation in the workshop is free of charge for visitors, and all materials will be provided. Visitors to the 2021 Winter Festival are encouraged to dress warmly and practise good personal hygiene wherever they go. A reminder that the number of visitors in the swimming pools can be monitored in real time on the town's website while Covid-19 restrictions are still in force.

See the programme for the Winter Festival in Hafnarfjörður 

Have fun and a happy Winter Festival at home in Hafnarfjörður!