{"id":12695,"date":"2015-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/sjomannadagurinn\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T08:58:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T08:58:33","slug":"seamans-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/sjomannadagurinn\/","title":{"rendered":"Seafarers' Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seamen's Day is always a big day in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and is celebrated on the first Sunday in June each year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agenda:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>8 a.m. Flags lowered.<\/p>\n<p>At 10 o'clock, the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Brass Band will play at Hrafnista.<\/p>\n<p>10:30 a.m. Wreath-laying at the memorial at<\/p>\n<p>Vidista\u00f0akirkja about missing seamen<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. Seamen's Day service at the Free Church in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/p>\n<p>13:00-16:00 Flensburg Harbour Festival Programme:<\/p>\n<p>13:00-16:00 Family Fun Cruise \u2013 departs every half hour<\/p>\n<p>13:30 The puppet van entertains the children and their families.<\/p>\n<p>14:30 Rowing. A number of teams compete for the coveted rowing cup.<\/p>\n<p>2pm-4pm Opening ceremony, awards and entertainment on stage:<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>13:50 Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Brass Band<\/p>\n<p>2:00 pm Opening, honouring seafarers<\/p>\n<p>14:30 Einar Mikael performs magic tricks<\/p>\n<p>14:50 Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur School of Choreography<\/p>\n<p>15:05 Solla Stir\u00f0a and the Sports Elf<\/p>\n<p>15:30 The Dasband and prize-giving at the rowing race.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>On the festival grounds, a fire engine and equipment from the Capital Region Fire and Rescue Service will be on display, along with the rescue equipment of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Rescue Squad and fish soup provided by Matb\u00e6r. There will also be a unique aerobatic display by Bj\u00f6rn Thoroddsen, and a helicopter will demonstrate a rescue operation.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop, \u201eYour Place, Our Environment at Flensburg Harbour\u201c, is currently taking place at Hafnarborg, and the project is linked to the area's new plan. It is therefore appropriate to see the exhibition on Seamen's Day.<\/p>\n<p>Come and visit us and have a coffee with the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Rescue Squad.<\/p>\n<p>At 8 p.m., a concert at Hafnarborg with an international tango group performing tangos by Astor Piazzolla and others.\u00a0 Guido B\u00e4umer, saxophone, Alad\u00e1r R\u00e1cz, piano, H\u00e1var\u00f0ur Tryggvason, double bass, and Krzysztof Olczak, accordion. Tickets: 2000 kr., 1000 kr. for senior citizens, disabled people, and students.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sj\u00f3mannadagurinn er jafnan st\u00f3r dagur \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i og er hann haldinn fyrsta sunnudag \u00ed j\u00fan\u00ed \u00e1r hvert. Dagskr\u00e1: Kl. 8 F\u00e1nar dregnir a\u00f0 h\u00fani. Kl. 10 L\u00fa\u00f0rasveit Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar leikur vi\u00f0 Hrafnistu. Kl. 10.30 Bl\u00f3msveigur lag\u00f0ur a\u00f0 minnisvar\u00f0a vi\u00f0 V\u00ed\u00f0ista\u00f0akirkju um horfna sj\u00f3menn Kl. 11 Sj\u00f3mannamessa \u00ed Fr\u00edkirkjunni \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i. Kl. 13-16 &#160;H\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0ardagskr\u00e1 Flensborgarh\u00f6fn: Kl. 13-16 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12695"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}