{"id":13971,"date":"2019-10-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/vigsla-og-afhending-a-verdlaunabekknum-vordur\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:02:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:02:11","slug":"inauguration-and-handover-of-the-award-bench-took-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/vigsla-og-afhending-a-verdlaunabekknum-vordur\/","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration and handover of the V\u00f6r\u00f0ur award bench"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new and beautiful bench has been<br \/>\ninstalled at Hleinam, Langeyrarm\u00f3lar, by the car park where the artwork is<br \/>\nlocated. The bench is part of the Br\u00fakum bekki project, a community project which<br \/>\nhas been running since 2013 and today comprises over 50 benches. Designer<br \/>\nThe bench players are Reynir Reynisson, \u00c1sd\u00eds \u00ddr Einarsd\u00f3ttir and Erla R\u00fan.<br \/>\nIng\u00f3lfsd\u00f3ttir. Headmaster<br \/>\nHildur Ingvarsd\u00f3ttir of the Technical College presented the class with a plaque at a formal ceremony in<br \/>\nthe week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winning suggestion<br \/>\nin the design department's design competition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The background of the bench is that at a meeting<br \/>\nThe project management committee agreed to approach the Technical College in<br \/>\nHafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur to get design students to come up with a bench idea.<br \/>\nWinning proposal in the design department's concept competition at the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur College of Crafts,<br \/>\nnow the Technical College, the bench proved to be V\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Production of the prototype was carried out by<br \/>\nthe school's students under the guidance of, among others, Hrafnkell Marin\u00f3sson, who also had<br \/>\noverseeing the project on behalf of the school. It is hoped that it will be possible<br \/>\nto install the V\u00f6r\u00f0ur bench in several places in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in the future but<br \/>\nHleinar is the first place. It has, among other things, been described by Trefjar and Karlar in the shed.<br \/>\nInterest in participating in a project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community project<br \/>\nwhich blooms in the town<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The community project Br\u00fakum bekki has<br \/>\nis celebrating great success in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and it has now come to the point that<br \/>\nResidents of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and friends of the town can walk through almost all the neighbourhoods.<br \/>\nbetween Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and rested on a bench at intervals of about 250-300 metres. This concerns<br \/>\na joint project of the Eldhrafnar\u00e1\u00f0, the Association of Senior Citizens in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, the Association<br \/>\nphysiotherapists and the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. The aim of the project is to promote<br \/>\nIncreased physical activity among older people and enable them to go out for a walk in their own time.<br \/>\nsurrounding environment. The benches are manufactured by M\u00e1lmsteypan Hellu and are marked<br \/>\nto the donors or to the person the donor wishes to dedicate the bench to. Hella Metal Casting<br \/>\nprovides an additional eleventh grade. The project is led by a project management team, which is composed of Gylfi Ingvarsson of the Elderly Council, Valger\u00f0ur Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir of the Association of Senior Citizens in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Haraldur S\u00e6mundsson and Kristinn Magn\u00fasson of the Association of Physiotherapists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/media\/kort\/BrukumBekki2016.pdf\/\" class=\"internal\">Here <\/a> Is it possible to get a map showing walking routes?<br \/>\nand benches in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N\u00fdr og fallegur bekkur hefur veri\u00f0 settur upp \u00e1 Hleinum a\u00f0 Langeyrarm\u00f6lum vi\u00f0 b\u00edlast\u00e6\u00f0i \u00fear sem listaverk er sta\u00f0sett. Bekkurinn er li\u00f0ur \u00ed verkefninu Br\u00fakum bekki, samf\u00e9lagsverkefni sem sta\u00f0i\u00f0 hefur yfir fr\u00e1 \u00e1rinu 2013 og telur \u00ed dag r\u00famlega 50 bekki. H\u00f6nnu\u00f0ur bekkjar eru \u00feau Reynir Reynisson, \u00c1sd\u00eds \u00ddr Einarsd\u00f3ttir og Erla R\u00fan Ing\u00f3lfsd\u00f3ttir. 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