{"id":14571,"date":"2021-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/oskudagurinn-i-hafnarfirdi-2021\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:17:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:17:13","slug":"valentines-day-in-hafnarfjordur-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/oskudagurinn-i-hafnarfirdi-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Ash Wednesday in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Civil Protection in cooperation with the Office of the Chief Medical Officer and the Home Office
\nand schools recently issued Guidelines for Ash Wednesday<\/a> with ideas about
\nA good and joyful, albeit different, Ash Wednesday during the pandemic. It is clear that far fewer
\nShops and workplaces will welcome singing children this year, but be
\nhas.<\/p>\n

Shortened school day and Ash Wednesday celebrations in schools<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Ash Wednesday in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur will certainly be unconventional.
\nformat, like much else in the time of Covid-19. There is a tradition of cuts and
\nan enjoyable school day within Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's primary schools, and many parents' associations have resorted to organising
\nalternative events for the children in light of the circumstances, which are in keeping with the ideas
\nand recommendations from the Civil Defence in cooperation with the schools. The Parent-Teacher Association and the school issue
\ninformation about their own procedures and arrangements. All leisure centres offer
\na special Ash Wednesday programme after school and many youth centres
\nwith an afternoon programme for the middle school, and all with a provision for the senior school.
\non Ash Wednesday. The Ash Wednesday break will be in operation at Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's nursery schools with
\ncostumes and fun, but otherwise the nursery's activities remain unchanged. <\/p>\n

Participation optional for workplaces and shops<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is not holding any special celebrations.
\nin the centre of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur on Ash Wednesday rather than last year. However, it will
\nour staff at Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Town Hall, Strandgata 6, and the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Library
\nHafnarborg warmly welcomes the happy, singing children who pass by. Parents are asked not to gather in these places, to wear a mask and to maintain a 2-metre distance. Children born in 2005 and later are exempt from the social distancing rules.<\/p>\n

Workplaces, shops, businesses and institutions are in
\nIt is at your discretion whether to celebrate Ash Wednesday this year, and then the implementation must
\nspeak in line with the current public health regulations. Thus, some companies will take
\nagainst children while others do not, all depending on the environment and circumstances.
\nat each location. For example, there will be no programme at the Fir\u00f0i Shopping Centre, and this is a joint decision.
\na decision by shops not to offer sweets, as has been the case in recent years
\nyear. Likewise, shops on Strandgata have announced that they will not be accepting
\nthe songbirds of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur are fed up with this \u201cCovid\u201d business and would rather have
\nA little spring\/summer festival with the children as soon as conditions and the environment allow. Something to look forward to! <\/p>\n

Free swimming for everyone on 17th February. A gift of G-vitamin from us to you.<\/a> <\/strong><\/h4>\n

All swimming pools in the municipality of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur take an active part in
\nVitamin G project Ge\u00f0hj\u00e1lp offers 30 servings of G-vitamin during \u00deorram\u00e1nu\u00f0ur.<\/a>. On
\nOn Ash Wednesday, 17 February, there will be Free swimming <\/strong>which is an extra dose of
\nVitamin G for Wednesday, 17th February: the \u201eExercise regularly\u201c project.
\nand that in cooperation with the country's municipalities. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Come for a swim to mark the occasion, courtesy of the Health Village.
\nHafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur! <\/h4>\n

You can find real-time information about the number of swimming pool visitors on the town's website.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Almannavarnir \u00ed samvinnu vi\u00f0 Emb\u00e6tti landl\u00e6knis og Heimili og sk\u00f3la g\u00e1fu n\u00fdlega \u00fat lei\u00f0beiningar var\u00f0andi \u00f6skudaginn me\u00f0 hugmyndum um g\u00f3\u00f0an og gle\u00f0ilegan en \u00f6\u00f0ruv\u00edsi \u00d6skudag \u00e1 fars\u00f3ttart\u00edmum. Lj\u00f3st er a\u00f0 mun f\u00e6rri verslanir og vinnusta\u00f0ir munu taka \u00e1 m\u00f3ti syngjandi b\u00f6rnum \u00feetta \u00e1ri\u00f0 en veri\u00f0 hefur. Skertur sk\u00f3ladagur og \u00f6skudagsgle\u00f0i innan sk\u00f3lanna \u00d6skudagurinn \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i […]<\/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-14571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14571","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=14571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14571"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}