{"id":14844,"date":"2021-12-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/hjartasvellid-opnar-i-desember\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:18:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:18:40","slug":"the-heart-flourish-opens-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/hjartasvellid-opnar-i-desember\/","title":{"rendered":"The ice rink opens in mid-December."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The Heart Centre will be officially opened on 11 December, if all goes to plan.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p>In December and into January, the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, in collaboration with B\u00e6jarb\u00ed\u00f3, will set up a 200-square-metre ice rink named the Heart Rink, which will be located in the car park directly behind B\u00e6jarb\u00ed\u00f3. The Heart Rink will be a fantastic activity, experience and opportunity for exercise for residents of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and visitors to the Christmas town of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. It will further connect the Christmas Village in the town centre, the restaurants and shops in the heart of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, and the light display in Hellisger\u00f0i, which was a great success last year.<\/p>\n<h4>Eco-friendly ice in a unique setting \u2013 in the heart of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p>The Heart Rink is environmentally friendly, as neither water nor electricity is used to freeze the ice. The rink is built on specially designed ice plates which have the same properties as natural ice, and all types of skates can be used, except for figure skates which have front blades.<\/p>\n<h4>Key information&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ice Rink is scheduled to open on Saturday, 11th December \u2013 a date to be confirmed.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>The ice rink will be open from 2 pm to 8 pm every day. <em>(outside of public holidays)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Each skating session is 50 minutes and starts on the hour.<\/li>\n<li>A skating trip is booked on <a href=\"https:\/\/tix.is\/is\/event\/12469\/hjartasvelli-\/\">tix.is \u2013 The Heart Swell<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Skates can also be hired for those who do not own a pair. Bookings will open as soon as the opening date is confirmed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Those who do not own skates can hire them on-site or when booking the skating tour.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tix.is\/is\/event\/12469\/hjartasvelli-\/\">tix.is \u2013 The Heart Swell<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anyone bringing their own skates must have them sharpened on-site.<\/li>\n<li>Please remember to arrive in good time to avoid queues.<\/li>\n<li>Hot chocolate and cream, juice and light refreshments will be served by the ice rink.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Come and take a deep breath on skates in the heart of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h4>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hjartasvelli\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur opna\u00f0 formlega 11. desember ef allt gengur a\u00f0 \u00f3skum&nbsp; \u00cd desember og fram \u00ed jan\u00faar mun Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6r \u00ed samstarfi vi\u00f0 B\u00e6jarb\u00ed\u00f3 setja upp 200 fermetra skautasvell sem hefur fengi\u00f0 nafni\u00f0 Hjartasvelli\u00f0 og ver\u00f0ur sta\u00f0sett \u00e1 b\u00edlast\u00e6\u00f0inu beint fyrir aftan B\u00e6jarb\u00ed\u00f3. Hjartasvelli\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur fr\u00e1b\u00e6r af\u00fereying, upplifun og hreyfing fyrir Hafnfir\u00f0inga og gesti j\u00f3lab\u00e6jarins Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar [&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-14844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14844","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=14844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14844"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}