{"id":14846,"date":"2021-11-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/jolathorpid-i-hafnarfirdi-opnar-um-helgina\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:18:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:18:39","slug":"jolasyning-in-hafnarfjordur-opens-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/jolathorpid-i-hafnarfirdi-opnar-um-helgina\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christmas village in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur opens this weekend."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The little Christmas houses on Thorsplan are filled with life, goods and<br \/>\nWarning tomorrow<\/h4>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jolathorp\">The Christmas Village in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/a>  will be opened tomorrow at 5 p.m.,<br \/>\nthe first Friday of Advent, and will be open every Saturday and Sunday on<br \/>\nthe Advent period, in addition to the opening on Christmas Eve. The lights will be switched on on the Christmas tree on<br \/>\nin the centre of Thor Square the other day, with few people around, and the Christmas tree is, as before, a gift from<br \/>\nCuxhaven, the twin town of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in Germany. Fewer people got to go than would have liked.<br \/>\nthe Christmas houses in the Christmas Village this year and it is clear that this friendly and popular<br \/>\nThe Christmas market has stamped itself into the minds and hearts of many and has become a part<br \/>\nof the traditions of Advent, both among the vendors in the beautiful Christmas houses and among the guests<br \/>\nand walking. The Yule Lads visit the Christmas Village on Saturdays and Gr\u00fdla<br \/>\nwill be wandering around the town centre on Sundays.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/281120_jolathorpid-24-of-44-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"281120_Jolathorpid-24-of-44-\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1366;\"><\/p>\n<h4><strong>New additions alongside timeless classics <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The little beautifully decorated Christmas houses in the Christmas Village in<br \/>\nHafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is a nationally known marketplace for various kinds of giftware.,<br \/>\nCrafts and design that are ideal to put in a Christmas stocking along with some tasty treats.<br \/>\nFood to eat in and delicious treats to take home for the dinner table.<br \/>\nGreat emphasis is placed on offering a wide variety of products and goods in the Christmas houses and is<br \/>\nIt is safe to say that the demand for and attendance at the Christmas houses this year have broken all records.<br \/>\nThe year is peppered with innovations, as well as offering a product that has been a hit.<br \/>\nover the years. The hearth will thus, for example, be laden with goodies from<br \/>\nits small producers, but the Fireplace is a professional kitchen for food entrepreneurs and<br \/>\nsmall producers based on the sharing economy. The dynamic and ambitious<br \/>\nYoung baker Gulli Arnar, who is taking over the eponymous artisan bakery in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, will<br \/>\noffer their delicacies for sale every weekend during Advent, and for the first time.<br \/>\nThe farmers at Ytra-H\u00f3lmi will stand watch in their house throughout all the Advent weekends.<br \/>\nas in previous years, offering fresh and smoked lamb for sale direct from the farm,<br \/>\nsauces and all sorts of accompaniments like relish. These and a host of other exciting<br \/>\nThe vendors will have a Christmas house this year, in addition to the Viking society Rimmug\u00fdgur being present.<br \/>\nwith a craft market right by Thorsplan on the first Advent weekend.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/281120_jolathorpid-39-of-44-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"281120_Jolathorpid-39-of-44-\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1366;\"><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Unexpected events and a different programme<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Unexpected events and a different kind of Christmas programme will be the undertone.<br \/>\nthe celebrations in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur this year, just like last year. Emphasis is placed<br \/>\nto the Christmas town of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and to the splendour of lights and decorations that are well suited to the season<br \/>\nand ensure that everyone can enjoy the Advent safely and without crowds. Spirit<br \/>\nChristmas has been moved in its entirety to the town centre of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and<br \/>\nIt is easy to spend whole days in Advent experiencing and enjoying.<br \/>\nHafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur with a visit to the Christmas Village, to the Christmas wonderland in Hellisger\u00f0i,<br \/>\nshopping and services around town, a trip to the town's swimming pools and museums<br \/>\nAdmission is free, and you can enjoy the wide variety of restaurants.<br \/>\nand caf\u00e9s that have sprung up in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in recent terms. The Christmas town of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur warmly welcomes you.<br \/>\nTo the people of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and friends of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. <\/p>\n<p>All information about the Christmas Village in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur can be found at  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jolathorpid.is\">The Christmas Village Facebook page<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Litlu j\u00f3lah\u00fasin \u00e1 Thorsplani fyllast af l\u00edfi, v\u00f6rum og varningi strax \u00e1 morgun J\u00f3la\u00feorpi\u00f0 \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i ver\u00f0ur opna\u00f0 \u00e1 morgun kl. 17, fyrsta f\u00f6studag \u00ed a\u00f0ventu, og ver\u00f0ur opi\u00f0 alla laugardaga og sunnudaga \u00e1 a\u00f0ventunni auk opnunar \u00e1 \u00deorl\u00e1ksmessukv\u00f6ld. Lj\u00f3sin ver\u00f0a tendru\u00f0 \u00e1 j\u00f3latr\u00e9nu \u00e1 mi\u00f0ju Thorsplani fyrr um daginn \u00ed f\u00e1menni og er j\u00f3latr\u00e9\u00f0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18836,"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-14846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14846","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=14846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14846"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}