In order to welcome you we have compiled information about your new hometown.
Get to know the town’s walking and cycling paths, activities and swimming pools but children under 18 get free access to pools.
Here you can find information about resources for children and families provided by the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður
Children and youth in Hafnarfjörður have access to good education, after-school activities and recreation activities.
Practical information about buses, waste collection, street cleaning, traffic, animal control and more.
Hafnarfjörður hopes to secure financial and social security for all residents. Find out what support is available.
Enjoy culture in Bæjarbíó cultural house, at various museums or attend exciting events.
You can stay at great hotels, hostels or at a family friendly campsite in town.
You can find a lot of outdoors activities and various recreations in Hafnarfjörður.
Check-out upcoming events, or register a new one.
Search for employees or available jobs in town.
Hafnarfjörður Town council consists of 11 municipal representatives. All town council meetings are broadcast live.
Here you can find the town's fees for children, sports and activities and support services.
Contact us with ideas, suggestions, problems or emergencies.
Automatic translation by Google Translate. We cannot guarantee that it is accurate.
In Hafnarfjörður there are many beautiful gardens and tidy grounds. It is a pleasure to see how many people are diligent and enthusiastic about making beautiful spaces around them. Hopefully the recognition awards, given each year, will have an inspiring impact on the residents, businesses and institutions of our beautiful town.
Thursday, September the 7th, awards were given, for gardens and plots that excelled in neatness this year. Many suggestions were received from the townspeople, and an employee of the Department of Planning and Environment, travelled around all summer to carefully examine all the nominations received, as well as to make proposals for excellent gardens, himself. The awards ceremony took place on the stage in the newly renovated and colourful Hellisgerði and Tinna Bessadóttir, from Álfakaffi, provided beautiful and tasty refreshments for all the guests.
Hafnarfjörður has a lot of beautiful gardens and tidy plots. It is a pleasure to see how many people are diligent and interested in making beautiful spaces around them and hopefully the awards that were given in Hellisgerði last week will encourage other townspeople to look after their gardens and grounds and thus contribute to making our town even more beautiful. This year no garden was chosen more beautiful than the other, they were all neat and splendid. For the first time, contractors received recognition for elaborate and beautiful finishes in two areas, Dvergsreitur and Stekkjarberg. Alot of effort has been put into completing the communal garden spaces in a professional manner, cavernous trails with a snow-melting feature, planting beds and good lighting. It is so important that new buildings are constructed in such a way that they fit well in with the environment and that all garden spaces are attractive and well organized. It is not always that the contracting companies take pride in building green spaces, but in these two cases GG verk, performed with great splendor and are therefore well deserving of this award.
Below is a list of the award-winning gardens and plots that received this year’s award.
See news article in Icelandic here Fallegustu garðar og lóðir bæjarins verðlaunaðir | Hafnarfjörður (hafnarfjordur.is)
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