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.
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An application is being submitted for the child’s preschool stay at Vala.
The allocation of preschool places for the autumn takes place in March. Applications must be submitted before March 1 to ensure that they are considered during the allocation process. An application is being submitted for the child’s preschool stay at Vala.
New applications will be closed while the allocation process is underway, and after March 1 it will not be possible to make changes to applications that have already been submitted.
Offers for preschool places will be sent out at the end of March.
A child may remain on a waiting list and still receive a place even if their legal residence is elsewhere. However, adaptation (the start of attendance) cannot begin unless the legal residence has been moved to Hafnarfjörður.
It is possible to apply for more than one preschool in the application. Please take a look at the preschools available, contact the respective preschool principals, and get to know their work. If there is no space in the preschool that is your first choice, the preschool listed as your second choice will determine placement. If no space is available there either, you will receive a place in a preschool that has availability.
You can choose a daily attendance time from 4 hours up to 8.5 hours.
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