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.
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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Hafnarfjarðarbær’s institutions and schools will in the next few days receive a deck of cards with 52 ideas for recreation and experiences in Hafnarfjörður, all year round. Homes in Hafnarfjörður received the deck in the autumn of 2017. They have now been updated and are also available in English.
Hafnarfjörður has updated and reprinted the popular health-promoting deck of cards sent as a gift to all homes in Hafnarfjörður, in the autumn of 2017. The deck of cards contains 52 creative ideas for activities and experiences in Hafnarfjörður all year round. Now the deck of cards is also available in an English version. Even more people will therefore have the opportunity to experience the great opportunities that stem from using the deck of cards.
Hafnarfjörður´s institutions and schools benefit from the reprint, as they will receive the new deck of cards as a donation. The gift can be used freely in school and social activities. In this way, messages about the importance of physical activity and the presentation of the opportunities offered by the local environment can be conveyed more easily.
Management is also encouraged to present to employees the health promoting benefits and opportunities available to the municipality’s human resources, including:
Indeed, with this deck of cards, life gets more fun. We are Hafnarfjarðarbær — a health-promoting workplace
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