Let’s walk to school – adopt an active mode of transport

The project runs from the 6th of September to the 4th of October

The International Walk to School (International Walk to School (iwalktoschool.org) project starts on Wednesday the 6th of September, for the seventeenth time and officially concludes with the International Walk to School Day, on Wednesday the 4th of October. The aim of the project is to encourage children to adopt an active mode of transport to and from school and to improve their ability to travel safely in traffic.

Participants in over 40 countries

Every year, millions of children in over 40 countries around the world participate in Walk to School, in one way or another. In Iceland, participation has grown steadily and in the first year there were 26 participating schools, with a total of 84 schools registered in 2022. On the project website – Göngum í skólann (gongumiskolann.is – you will find all further information about the project, including fun implementations of the project by several schools in Iceland as well as various other materials from the participating schools.

Hafnarfjörður Health Town (Heilsubærinn) encourages all schools in Hafnarfjörður, parents and children to take an active part in the project for the next month! It’s a good and healthy way to go to school!