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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Five-year-old´s from the Smáralundur preschool visited the Christmas town of Hafnarfjörður yesterday morning and decorated the Cuxhaven Christmas tree. The Christmas town holds on to the beautiful traditions that are created in the run-up to Christmas. One of those traditions is for the oldest preschool children to handcraft environmentally friendly Christmas decorations to adorn the trees with.
The cheerful five-year-old´s from Smáralundur came to the Christmas town yesterday morning and decorated the Cuxhaven Christmas tree. Three preschools decorate large the tree with their specially designed Christmas decorations this year. Each kindergarten then has its own smaller tree in the Christmas Village, that the children have a chance to decorate with their creative ornaments, truly handmade with love.
The Christmas town of Hafnarfjörður holds on to the beautiful traditions that have been created in the run-up to Christmas. One of those traditions are the Christmas decorations by the oldest preschoolers at Thorsplan. For years, kindergartens in Hafnarfjörður have been in charge of decorating the small Christmas trees that adorn the Christmas Village at Thorsplan. The decorations are very welcome and have made a fun impression on the Christmas Village from the beginning. Already now you can go see the well decorated trees and the other trees waiting to be adorned with creative decorations.
Indeed, there are many Christmas trees in the Christmas Village. Now there is even one on the stage, that is ideal for dancing around. The children then get a great view of the beautiful Christmas village, which improved this year with a roundhouse in the middle of the village.
It is an adventure for the children to visit the Christmas Village. The lights bring great joy. The ornaments made by the preschoolers are made from recyclable materials and are of various kinds, with ingenuity at the forefront. We encourage Hafnarfjörður´s inhabitants and friends of Hafnarfjörður to take a tour of Thorsplan, look at the decorations and even get inspiriation for decorations that can be made at home during Advent with little cost but great joy.
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