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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The heart of Hafnarfjörður is decorated with pink lights on the occasion of Pink October. The heart was not only decorated in pink earlier this month, but also the employees of Hafnarfjörður who encourage their fellow sisters to be vigilant.
“We’re pink. We have been diagnosed with or stood by our people during sickness. Now it’s Pink October, so we encourage everyone to take good care of themselves and get screened – It simplifies life,” say Hulda Þórarinsdóttir, Helga Snorradóttir, Kristín Jónsdóttir, Þórey Ósk Sæmundsdóttir, Jenný Dagbjört Gunnardóttir and Karítas Guðmundsdóttir, all working for the town’s educational and public health department, with Gunnhildur Arna Gunnarsdóttir and Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir, mayor. Indeed, in this group there are winners who know how important it is to keep an eye on themselves, as well as relatives.
Pink October is the annual vigilance hour dedicated to the fight against cancer in women. This year, the Cancer Society is focusing their attention on the families, under the slogan “You change everything”. The Icelandic Cancer Society’s website states: “We would like to thank those who dont expect be thanked, the people who are so important but tend to be forgotten – the relatives.”
The site also reports that in Iceland, an average of 971 women are diagnosed with cancer each year. “Fortunately, there are constant advances in diagnosis and treatment that are leading to more and more survivors. At the end of 2023, there were 10,070 women alive who had cancer, but unfortunately, cancer is still the largest cause of premature deaths in Iceland, and every year we lose an average of around 306 women to cancer.”
Each year in October, the annual awareness and fundraising campaign of the Icelandic Cancer Society dedicated to the fight against cancer in women begins. On October 23rd, we all wear pink to show our support.
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