News and announcements

A number of elementary and preschool children will participate in programs at the Icelandic Design Museum, the Garðabær Library, and in covered squares from April 4th to 8th.

Attention is drawn to a lunchtime concert next Wednesday, April 6th at 12:15-12:45 at the Garðabær Music School. Soprano Lilja Guðmundsdóttir and pianist Eva Þyri Hilmarsdóttir will entertain guests at the lunchtime concert and perform songs by Jóhann Helgason, Jóhann G. Jóhannsson, Hauk Tómason, Schubert, Grieg and other masters.

Gardabaer's digital sundkort are now live for residents and other users of Gardabaer's public swimming pools, in Ásgard and on Álftanes.

On Saturday, April 2nd at 1:30 PM, the Garðabær Library will offer lessons in clothing repair and sewing.

Please note that today, Wednesday, March 30, Álftanesvegur will be partially closed to traffic due to filming. A detour will be provided via Garðahraunsvegur (old Álftanesvegur) where traffic will be allowed to continue during this time. The closure of Álftanesvegur is expected to last from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM.

On Sunday, March 27th at 1 p.m., SUND's curators, Valdimar T. Hafstein, ethnographer, and Brynhildur Pálsdóttir, designer, will walk guests through the exhibition and highlight interesting stories related to the canal and the exhibition being held at the Icelandic Design Museum.

Stjarnan was truly the team of the weekend in the basketball cup competitions, as the club's teams won a total of five cup championship titles out of the nine that were available.

The application deadline for summer jobs at Garðabær expired at the beginning of the month. It has been decided to open applications to the waiting list and it will be possible to apply to the waiting list until April 30th. Applications will begin to be processed at the end of March.

Representatives of the municipal associations in the capital area signed a joint declaration on cooperation regarding waste management recently at the SORPA reception and sorting center in Gufunes.

The annual accounts of the Municipality of Gardabaer for 2021, which were presented at the meeting of the Municipality of Gardabaer today, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, describe the municipality's strong financial position.

Students at Hofsstaðaskóli were tasked with building their school together, and the tools they were given were a computer and the Minecraft software.

Due to a failure in the utility system, there may be a disruption to the cold water supply in Garðabær today, March 15th.

YELLOW WARNING, DANGER LEVEL 1 (YELLOW ALERT) A yellow weather warning is in effect on Monday, March 14 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

In the fall of 2022, a 6-class kindergarten will open at Kauptún in Garðabær in building units that will be built on site. The kindergarten is a precursor to a new 6-class kindergarten for up to 120 children at Holtsvegur in Urriðaholt, which will be opened in the fall of 2023.

Due to news about water around Miðgarður, it is appropriate to inform you that no or very little damage was caused to Miðgarður as a result and the building's operations have not been disrupted in any way. All sports practices are as scheduled in the building.