Electronic key

Between 19:00 and 07:30 the main building can only be accessed with an electronic key, and only through two entrances. These are the main entrance to the old building and the side entrance to the new building. The electronic key is also needed at all times for access to the gym and bathing area. The staff at the office gives out electronic keys, for which there is a 2000 kr. deposit.

The fitness center and hot tubs

The fitness center is open daily from 6:00 - 23:00. Spinning and body pump are frequently offered free of charge. As at all Icelandic swimming pools you must wash yourself without wearing your bathing suit before entering the hot tubs. Food and drink is not permitted in the bathing area and it is especially important not to bring any glass. 

The laundry

The laundry is in the basement of the building called Hamragarðar. It is free of charge but reservations must be made for a washing machine on the forms that are posted on the wall. Soap is added to the machines automatically. There are also dryers, washing lines, ironing boards and irons.

The bank machine (hraðbanki)

The bank machine is accessible 24 hours a day. It is possible to withdraw money from foreign bank accounts through it.

Maintainance requests

For minor repairs please send a maintainance request. For emergencies, call 695-9908 between 8:00 and 17:00.

Security guard

The security phone is answered after 17:00 every day, on weekends and holidays. The number is 695-9901. This number is for emergencies only. 

Pets

Keeping pets is not allowed in individual apartments, in Hamragarðar and Sjónarhóll, nor is it allowed in family apartments furnished by the school.

The store - Samkaup/Strax

The opening hours are Monday to Friday 8:30 - 18:00; Saturday and Sunday 11:00 - 16:00. Larger supermarkets and shops are in the nearby town of Borgarnes.

Hot food

There are three places on and around campus where one can get a hot meal. The school cafe, Kaffi Bifröst, is normally open every day (weekends in summer may be an exception). It has a daily special at lunch for 990 kr., and hamburgers and sandwiches from the grill. Hreðavatnsskáli (www.hredavatnsskali.is) is ten minutes' walk north of campus, and serves hamburgers and pizza as well as a daily lunch special. Hraunsnef (www.hraunsnef.is) is a farm about 5 minutes' drive north of Bifröst, which has been turned into a nice and reasonably priced restaurant (tel. 435-0111).