Bústaðir

Youth center for 10–16 year olds

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About Bústaðir

Bústaðir Youth Center is one of seven youth centers in the Laugardalur, Háaleiti, and Bústaðir neighborhoods operated by the → /node/16122Kringlumýri Recreation Center. The target group is children and adolescents in grades 5-10 at → /node/16035Breiðagerðisskóli, → /node/16045Fossvogsskóli, and → /node/16096Réttarholtsskóli.

We offer open activities and various clubs based on individual interests and needs. Events are held and projects are developed in cooperation with children, parents, schools, and other local partners. We emphasize education on various life skills topics, including anti-discrimination, substance abuse prevention, and positive self-image support. We also strive to make the youth center visible and open to those interested in learning about our activities. Successful club and development activities include the cooking club, sex education project at Réttarholtsskóli, and the Better Bústaðir project.

Director: → thorvaldur.juliusson@reykjavik.isÞorvaldur Júlíusson, at 895 3398

Assistant directors: → thor.fjalar.ingason@reykjavik.isÞór Fjalar Ingason and → Sandra.Smaradottir@reykjavik.isSandra Smáradóttir

Opening hours

10 - 12 years old

Grade 5:

  • Mondays: 2:30–4 p.m.
  • Wednesdays: 2:30–4 p.m. 

Grade 6:

  • Mondays: 4pm-5:30pm 
  • Wednesdays: 4pm-5:30pm 

Grade 7:

  • Wednesdays: 5:30pm-7pm

  • Fridays: 5pm-6:30pm

     

13-16 years old 

  • Mondays and Wednesdays: 7:30pm-9:45pm
  • Tuesdays and Thursdays: 2pm-5pm
  • Fridays: 7:30pm-10pm

Illustration of four teenagers.

Practical information

Bullying in school and recreational activities

Bullying and violence can have a lasting impact on the psyche of children and adolescents. It should not be accepted school and recreational activities. All workplaces for children and adolescents have an anti-bullying plan. Parents who receive indications or information about bullying should take it seriously and report it to the relevant parties. Workplaces of the Department of Education & Youth of Reykjavík City operate according to a bullying checklist developed in extensive consultation with professionals. 

Disruption to school and recreational activities

Officials have issued recommendations for parents and guardians of children in schools and recreational activities. Capital area municipalities have assigned SHS to monitor weather conditions and forecasts and send out alerts when needed, working with police and education authorities as appropriate.

Summer hours

Mondays: 7:30-10:30 p.m. at Bústaðir
Wednesdays: 7:30-10:30 p.m. at Tónabær
Fridays: 7:30-10:30pm, alternating between Tónabær and Bústaðir
 

Youth centers sometimes combine their summer openings, so be sure to check the location of each opening on social media or Abler. Information about summer activity locations for children ages 10-12 will be shared in announcements and emails to parents. Registration is available through → www.abler.io/shop/reykjavikurborgsumar/kringlumyriAbler.

Illustration of two primary school-aged children.

Practical information

Bullying in school and recreational activities

Here you can find information about bullying in school and recreational activities.

Photos from Bústaðir

Child prosperity

The new Act on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children’s Prosperity has come into effect. The goal is to ensure children and guardians receive the right assistance, at the right time, from the right parties. Families and children in need of early support have guaranteed access to a prosperity liaison in the child's immediate environment, such as in preschool or primary school. The prosperity liaison offers information and guidance on services and ensures that children and guardians have unhindered access to these services. Children, youth, and guardians can reach the school prosperity liaison to request integrated services.

Information on the prosperity contacts for children at the Bústaðir youth center can be found on the websites of Breiðagerðisskóli, Fossvogsskóli, and Réttarholtsskóli.