Sturlungalaug

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Sturlungalaug sometimes called Gudmundarlaug is on the south side of Snaefellsnes. Reading about tis pool, we were not that excited about it, but we did desire to check it out anyway. There is a bit of a drive from the main road. From road 54 you need to turn in to road 55 and drive […]

Landbrotalaug

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Landbrotalaug is in the land of the deserted farm Landbrot on the south side of Snaefellsnes. The pool is about 100 meters from the parking place, but it can be a bit difficult to approach, and if you not carful you will end up a bit dirty. The pools are two, one ankle deep, by […]

Hrunalaug

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Hrunalaug is near Fludir on the south-west corner of Iceland. There are two pools, one made of concrete and the other one is a rock wall. Both of them are warm and clean. The concrete one is a small on and only fits about 3 people the other one is a bit bigger. There are […]

Brúarpotturinn

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Bruarpotturinn is about 4 -5 Km away from the village Talknafjordur. The pool is on the west side of the Laugardals-river by the bridge on the road. When we did visit the pool there was not much water in it, barely enough for footbath. And it looked like it was leaking underneath the wall. Hopefully […]

Pollurinn

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Pollurinn (03.08.2013) is about 3.6 km from the swimming pool at Tálknafjordur. There are three pools different in size and depth. The water is about 46°C but a bit cooler in the smaller pools. There are good facilities and a shower, and the pools are popular and sometimes crowded.   GPS: N65 38.971 W23 53.656

Landmannalaugar

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In Landmannalaugar there is a popular geothermal hot spring. The water is a bit mixed, hot in some areas and colder in other. The pool tends to be crowded as Landmannalaugar is a popular tourist attraction.  GPS: N63 59.522 W19 03.726

Skátalaug

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Skátalaug is in Krísuvík, near the geyser aria Selbúð. The water is originated from a hot spring source not far away and the temperature is around 34 °C. The water flow ends in a small hot spring which is about 2.5 m in diameter from there it runs to a bigger hot spring. When we […]

Hvalfjarðarlaug

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In Hvalfjörður near Hvammsvík is a small but cozy hot tub. The tub is made out of rocks glued together with concrete. The water in the tub comes from a well nearby. And is lead to the tub by a hose. You can control the tempter in the tub by putting the hose in or […]

The pool by Kaldbakur

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This pool is made by overflow from the power plant at Húsavík on the northern part of Iceland. It’s warm and large enough to swim around in it. In the pool there are goldfinches witch someone did release some years ago and are living a good live there. We did swim around in the pool […]