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All Regions - attractions - hot springs
Krýsuvík
Geothermal heat and Ancient Manor
By road number 42 by Kleifarvatn
Ancient manor farm and church now abandoned along with other nearby farms. Much geothermal heat, with drill-holes for possible exploitation. The church is still standing and consecrated anew 1964, in the care of the Nati...
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Gunnuhver
Hot Spring
By road number 425 between Grindavík and Hafnir
Much geothermal heat, sulphur and mud springs, the best known is Gunnuhver or Gunna.
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Geysir
Hot springs
By road number 35,
Haukadalur
One of the most famous spouting hot springs of the world, its name the source of the English word "Geyser". It is believed that Geysir started spouting in the 13th century. However, at the beginning of this century i...
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Námafjall
Mountain with geothermal heat
By road no. 1 east of Mývatn
Námafjall, the mountain south of Námaskarð, with geothermal heat all over the east side of the mountain, which looks light yellow from a distance. Sulphur was mined there for centuries from the Hlíðarnámur mines and expo...
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Grjótagjá
A rift with hot water
By road no. 860 by Mývatn
Grjótagjá, a rift with hot water south of Jarðbaðshólar. Formerly a popular bathing place, but in the disturbances 1975-84 the water became too hot for bathing. The water is now over 50°C (122°F) and bathing is strictly ...
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Hveravellir
The main hot spring area in Reykjahverfi
on Kjölur (F35) mountain road
Hveravellir, (“Hot spring plains”) a geothermal area to the north of Kjalhraun, about 650 m above sea level, and one of the best known geothermal areas in Iceland. Many beautiful and peculiar hot springs, such as Bláhver...
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Seljavellir
Natural hot water & Swimming pool
By road number 1 between Skógar and Hvolsvöllur
Seljavellir South Iceland
Seljavellir, where a swimming pool was built in the mountain side in 1923 by the Youth movement, making use of natural hot water on the spot. One of the shortest climbing routes to...
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Hveraborg
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
Fosssel,
Hrútafjörður
The hot spring is next to a cabin which stands on the east side of Sík-river. The cabin is rentet out by Staðarskáli. For people who do not have access to the cabin, can lay their cloths on the grass. The hot spring and...
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Landbrotalaug
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
The wellspring is originated at siliceous sinter. The heat in the pool is approximetly 44°C
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Grafarlaug
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
The hot spring was built in 1956 and is 12.5 m long, 4.9 m wide and the depth is between 0.9 to 1.3 m. The heat in the hot spring is 26°C. The changing room is dived into two and applicable for 3 persons on each side but...
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Marteinslaug
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
Near Geysir hot spring area,
Haukadalur
The area around the hot spring is very delicate. The water comes up from the bottom of the spring and the temperature is 43 °C but if you move a little bit further up the spring the temperature is around 39 °C. The siz...
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Rjúpnabrekkur
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
810 Hveragerði
The creek runs along the side of the hillside and runs into Hengladalsá River but further down it turns into Varmá-river. It is unknown how much it is used to bath in but far down in the creek a small bathing pool. The...
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Varmá River
Warm river, possible to bath
810 Hveragerði
The river Varmá runs through the town Hveragerði. The temperature is relatively higher in this river than other rivers you will find in Iceland, especially when the flow is low. The average temperature in the summer ti...
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Sundlaug
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
810 Hveragerði
Sundlaug is the furthest north of the hot springs that belong to Opnum. The hot spring was made in the beginning of last century and was used to teach children to swim. The hot spring is 10x25 m but it hasn’t been used ...
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Skátalaug
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
By Kleifarvatn Lake,
Krýsuvík
The water is originated from a hot spring source not far away. 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, 10x5x...
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Hellulaug
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
The location of this hot spring is quite interesting. It is under the rock down by the shore next to the abandoned farm called Hella, which is close to Flókalundur. The hot spring is loaded from rocks and concrete. Th...
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Pollurinn
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
This hot spring is located up in the hill outside the town of Tálknafjörður (Sveinseyri). This is hot spring is made up from one big pool and two skin deep pools which are only used to lie in. Changing facilities has 3...
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Reykjafjarðarlaug
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
Reykjafjörður fjord,
by Arnarfjörður fjord
The pool was built in 1975. The pool was is 16.6 m, 10 m wide and 1.2-1.8 m deep. The hot spring is open 24/7 all year long. The water comes from a well and a hot spring not far away. There is changing facilities ava...
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Hörgshlíðarlaug
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
Hörgshlíð
The pool is below the road close to tidemark not far from farm Hörgshlíðarbær. The pool is molted and measures as follows 2.15x6.3x0.8 = 11 m3. The water comes from three hoses but one has cold water, which is used to c...
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Nauteyrarlaug
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
Nauteyri,
Súðavík
The hot spring is above the road that leads to the farm Bær above Nautaeyri. This spring was fairly known for bathing both for visitors as well locals. Not many years ago a fish company drilled for their fish hatchery ...
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Hot tubs at Drangsnes
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
520 Drangsnes
The hot springs are located at the tidemark if you enter into Drangnes from the south. There you will find two small tubs and one fish tub, which get their water from the hot water well. It’s been said that the water the...
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Grettislaug
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
The spring is very well made and mostly made by Jón Eiriksson. The spring is in the shape of oval with the diamater of 4,5 and 3,75 m and is 0,8 m deep. The spring fits 15 to 20 people at the same time. The water ente...
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Biskupslaug
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
Reykir,
Skagafjörður
There are no changing facilities but you can lay clothes either on the grass surrounding the hot spring or the stones. The spring is laden which makes it into quinte irregular circle but is relatively big or 2,6*3,5 m a...
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Ostakarið
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
Above the town of Húsavík,
640 Húsavík
The tub is right outside the town Húsavík. The tub is next to a well around 500 m from the road. This tub was set up by few individuals from Húsavík who use this tub for Psoriasis patients in the area. The water keeps ...
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Stóragjá
Hot Spring
By Reykjahlíð,
Mývatn
It is recommended not to bathe in it due to e-coli bacteria. The temerature of the water is around 29° C . The meteoric water runs throught the rift but the flow is really slow.
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Reykjavellir
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
Reykjavellir,
Skagafjörður
The spring is made up from large rock into circle shape. The flow into the spring is 0,5 - 1 l/second and the temperature is 45 °C. The spring is about 2 m long, 1.4 m wide and 0.5 deep. There is a lot of algae flora ...
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Hólsgerði
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
Eyjafjörður,
601 Akureyri
The spring is laden with big rocks into an oval shape. It is not that big but roughly 4.5 m long, 1.9 m wide and 0.6 m deep. Four persons can bathe at the same time and the water flow is really slow and is not measurab...
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Laugarfell
Hot Spring, Possible to bath
The spring has a round shape with 3.5 m in diameter. The depth is 0.7 m. There are no changing facilities but there is a shelter for horses, which is possible to use. The banks around the spring are laid with paving st...
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