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Laugardalur Swimming Pool

  • June 19, 2006
  • Rated 5 of 5 by n2dwoods from Plainsboro, New Jersey
Laugardalur Swimming Pool

Going to the geothermal pools was the best part of my trip to Iceland. You can walk or take a bus to one of the seven municipal pools—this one is the largest.

Admission is cheap (which is very nice considering the rest of Iceland is exorbitant)—only about a few dollars. If you buy the 'passport' to the city—which includes transportation—admission to all the pools is also included.

Now, they're pretty strict about this, so here are the rules:
1. Remove your clothing in the same-sex locker room.

2. Put your bathing suit in a cubby by the open showering area.

3. Get some soap and pay attention to the signs and pictures DESCRIBING WHERE YOU NEED TO WASH! Yes, as the signs explain, because bacteria can grow in certain areas, pay particular attention to those areas! (I wish I took a photo of the sign, but with all the naked people around I figured they wouldn't like that.)

4. Put your bathing suit on.

5. Run very quickly out the door (into the rain/snow/etc) and into the hot tub!

Now, I went on a fairly cold day in May, but the hot pots (natural hot tubs of varying temperatures) were nice and steamy. Only a few people were in the lap pool, but that was warm too. And a few daring kids went on the water slide. Now, I can't pass up a waterslide, so out of the hot tubs and onto the cold floor, and up the FREEZING metal steps I went, but it was worth it to say I was there!

From journal Swimming & (Sun)bathing in Iceland

Laugardalur Swimming Pool

  • October 28, 2002
  • Rated 4 of 5 by isewell from Santa ROsa, California
After a much-needed nap at the hotel, we headed to one of the public swimming pools: "Laugardalur" . This was no regular swimming pool. Yes, it was geothermally heated, like almost all of Iceland, but it was more of a 'spa experience' than a pool. There was a few large hot tubs, a cooler swimming pool with lanes for swimmers, a huge bath-tub warm pool with a 6 story high waterslide emptying into it (with no adult supervision - oh the humanity!), and several "hot pots". The hot pots are like small circular hot tubs, with temperatures varying from 65 to 110F. All for $2 apiece - it was the only reasonably priced attraction in Reykjavik! We met lots of other tourists here, and it was a great way to wind down the day.

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