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Geothermal Pools
The city's neighborhood pools, heated by the earth, where Reykjavík meets to swim and gossip in the hot tubs.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Sundlaugavegur 30, 105 ReykjavíkDirections
- Getting There
- Bus 14 to Laugardalslaug, about 10 minutes.
Why Go
Reykjavík has more than a dozen public pools, all heated with geothermal water. Laugardalslaug, the largest, has an outdoor 50-meter pool, hot tubs, a sea-water tub and waterslides. Sundhöllin downtown, from 1937, is the oldest.
Pools are cheap and open early to late, even in snow.
Tips
- Shower without a swimsuit before you go in; it's the rule, and attendants check.
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