Experience the Authentic Swimming Pools of ICELAND | UNESCO World Cultural Heritage
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
- The advertisements for the geothermic spas might be all over the place. The instagram feeds might be saturated by them... but these are for the most part just manufactured tourist traps. Experience the genuine Icelandic swimming pool culture by visiting a neighborhood pool.
Edit: Just after 1:30 I said "25 years ago". That should have been "15 years ago"
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It must be an amazing experience to bathe in a pool of water warmed by the fires below
I love all your videos. You are an amazing ambassador for your country.
Good to see/hear you again, Ivar.
first time here and you did an excellent job of explaining the Icelandic pool culture and giving full details. Thank you.
Thank you for the timely video! I'm visiting in less than a month and might give the pools a try, as I typically have a reaction to the amount of chlorine in North American pools.
I missed the swimming pools but we did love Hvammsvik Spa!
Thanks Ívar, were' coming back for trips three and four this year. Looking forward to spending time in the pools at Kirkjubaejarklaustur and Höfn for sure.
Wonderful area. Enjoy your trip!
My son's mother-in-law lives in Kópavogur, and we've used the sundlaug there, the one shown in your opening shot. It's wonderful and we are looking forward to using it more on our next visit.
It's my personal favorite 😊
So, Hera Björk made the video for her 2010 Eurovision song in Sundhöllin swimming pool, and when I visited Reykjavík, I really wanted to "recreate" the video, and the pool was just round the corner from my B&B... but I never got around to it and now I really regret it. NEXT TIME!
i would prefer a natural hot spring out in the wild. A pool is just a pool and they are everywhere. I am surprised you did not sing the little jingle about head, shoulders, knees, and toes or whatever it is they sing.
Try Hveravellir, between Langjökull and Hofsjökull glaciers, off the F35 fell road (Geysir > Gullfoss, then just carry on driving north, over the top of Iceland!). You can't get much further out in the sticks/boondocks/wop-wops than that ...
Women's suits: one piece or two piece.
Also, I have thus far avoided going to the swimming pools. Don't know why, but been a bit shy about it. Are the locals okay with us invading their personal relaxation spots? (Coming from a tourist town myself, I sometimes wish the tourists stayed out of our way and that the local hangout spots aren't highlighted....)
In our experience we had no problem (being Asian we of course stood out in the crowd); it was in the metro Reykjavík area. My son has used pools elsewhere in the country and it's never been an issue.