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Hveragerði is a town in South Iceland.

Understand

Hveragerði From Afar

Hveragerði [1] is uniquely located in a geothermally active area. Even its name is derived from an Icelandic word for hot spring - hver. The hot springs are the main tourist attraction and they also provide heat for local famous greenhouses which are used mainly for flower production.

The tourist information office is placed in the shopping center Sunnumörk, Sunnumörk 2-4, Hveragerði [2] with business hours 8:30-17:00 on weekdays, 9:00-14:00 on Saturdays and 9:00-13:00 on Sundays between June 1st and August 31st. In low season it is open on weekdays 8:30-16:00 and Saturdays 9:00-13:00 with Sundays being closed.

Get in

Hveragerðiis located 45 km from Reykjavik and can be easily reached by car along the Route 1.

Bus number 51 from Reykjavik is an alternative. It leaves from Mjodd bus station and the line schedule can be found here: [3].

Get around

In Hveragerði everything can be reached on foot.

See

  • Geothermal park. In Summer: Mon-Sat 9:00-18:00, Sun 9:00-16:00. In Geothermal park visitors can explore hot springs and mud pools and the use of geothermal energy is demonstrated. As a bonus, geothermal bread is baked using the Earth's heat and eggs can be boiled in hot steam. entrance free.
  • Exhibition The Quake 2008, Sunnumörk 2-4, Hveragerði (In the shopping center Sunnumörk). A powerful quake hit south Iceland on May 29th 2008. The exhibition is devoted to this event in Hveragerði. For a closer experience, visitors can try an earthquake simulator. A fissure created by another strong quake a long time ago can be explored through the glass in the floor of the information center located in the same building.

Do

  • 1 Laugaskarð swimming pool, Laugaskarð, Hveragerði, +354 483 4113. Take a bath / swim in a geothermally heated outdoor swimming pool. It is open all year round. ISK 620.
  • 2 Hike & soak, Reykjadalur. For a pleasant outdoor experience take a hike to nearby Reykjadalur area located north uphill from Hveragerði. Get informed in the tourist office where maps with marked trails and distances are available. The trail leads towards a highly thermal area with plenty of steam and hot water coming up through the ground. Beware, some springs and pools are really hot. After about an hour hike a bathable warm stream can be reached and you can enjoy a dip where hot springs join the stream. [4], [5], [6]. A map of trails can be downloaded from [7].

Buy

Eat

Outdoor kitchen in the restaurant Kjöt & Kúnst ready for cooking using natural steam
  • 1 Kjöt & Kúnst, Breiðumörk 21. Summer Mo-Sa 12:00 - 21:00. The restaurant specializes in Icelandic traditional cuisine and earth cooking. This method of cooking and baking using natural geothermal steam is unique in Europe.

Drink

Sleep

Connect

The Internet access is available in the tourist information office.

Go next

Routes through Hveragerði
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