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PS: Strom auf Campingplätzen ist generell teuer. Besser 🌞 tanken, wann immer möglich !

The 5 Best Hot Pools in Iceland, And ssshh - Most of them are free! 1) Seljavallalaug Hot Pool Seljavallalaug, located near Seljavellir is one of the oldest swimming pools in Iceland built around 1923 to teach kids to swim. Although it's man-made, you could say it's "natural" because the water comes from a geothermal source, and therefore it does not require any additional heating. 2) Krosslaug Geothermal Pools Krosslaug refers to two geothermal pools close to the Birkimelur Settlement in the southern part of the Westfjords of Iceland. There is a concrete pool and also a natural-looking hot pool, near to the seashore. 3) The Kaldbakur Geothermal Pond - Anyone wants to Swim with few Goldfish? Kaldbakur Pond is located near Husavik. The pool’s temperature was ideal for goldfish and that they were indeed thriving in the pool. 4) Gudrunarlaug Natural Hot Pool Gudrunarlaug is located in Sælingsdalur in the western part of the country. Unlike most natural geothermal pools in Iceland, there’s a changing room just a couple of meters away from the pool. The building is a small medieval-styled hut that has a turf roof. There are no showers in the changing room, in case you were wondering. 5) Hellulaug Hot Pool Hellulaug is located in Vatnsfjörður. There’s no entrance fee. There are no facilities either, so you will probably have to change into your bathing suit in the car or wear it underneath your clothes. If you enjoyed reading this post, please follow us at @simplyoffbeat. #icelandtour #icelandtourism #icelandpools #icelandnatural #krosslaug #Seljavallalaug #Hellulaug #Gudrunarlaug #simplyoffbeat #simplyoffbeatholidays #iamanawesomeinfluencer (at Iceland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAX3miDJGsM/?igshid=g0d3a1wrrdpa

Finding Krosslaug took some time but search itself was enjoyable and almost exactly when I plunged into the water sun came out of the clouds which made whole thing even more pleasant. As you might have already figured out Kross means cross and well, the name is not coincidental. The story says that when around year 1000 Althingi (proto-parliament or rather assembly of chieftains) made decision about national adoption of Christianity the people refused to be baptized in a cold water. Since they had quite a lot of hot water coming out of the ground they just used hot springs for baptism. According to Kristni Saga (the Saga of Christianity, written in 12th Century) people from western parts of Iceland were baptized in the hot spring you see on the picture. The pool started to be called Krosslaug and was believed to have healing powers.