{"id":87116,"date":"2014-12-18T19:36:07","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T18:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/africa\/seychelles\/the-blue-lagoon-the-famous-thermal-bath-at-reykjavik-iceland"},"modified":"2022-03-18T14:02:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T13:02:15","slug":"blue-lagoon-famous-thermal-bath-reykjavik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/iceland\/blue-lagoon-famous-thermal-bath-reykjavik","title":{"rendered":"The Blue Lagoon &#8211; The famous thermal bath at Reykjavik (Iceland)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the 4th and last day in Iceland we had picked up one of the main attractions of the island: <strong>the Blue Lagoon<\/strong> in Grindavik near Reykjavik. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-headerbild.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy\" alt=Header image, Blue Lagoon, Grindavik, Iceland, Thermal bath, Winter, Saltwater Lake, Travelreport\" width=\"1200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-headerbild.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-headerbild-800x200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-headerbild-400x100.jpg 400w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-headerbild-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-headerbild-600x150.jpg 600w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-headerbild-200x50.jpg 200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-headerbild-100x25.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"weltreise-oben\">Day<\/div>\n<div class=\"tage\">4<\/div>\n<div class=\"weltreise-unten\">of our <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/world-trip\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">trip around the world<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/iceland\/blue-lagoon-famous-thermal-bath-reykjavik\/#things-to-know-about-the-blue-lagoon\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">Things to know about the Blue Lagoon<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/iceland\/blue-lagoon-famous-thermal-bath-reykjavik\/#the-saltwater-lake-and-the-thermal-bath\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">The saltwater lake and the thermal bath<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/iceland\/blue-lagoon-famous-thermal-bath-reykjavik\/#our-conclusion-about-iceland-in-winter\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">Our conclusion about Iceland in winter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/iceland\/blue-lagoon-famous-thermal-bath-reykjavik\/#all-travelogues-from-iceland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">All travelogues from Iceland<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"things-to-know-about-the-blue-lagoon\"><\/span>Things to know about the Blue Lagoon<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The blue lagoon is created by the thermal water of a nearby geothermal power plant. After its use for power generation, the water is directed to the surrounding lava field and forms a saltwater lake with many minerals in the typical blue-white color. As the &#8220;Blaa L\u00e9ni&#8221; is only about 20 km away from Keflavik International Airport, it was a relaxed conclusion for us before the onward flight to the USA. The water was up to 42 degrees hot and had a light blue milky color.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6470\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-06.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6470\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-06.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance, Sign, Blue Lagoon, Grindavik, Iceland, Thermal Bath, Winter, Saltwater Lake, Travelreport\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-06.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-06-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-06-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-06-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-06-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-06-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to the blue lagoon<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the-saltwater-lake-and-the-thermal-bath\"><\/span>The saltwater lake and the thermal bath<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, even today the weather did not quite play along and sun, hail, fog and snow alternated almost every minute. Nevertheless, a visit to the Blue Lagoon is really great, as the colors of the water are really extraordinary \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id=\"jig1\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-0168e3bf57f2e9298b966acbfb1c70ab jig-preset-global jig-source-wp-gallery\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig1-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-01.jpg\" title=\"Saltwater lake and thermal bath\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-01-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Saltwater lake and thermal bath\" width=\"404\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Saltwater lake and thermal bath<\/p><\/li><li><a 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bath<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-04.jpg\" title=\"The turquoise water\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/island\/island-blaue-lagune-04-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"The turquoise water\" width=\"404\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">The turquoise water<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n(function initJIG ($,ready) {if(typeof $.justifiedImageGrid !== \"undefined\"){if(typeof $.JIGminVersion !== 'undefined' && $.JIGminVersion('1.7') == false){$.JIGminVersion('1.7',true);return;}else{window['jigAddLightbox1'] = function(){$('#jig1 a.jig-link').JIGphotoSwipe({lightboxSlug: 'jig',aspectRatioMismatch: true, history:false,shareEl: false,socialButtons: \"FTPG\",loop: true,bgOpacity: 1,spacing:0.12,closeOnScroll: 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However, the short bright times of the day in winter and the constant sometimes violent weather changes are somehow in need of getting used to. In the three days we drove a good 1,000 km with our small Hyundai and have really reached the limits many times. If you are almost swept off the road by strong wind gusts with icy smoothness and still have visibility of less than two meters, then driving the car is not really fun and is incredibly strenuous. But the winter landscape of Iceland, the partly frozen waterfalls, the Strokkur Geyser, the blue lagoon, the northern lights in the sky above Reykjavik and of course also the ice caves of Skaftafell we found beautiful. <strong>For us, a perfect start to the world tour!<\/strong>  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"all-travelogues-from-iceland\"><\/span>All travelogues from Iceland<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\nIceland actually came relatively spontaneously to <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/world-trip\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">our world trip<\/a>. We were looking for a cheap flight to the USA or directly to the Caribbean and found a really good offer from Icelandair from Frankfurt via Reykjavik to Boston and Orlando. Since stopovers at Icelandair are mostly without extra charge, we thought, ok, why not discover Iceland for a few days at take off and make three days out of the actual three hours stopover? Especially in winter this island should have its very special charm. So we had done some research and found the idea good.\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bilder\/sonstige\/route-island.jpg\" alt=\"Iceland\" width=\"1200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/>\r\n\r\nDay 1 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/iceland\/reykjavik-tourist-attractions-northern-lights\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Reykjavik \u2013 Tourist Attractions & the beautiful Northern Lights (Iceland)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 2 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/iceland\/golden-circle-route-thingvellir-waterfalls-geyser-strokkur\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Golden Circle Route \u2013 Thingvellir, Waterfalls & Geyser Strokkur (Iceland)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 3 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/iceland\/skaftafell-national-park-blue-ice-caves-of-vatnajoekull\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Skaftafell National Park \u2013 The blue ice caves of Vatnaj\u00f6kull (Iceland)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 4 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/iceland\/blue-lagoon-famous-thermal-bath-reykjavik\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">The Blue Lagoon \u2013 The famous thermal bath at Reykjavik (Iceland)<\/a><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the 4th and last day in Iceland we had picked up one of the main attractions of the island: the Blue Lagoon in Grindavik near Reykjavik.<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/iceland\/blue-lagoon-famous-thermal-bath-reykjavik\" class=\"more-link noicon\" title=\"Read More\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">&raquo; Read the full blog post<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3597,3589],"tags":[3821,3544],"class_list":["post-87116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iceland","category-europe","tag-our-trip-around-the-world","tag-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}