Laugardalslaug
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Laugardalslaug (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈlœyːɣarˌtalsˌlœyːx], "pool of Laugardalur") is a public thermal baths and swimming pool complex located in the Laugardalur district of Iceland's capital Reykjavík. With an indoor Olympic-size swimming pool, a 50-metre-long outdoor swimming pool, a 400 m2 playing pool, 8 hot pots of various temperatures, and a 17 m2 steam bath, it is the largest conventional swimming pool complex in Iceland. Receiving about 800,000 visitors in 2010,[1] it is the most visited thermal baths in Iceland after the Blue Lagoon.
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City | Reykjavík, Iceland | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 64°8′45″N 21°52′49″W (Street address: Sundlaugarvegur 30, 105 Reykjavík) | |||||||||||||||
Built | 1958–1968 (expanded 1981–1986 and 2002–2005) | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 June 1968 | |||||||||||||||
Architect(s) | Einar Sveinsson (1968), Jes Einar Þorsteinsson (1986) | |||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Reykjavík | |||||||||||||||
Website | https://reykjavik.is/stadir/laugardalslaug | |||||||||||||||
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"Laugardalslaug - Almennar upplýsingar" [General information]. www.reykjavik.is (in Icelandic). City of Reykjavík. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2019. |
The baths are owned by the City of Reykjavík, and are operated by its Department of Sport and Leisure (ÍTR; Íþrótta- og tómstundasvið Reykjavíkur [is].)[2]