
Seljavallalaug Swimming Pool Re-Listen
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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The Hot Springs, a Place for Teaching Kids How to Swim
It's not used for lessons any more, but volunteers still clean it once a year. Unlike a normal hot spring, it has a metal step ladder and a makeshift pool deck. There is a big piece of lava that makes up one side of this pool,. The hot water basly just bubbles out of that rock and heats the pool That ayand he really means hot, like a hundred degrees fahrenheit. It steams when it's cold outside. So the whole pool is just steaming, which is really beautiful to see. Is surrounded by moss covered rock.
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