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NATURAL WONDERS Luckily, the Skógarböð (Forest Lagoon), a
new all-natural geothermal spa just outside
I make an excursion to Goðafoss waterfall Akureyri warms me up for a couple of
which cascades over a curved edge, span‐ hours, inside and out, as a bar is conve‐
ning approximately 98ft in width and plum‐ niently located beside the two infinity
meting 39ft down into a serene pool with pools. “Hot pools are the social hub in Ice‐
huge icicles hanging from the walls. I can land”, says German-born resident Corina
make out a rainbow in the mist - a good Labitzke. “Here is where politics are made,
omen. On the way back, I stop at the old ideas on how to improve the world are ex‐
turf house Laufás which is now a museum changed and endless discussions are held
and a time capsule of how people lived in about would happen if we actually won the
Iceland around the 1900’s. Eurovision Song Content”. Probably build a
I’m certainly not used to being outside newer, much larger concert hall in Reyk‐
for long in below freezing temperatures. javik is the consensus amongst Icelanders.
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