The Geothermal Park Hveragerði / Hveragarðurinn — Attraction in Hveragerðisbær

Incredibly rude and awful treatment by a staff member. My family was going about the greenhouse geothermal exhibit taking in the information and exploring it at our own pace and were followed by a staff member condescendingly explain things to us when we were not asking questions. When we wanted to talk to ourselves and chat about exciting facts we read, the tourism employee told one of my family members “you will never truly understand this because you are just a tourist” when describing that the earth gets hotter as earth. When we did ask one question about his story, he raised his voice at us saying “if you were going to talk, you should have just gotten a drink.” It was very strange and unwelcoming to be told to stop talking even though we were going through a self-guided experience exploring the open exhibit by ourselves just so that he could tell us more facts in a very unfriendly manner.

We expected to have a peaceful, unique experience of boiling an egg and eating fresh bread made in the hot spring but instead we were hurriedly eating it and very stressed and rushed because of the unfriendly treatment we received.

There are so many other thermal bath museums and experiences in the surrounding area that are far better. Save your emotions, time, and energy and do...

It’s a pity that due to the earthquake of 2008 all of the hotspring pools in the park were affected and drained away, still to return. This is not noted when you enter and it is only as you walk round the park looking at some empty holes in the ground that you see the information placard showing you what it used to look like when it was a stunning blue pool. There is a geyser which goes off every twenty minutes but actually it’s a man made bore hole dating back a few decades. Some other geothermal run off from the original bakery forms a stream that is quite colourful. You can buy an egg to boil in one “hot spring” outside, quite fun. On the plus side, this endeavour helps sustain tourist interest and income and there is a small cafe with a really nice guy who took time to explain some history and also about the town and geothermals. The greenhouse attached to cafe has some tropical plants. Entry fee is cheap (by Icelandic standard) at 500ISK. If you are passing and want a coffee and egg I would say visit, but sorry to say I t’s not a “destination...

Worth the visit. It is a park with hot springs, reasonably priced to enter (£5 for two of us) and the man and woman working there were both very welcoming and friendly.

There are a few optional extras you can add on to the trip there like boiling an egg in the hot spring and having a slice of their rye bread that is cooked with the heat from the spring. All of this is also very reasonably priced and worthwhile.

It's very informative as you can walk through and see the various hot springs and there is a geyser that erupts every 20 minutes (in the video). Some of the springs aren't as active since a volcano in 2008, but there are still plenty active.

After a walk through the park it was nice to warm up with a coffee in the welcome centre where they also have a greenhouse with...