We’ve covered the Easter opening hours for shops, restaurants and bars but we have to write about the opening hours for swimming pools all across the country, because what is Easter without a swimming pool?

This comes as a bit of surprise for some people but almost everyone in Iceland over the age of 6 knows how to swim. We’re talking about 98% or something like that. We have to learn it at school and are told that we will never make it in life if we can’t navigate a swimming pool. And since no-one dreams of being a failure, everyone swims. And boy, do they swim.

Swimming pool in every town

There’s at least one swimming pool in every single town in the country and some of the more popular ones are normally packed, especially before and after normal working hours. And even though we all know how to swim, that’s not the aim of the game in all cases. Some just visit the pools to meet people, soak in the hot tub and solve all of the world’s problems. Some actually do swim, while others use it as quality time with the family, with numerous trips down the slides. It’s also quite a good way to exhaust your kids, I might add.

So, it’s quite hardcore to visit a swimming pool in Iceland. Because of course we have some rules. You can’t just show up and dive right in. Oh, no. Once you’ve picked your pool you have to pay a small fee to get in. Just a few hundred ISK, so it’s budget friendly fun. Then you need to undress. Yep, get totally buck naked. If you feel self-conscious you can always cover yourself up with a towel. Then you shower – naked. And soap up real good because we don’t want any of your dirt in our pools. Then, and only then, you put on your swimsuit. I’ve written a whole blog about this because nothing annoys us Icelanders more than foreigners who skip the vital part of bathing in the nude. So, please read the blog before going swimming.

I hope i haven’t put you off swimming all together. If I haven’t, here are the opening hours. Have fun in the water!

The Capital Area

Laugardalur in Reykjavík

Maundy Thursday & Easter Monday: 08.00-22.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: 10.00-18.00

Holy Saturday: 08.00-20.00

Vesturbær in Reykjavík

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 09.00-18.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: 10.00-18.00

Árbær, Grafarvogur & Breiðholt in Reykjavík

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 09.00-18.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: 10.00-18.00

Sundhöll in Reykjavík

Maundy Thursday & Easter Monday: 10.00-18.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Holy Saturday: 08.00-16.00

Seltjarnarnes

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 08.00-18.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Álftanes

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 09.00-18.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Ásvallalaug & Suðurbæjarlaug in Hafnarfjörður

Maundy Thursday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday: 08.00-17.00

Good Friday: CLOSED

Holy Saturday: 08.00-18.00

Sundhöll in Hafnarfjörður

CLOSED ALL EASTER

Kópavogur

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 08.00-18.00

Good Friday: 10.00-18.00

Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Versalalaug in Kópavogur

Maundy Thursday & Holy Saturday: 08.00-18.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: 10.00-18.00

Easter Monday: CLOSED

Ásgarður pool in Garðabær

CLOSED ALL EASTER

Varmá Sports Center in Mosfellsbær

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 09.00-16.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Lágafell in Mosfellsbær

Maundy Thursday & Easter Monday: 09.00-18.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Holy Saturday: 08.00-19.00

The South

Borg, Grímsnesi

OPEN 11.00-18.00 ALL EASTER

Hella

OPEN 12.00-18.00 ALL EASTER

Hvolsvöllur

OPEN 10.00-17.00 ALL EASTER

Höfn í Hornafirði

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 10.00-17.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Kirkjubæjarklaustur

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 11.00-20.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Laugarvatn

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday & Holy Saturday: 13.00-17.00

Easter Sunday & Easter Monday: CLOSED

Laugarvatn Fontana

OPEN 11.00-22.00 ALL EASTER

Laugaskarð, Hveragerði

OPEN 10.00-17.30 ALL EASTER

Neslaug, Árnes

OPEN 13.00-18.00 ALL EASTER

Reykholt

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday & Easter Monday: 14.00-188

Holy Saturday: 10.00-18.00

Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Secret Lagoon, Flúðir

OPEN 11.00-20.00 ALL EASTER

Skeiðalaug, Selfoss

Maundy Thursday & Easter Monday: 18.00-22.00

Good Friday, Holy Saturday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Sundhöll in Selfoss

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday: 10.00-18.00

Holy Saturday: 09.00-19.00

Stokkseyri

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 10.00-15.00

Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Vestmannaeyjar

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 09.00-17.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Vík

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday: 10.00-19.00

Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Easter Monday: 13.00-19.00

Þorlákshöfn

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 10.00-17.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Laugaland

CLOSED ALL EASTER

The North

Blönduós

Maundy Thursday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday: 10.00-16.00

Good Friday: CLOSED

Holy Saturday: 10.00-18.00

Grenivík

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday: 15.00-19.00

Holy Saturday: 10.00-19.00

Húsavík

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 10.00-18.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: 14.00-18.00

Hvammstangi

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 10.00-16.00

Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Eyjafjarðarsveit Sports Center

OPEN 10.00-20.00 ALL EASTER

Laugar, Þingeyjarsveit

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday: CLOSED

Holy Saturday: 14.00-17.00

Akureyri

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday & Easter Sunday: 09.00-19.00

Easter Monday: 09.00-18.30

Hrísey

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 13.00-16.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: 09.00-19.00

Varmahlíð

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 10.00-15.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Þelamörk

OPEN 11.00-18.00 ALL EASTER

Dalvík

CLOSED ALL EASTER

The East

Egilsstaðir

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 10.00-17.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Eskifjörður & Neskaupsstaður

Maundy Thursday & Holy Saturday: 11.00-18.00

Good Friday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday: 13.00-18.00

Fáskrúðsfjörður, Seyðisfjörður & Stöðvarfjörður

CLOSED ALL EASTER

The West

Jaðarsbakka swimming pool in Akranes

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 09.00-18.00

Kjalarnes

Maundy Thursday & Easter Monday: 11.00-15.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Holy Saturday: 11.00-17.00

Borgarnes

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 09.00-18.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Ólafsvík

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 10.00-17.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Grundarfjörður, Hreppslaug in Skorradalur, Kleppjárnsreykir & Varmaland

CLOSED ALL EASTER

The Westfjords

Bolungarvík

OPEN 10.00-18.00 ALL EASTER

Flateyri

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday & Holy Saturday: 13.00-19.00

Easter Sunday: 11.00-17.00

Easter Monday: CLOSED

Hótel Laugarhóll

OPEN 08.00-18.00 ALL EASTER

Patreksfjörður

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 10.00-15.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Suðureyri

Maundy Thursday & Good Friday: 13.00-19.00

Holy Satuday & Easter Sunday: 11.00-17.00

Easter Monday: CLOSED

Ísafjörður

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday & Holy Saturday: 10.00-18.00

Easter Sunday & Easter Monday: 10.00-15.00

Þingeyri

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday & Holy Saturday: 10.00-18.00

Easter Sunday: 12.00-18.00

Easter Monday: 12.00-16.00

Reykjanes Peninsula

Grindavík

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 09.00-16.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Sandgerði & Garður

Maundy Thursday & Holy Saturday: 10.00-16.00

Good Friday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday: CLOSED

Water World in Keflavík

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday & Easter Monday: 09.00-17.00

Good Friday & Easter Sunday: CLOSED

Njarðvík Sports Center

CLOSED ALL EASTER