Mugison concert for the guests at Hvammsvík Sea Baths this weekend

The sea baths in Hvammsvík celebrate their one year anniversary with celebrations this weekend. There will be a lot of activity and entertainment included in the admission fee.

Gróa Kristjánsdóttir and María Jónatansdóttir will offer water swimming lessons on both days between 10 and 13. A kayak lesson will be offered between 13 and 17 on both Saturday and Sunday. Visitors can try paddle boarding and sail on the creek. The beach will be able to grab Atlas stones of 75 kg, 120 kg and 170 kg. A campfire will be lit on the beach both days at 18:30.

The festival’s peak will be when musician Mugison plays for bathers, with performances starting at 19 on both Saturday and Sunday nights and included in the access pools. The audience can enjoy relaxing in the hot pools while the concert takes place.

The design of the sea baths took account of nature and history, but the service room is built on an old foundation from the war years, one of many hidden in the Hvammsvík area. The project was developed with local designers and artists. These include Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, Shoplifter, who specially designed an art piece for the place, Sonja Bent at Nordica Angan, who processed scents and soaps from the surroundings of Hvammsvík and Bjarni Viðar Sigurðsson, who worked on ceramics for the tableware of restaurant Storm Bistro, using the sand of Hvammsvíkurfjördur’s fence in the glazing.

“I would like to thank you for the wonderful welcome of this first year of our operation, but it’s especially gratifying to see how many Icelanders and countrymen have come home to Hvammsvík. It’s nice to welcome sea swimmers, many of whom have become regular customers, but also we get a lot of hikers coming to us after hikes in our local environment. We are very proud to have received foreign recognition, for example, the sea bathers were selected by Time Out as their first choice for Best Entertainment in 2023. We look forward to starting the next year of operations with a great team of employees,” says Skúli Mogensen, founder of Hvammsvík Sea Baths.