Iceland’s first combined fitness centre and spa complex will open in Glaesibaer, Reykjavik sometime in December. The centre is a joint project between the Blue Lagoon Spa and Hreyfing health and fitness centre.
Hreyfing’s managing director Ágústa Johnson said, “Developing a new health resort from scratch is a very exciting challenge. Bringing Hreyfing and the Blue Lagoon Spa together opens new opportunities, allowing us to offer a variety of facilities in a beautiful setting and for guests to relax and rejuvenate body and soul.”
Currently the Blue Lagoon Spa offers treatment at the Blue Lagoon, a warm-water pool that holds up to six million litres of geothermic seawater. Many of the treatments offered at the spa use the water’s algae and most of the treatments occur within the lagoon waters themselves, but the spa is planning to begin expanding their operations in a big way in the upcoming years, with the new location in Reykjavik as just a first step.
“We are planning to open Blue Lagoon spas in other cities,” said Anna G. Sverrisdóttir, managing director of the Blue Lagoon’s domestic operations and chairman of Hreyfing’s board. “Opening the first Blue Lagoon spa in Reykjavík is a very important step for us.”
The new centre will offer spa treatments previously unavailable in Iceland including float-tank relaxations. The therapy is considered so relaxing that less than one hour in the tank has the healing benefits of eight hours of sleep.
The centre will use Blue Lagoon’s signature skin care products, made from algae and silica taken from the lagoon’s waters. The ingredients have been proven to reduce the signs of aging as well as help prevent psoriasis.
I live in Chicago and know from experience that more people need to float during the winter due to your muscles tensing up in the cold. A float tank in any frigid location just makes sense.