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> tourist trap

We visited Blue Lagoon on Monday. It’s definitely a tourist destination and slightly gimmicky, but overall we enjoyed it. It’s organized, relaxing, and a great photo op.

Maybe the term is fair if you’re expecting something “authentic locals” do, but it has none of the long lines, price gouging, or disgruntled staff of real “tourist traps” I’ve landed in.

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I still remember going to the lagoon back when there were only a couple of portable container houses there for changing your clothes before going in. No charging, no tourists, almost no people.

Back then, before the commercialisation of it (which btw I am fine with) it was just what it is; the run off from the Svartsengi powerplant.

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