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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Keflavík

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Keflavík, Iceland

Updated August 3, 2022

Unusual Attractions in Keflavík

Keflavík, Iceland

Giantess Cave

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

Keflavík, Iceland

‘Silver Sabler’

An obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's largest airport.

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Uppspretta

This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.

0 miles from Keflavík

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Blue Lagoon

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

8 miles from Keflavík

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Bridge Between Continents

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

9 miles from Keflavík

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Gunnuhver

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

13 miles from Keflavík

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Great Auk Sculpture at Valahnúkamöl

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

13 miles from Keflavík

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