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Leo Scarton
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" This is a very powerful hot spring. The temperature of the water at its source is 97° C and the flow rate is 180 litres per second. Grjótagjá – Norðurland Eystra is a small lava cave with a thermal spring and hot lake inside it. Earlier the luke warm water in this cave was suitable for bathing, but between 1975 and 1984 the temperature of water increased until it exceeded 50° C. Deildartunguhver is Europe’s most powerful hot spring. It provides 180 l/sec of 100°C hot water. Most of the water used for central heating in the towns of Borgarnes and Akranes is taken from Deildartunguhver. The hot water pipeline to Akranes is 64 km long, the longest in Iceland and the water is about 78 – 80 degrees when it reaches Akranes. If you take a shower anywhere within a 65 km radius of the spring, you have already bathed in the hot water the spring with the highest flow rate in all of Europe."
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Kristen Mackiewicz
"Deildartunguhver is a hot spring located in Reykholtsdalur, a district of West Iceland.
Deildartunguhver is the highest-flowing hot spring in Europe and is widely known for its rapid flow rate of 180 litres (380 pints) per second.
30 minutes to explore."
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Marlena Ruthe
"While visiting Reykholt, this place is the largest and most powerful hot spring to visit. The place was very nice and not as crowded and Blue Lagoon. "
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