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Actually several parks in one large area, Laugardalur Park has one of the best swimming pools in the city as well as a recreational expanse that includes picnic and barbecue areas. There's also an amusement park and a botanic garden with an extensive outdoor collection of native and exotic plants.
At this charming domestic zoo, visitors can meet horses, cows, sheep, and other Icelandic farm animals as well as reindeer, foxes, and seals. The park is wildly popular with local children, who flock to the climbing structures year-round and enjoy the merry-go-round, drop tower, and other small rides in the summer months.
