Accessibility at Grafarvogslaug Pool

Information on the entryway, private changing rooms, wheelchair access, lifts, poolside and tub facilities, and discounts in pools.

Overview

  • Private changing room with a shower and toilet
  • Lift into pool
  • Outdoor pool ramp
  • Wheelchair-accessible steam room
  • Walkers

Access

There is a clearly marked “P” parking spot near the entrance. Doors open automatically and the entrance is not blocked in any way.

Changing rooms

You must go through a gate in order to enter the changing rooms. A private changing room is available for those who want it and it has all the necessary equipment such as a shower chair, bath bench, and toilet support. When you exit the private changing room, you will come out by the indoor pool, and you will need to go alongside it to get to the outside pools.

Pool and tub facilities

The indoor pool is at the exit of the changing rooms. The indoor pool has wide steps and has a handrail in the middle. There outdoor pool has an access ramp and wide steps with a handrail and stairs. The tubs have handrails along the steps to the tub and also around the tubs.

Private changing rooms

Private changing rooms are specifically intended to welcome transgender people (and children), including non-binary people, intersex people (and children), parents of children with disabilities and children who need special assistance and are of a different sex, persons with disabilities with a helper of a different sex, children who assist parents who are of a different sex, and people with health problems, such as people with stomas.

A video showing access to a private changing room at Grafarvogslaug Pool with Icelandic captions

A video showing access to a private changing room at Grafarvogslaug Pool with English captions

A video showing access to a private changing room at Grafarvogslaug Pool with Polish captions