Hveragerðisbær

thumb|Hot springs in Hveragerði near river Varmá thumb|Greenhouses in Hveragerði thumb|Hot spring area Leirgerður, lively again since 2008 Hveragerði (, "hot-spring yard") is a town and municipality in the south of Iceland, east of Reykjavík on Iceland's main ringroad, Route 1. The river Varmá runs through the town. With an area of , Hveragerði is the third smallest municipality in Iceland by size.

==Overview== The surrounding area is part of the Hengill central volcano, and is geothermally active and experiences very frequent (usually minor) earthquakes. The town is known for its greenhouses, which are heated by hot water from volcanic hot springs. The first greenhouse was built in 1923. These springs are the site of occurrence of certain extremophile micro-organisms, that are capable of surviving in extremely hot environments. Close to the church is a hot spring called (, "sand hill hot-spring"), formed during the violent South Iceland earthquake of 1896. A fenced-off geothermal area in the town has numerous hot springs and fumaroles.