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Hella

Hella is the municipality’s main population centre, with over 800 residents. The economy of Hella consists mainly of services to the agricultural sector. The town hosts a slaughterhouse for large livestock, a meat processing plant, chicken slaughterhouse and adjacent processing plant, veterinary centre, incubation station, automobile workshop, electrical workshop, woodworking shop and various other smaller agricultural service providers.

Hella also has a grocery store, restaurants, hotel and guesthouses, nursing and retirement homes, swimming pool, laundry, healthcare centre, glass workshop, fish processing and seafood store, electrical appliance and gift store, bank, post office, camping ground, pharmacy, tyre shop, gas station, sports facilities, primary and nursery schools, as well as various other services and public bodies. In addition, the town hall and service centre for the municipality are located in Hella.

Hella’s history began in 1927, when a shop was opened at the location. It was later replaced by the co-operative society Þór, and as the co-op grew and prospered, Hella became the main trading centre in the western part of the Rangárvallasýsla region, extending across the farmlands Gaddstaðir, Helluvað and Nes at Rangárvellir.

The village grew considerably in the sixties when many of the people working on the development of power plants in the area built homes and settled there. Growth slowed down after that, but since the turn of the century, Hella has grown steadily, with new apartments being constructed every year.

One of the best-known equine sports facilities in Iceland is located in Hella: Gaddstaðaflatir, also known as Rangárbakkar. The facilities include competition pitches for riding sports as well as an indoor riding arena. Five national meets have been held there, in 1986, 1994, 2004, 2008 and 2014, and the sixth is planned in 2021.

Hella

Hella

Hella is the municipality’s main population centre, with over 800 residents. The economy of Hella consists mainly of services to the agricultural sect
Self guided walk in Hella

Self guided walk in Hella

The archaeology app takes you on a self-guided tour of the village of Hella.  Hella does not have a very long history, but there has been a farm, Gadd
HELLA

HELLA

Welcome to Rangárþing ytra, one of Iceland’s largest municipalities in terms of geographical size, with around 2000 residents. It is one of three muni
Hella Swimming pool

Hella Swimming pool

The thermal pool in Hella is 25 x 11 meters and and suitable for competitions. 5 different pools are available next to the main swimming pool: 1 massa
Ytri Rangá river

Ytri Rangá river

Ytri-Rangá flows past Hella. Its source is to the north of Mount Hekla, in Rangárbotnar at Landmannafréttur, where it surfaces in several places from
Stracta Hotel

Stracta Hotel

Stracta Hotel Hella is a new hotel in the South of Iceland. The hotel offers various types of accommodation options. The hotel features a panorama res

Buggy X-Treme

Please contact for tours and booking information.
Caves of Hella

Caves of Hella

Twelve man-made caves have been discovered on the land of Ægissíða by Hella on the South Coast of Iceland. Four of them have been open to the public.
Ægissíðufoss waterfall

Ægissíðufoss waterfall

The Ægissíðufoss waterfall in Ytri-Rangá is a few kilometers further down the river from Hella. The waterfall is a well-known fishing location on the

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Almar Bakery Suðurlandsvegur 850 Hella 483-1919
Cozy house by the river Ytri Rangá Þrúðvangur 37 850 Hella 898-4853
Gaddstaðaflatir Camping Ground Gaddastaðaflatir 850 Hella 776-0030
Hella - Riverbank Þrúðvangur 5 850 Hella 840-6768
Hella horses Hesthúsavegur 4 850 Hella 888-8777
High country Iceland Bolalda 4 850 Hella 849-0511
Kanslarinn Dynskálum 10c 850 Hella 4875100
Loftbolti.is Langalda 18 850 Hella 8665867
MudShark.is Freyvangur 22 850 Hella 6911849
Olis - Service Station Þrúðvangur 2 850 Hella 487-5180
Toptours / Erlingur Gíslason Þrúðvangur 36a 850 Hella 487-5530
Welcome Riverside Guesthouse Þrúðvangur 32 850 Hella 487-1212
Welcome Riverside Guesthouse Þrúðvangur 34 850 Hella 487-1212
Welcome Riverside Guesthouse Þrúðvangur 37 850 Hella 487-1212
Woolmarket Rangárbakkar 7 850 Hella 486-1434
Riverfront Boutique Lodge at Hella Við Rangá 851 Hella 775-1333