Sports facilities

Akranes has two sports buildings, one at Jaðarsbakkar and one at Vesturgata. Both sports buildings have a workout room and both also have smaller rooms that can be used for various purposes and for group sessions.

In the sports centre at Jaðarsbakkar there is a workout room and a swimming pool with a water slide, as well as facilities for soccer, basketball, badminton, track and field and volleyball practise. At Jaðarsbakkar there is the multi-use sports hall Akraneshöllin, the town's principal sports arena, as well as a large number of soccer pitches that are very popular in the summers.

The sports building at Vesturgata houses such varied activities as basketball, gymnastics, badminton, karate, boxing, shooting, bowling and strength training among other things.