World of Waterfalls Blog

The Other Westfjords Waterfalls page is where I’m putting in the many waterfalls that we’ve found throughout the Westfjords region that we didn’t devote a dedicated webpage to for one reason or…

Waterfall at Foss may sound redundant, but what I’m talking about here pertained to a waterfall that we saw on our map labeled as “Foss” facing the Arnarfjörður in the remote Westfjords of…

The receptionist was named Claus and he was an interesting guy in that he was German and it seemed that he was in the middle of learning Icelandic. Claus sensed that I was also…

Hraunfossar (meaning “lava falls”) was an intriguing series of springs coming out of the Hallmundarhraun lava flow appearing like a long 900m strand of cascades laced within the rough grooves of…

Bjarnafoss is a tall waterfall tumbling right behind the small farming hamlet of Buðir. It has been said that under the waterfall stands the “Lady of the Mountains” (Fjallkonan)…

Barnafoss was really more of a series of rapids on the Hvítá River. The river was forced through a narrow rocky chute that apparently once had a natural bridge spanning across it…

The Glanni Waterfall on the Norðurá River is said to be the dwelling place of elves and trolls. However, during our visit, we noticed that this waterfall was situated near a golf course nearby an…

Klukkufoss (meaning “Clock Falls” or “Bell Falls”) was a waterfall fed by the meltwaters of the Snæfellsjökull Glacier (pronounced “SNAYE-fells-yuk-ul”) dominating the west end of the Snæfellsnes…

Svodufoss (or more accurately Svöðufoss; I think is pronounced “SVUEW-thoo-foss”) looked like a big and interesting waterfall, especially considering it was fronting the Snæfellsjökull…

Baejarfoss (meaning “Town Falls”) is situated right behind the charming town of Ólafsvík (probably known more for whale watching tours). This was a convenient waterfall for us as all we had…

There are other Snaefellsnes Waterfalls beyond those already mentioned on this website’s West Region pages. And since over half of the waterfalls in the region that we have dedicated writeups for…

Gullfoss (translated as “Golden Falls”) may be Iceland’s most popular waterfall, and we can certainly testify to that statement given how it was always busy during our visits. This was in part…

The Faxi waterfall (also referred to as Fossin Faxi or Vatnsleysufoss in Icelandic) was a wide waterfall and kind of a smaller version of Gullfoss. In my mind it was like Gullfoss in that it was…

Oxararfoss is actually an artificially created waterfall due to water diversion that took place several centuries ago to support assemblies or Þings. Situated in the UNESCO…

Glymur (sounds like “glimmer”) is said to be the tallest waterfall in Iceland at 196m. I had read that it was once a very popular attraction as the Ring Road used to go around Hvalfjörður (the Whale..

Sjavarfoss (Sjávarfoss; pronounced “SHAU-var-foss”; labeled as “Fossa” on our map) was an unexpected waterfall we noticed waterfall while driving along Hvalfjörður on the way to Glymur. Despite…

Thorufoss (Icelandic spelling is Þórufoss; pronounced “THOR-oo-foss”) was an obscure yet attractive waterfall we saw on the Laxá í Kjós River. Not only did it have a pretty satisfying size…

Trollafoss was an exercise in frustration when I went looking for it on my trip to Iceland. First of all, you have to follow a rough 4wd path. Although there was a sign at…

…we walked around the center of town aimlessly looking for places to eat for dinner. We had to look long and hard because we struggled with sticker shock as every place offering…

This itinerary was actually part of a more grand month-long trip to Iceland.  We made a detour to Western New York and spent nearly a week self-driving around the Finger Lakes area using Buffalo…