World of Waterfalls Blog

Vesleulfossen was said to be Rondane National Park’s tallest waterfall at a reported 180m. It was probably for that reason alone that we made the detour out to this part of Central Norway from the…

Kvanndalsfossen was a waterfall that Julie and I only noticed when we passed by an obscure handwritten sign while making the drive towards the famous Geiranger Fjord from Loen. When I swore I…

Storseterfossen (or Storsæterfossen) was one of the more memorable waterfalls in the Geiranger Fjord area because of a couple of things. One was that it couldn’t be seen on the cruise of…

Storulfossen (perhaps more popularly known as Bruresløret or the Bridal Veil) was an attractive year-round 20m waterfall situated in the scenic highland moors of Rondane National Park…

The Waterfalls along the Otta River was really my attempt at trying to devote a page to the many waterfalls we saw as we drove the Rv15 along the Otta River towards the town of Otta in Oppland…

Eidsfossen was a powerful waterfall on the aptly-named Storelva (Big River) that literally made us feel like the ground beneath our feet was trembling. Indeed, the operative word with this falls…

“Heggheimsfossen” was a waterfall that only recently was I able to correctly identify its watercourse. During our June/July 2005 trip to Norway, Julie and I definitely noticed this obviously…

Sanddalsfossen was perhaps the most remarkable of the waterfalls in the quiet Myklebustdalen Valley. Julie and I first noticed the 150m falls while briefly touring the valley as it sat quite…

Strupenfossen (or just Strupen) was a waterfall that seemed to have a bit of a reputation for being one of the tallest waterfalls in Norway. Julie and I had doubts about this stature considering…

Ramnefjellsfossen was a very tall waterfall spilling into the beautiful but deceptively calm and dangerous lake Lovatnet (pronounced “LOO-vaht-nuh”; meaning “the napping or laughing lake”?).

Hoysteinfossen (Høysteinfossen; “HUHY-styen-foss-un”; meaning High Stone Falls) and the Bodalen Waterfalls (Bødalen) were my waterfalling excuses to talk about a little detour that Julie and I took…

Volefossen (I’ve also seen it spelled Vålefossen) was a very tall and commanding presence at the head of the valley Oldedalen. I’ve read that this waterfall was said to tumble from a height of 355m…

Kleivafossen was basically my waterfalling excuse to talk about our memorable out-and-back hike up to the terminus of the Briksdal Glacier (Briksdalsbreen). The falls was actually around the…

Kvinnafossen (I’ve also seen it spelled Kvinnefossen) was a roadside waterfall that faced the vast Sognefjord (Sognefjorden; said to be the longest fjord in the world) that Julie and I visited…

Svedalsfossen was an obscure waterfall that I had previously thought of as one of those miscellaneous waterfalls that probably didn’t have a real name. It was Julie who noticed it as I was busy…

Vikafossen was another one of those after-the-fact accidental waterfalls that Julie and I noticed during our late June-early July 2005 trip to Norway, but we were never able to identify for years…

Huldrefossen (I’ve also seen it spelled Huldefossen as well as Huldrafossen) was perhaps the most well-known waterfall of the Sunnfjord region, an area which encompassed the dozens upon dozens of…

Laukelandsfossen was a waterfall that Julie and I thought had a scenic allure rivaling the more famous Huldrefossen as the Sunnfjord region’s prettiest waterfall. What this waterfall had going for…

Eikjelandsfossen (I’ve also seen it spelled Eikelandsfossen) was merely one of many waterfalls that Julie and I saw while doing a loop drive that started and ended in the town of Førde but…

Vettisfossen was one of Norway’s famous waterfalls as it earned its claim to fame by featuring a 275m freefall, which made it the tallest unregulated singular-drop waterfall in Norway…