Glanni

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

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

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

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…

Other Snaefellsnes Waterfalls

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

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…

Faxi (Vatnsleysufoss)

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Rovijokfossen

Rovijokfossen (I’ve also seen it spelled Rovvejokfossen and Ruvijokfossen) was the last waterfall we saw on our epic June-July 2005 trip to Norway. Also, it could very well be the waterfall that…

Malselvfossen

Malselvfossen (Målselvfossen; “MOHLS-elv-foss-un”) was a waterfall that Julie and I made a spontaneous stop for after noticing some signage as we were driving north along the E6 from Narvik towards…

Mollisfossen

Mollisfossen was perhaps our favorite of the waterfalls we had encountered north of the Arctic Cricle so far. It was said to have a total drop of 269m that started off with upper cascades…

Fosselvfossen

Fosselvfossen was a waterfall that Julie and I never even knew about until we just happened to notice it on a paper place mat in a cafe in Storslett as we were having a late lunch/dinner after…

“Ytre Isfossen”, “Indre Isfossen”, “Bafossen”, “Oksefossen”, and the Kafjorden Waterfalls

The Kafjorden Waterfalls page (more accurately spelled Kåfjorden in Norwegian or Gáivuotna in Sami) was a page where I’m attributing the waterfalls we’ve seen as we were driving the E6 highway…

Sprutfossen

Sprutfossen was a bit of a disappointment to Julie and I. We originally thought that the detour into the Plurdal Valley (Plurdalen) where we’d find this waterfall would only take us about 30…

Formofossen

Formofossen was a powerful river waterfall on the Sanddøla River with a reported drop of 34m. I doubted that the waterfall’s main plunge was that tall based on what we were able to see, which the…

Grongstadfossen

Grongstadfossen (I’ve also seen it spelled Grungstadfossen) was said to be the tallest waterfall in the Høylandet municipality at 75m. From the picnic area where we parked the car and got the view…