Country: Norway
Sanddalsfossen
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 and “Nonfossen”
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
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, Huldrefossen, and the Bodalen Waterfalls
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 and the Oldedalen Waterfalls
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
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
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
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
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
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 and Osfossen
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, Fossestein, and the Other Waterfalls of Fossheimen
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…
Hjellefossen
Hjellefossen (I think is pronounced “YELL-eh-foss-un”) was the first of the major unregulated waterfalls we saw in Utladalen Valley. However, with this waterfall, we didn’t have to do any hiking…
Vettisfossen, Avdalsfossen, and the Utladalen Waterfalls
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…
Asafossen (“Vassbakkfossen”), “Liingafossen”, and the Waterfalls of Skjolden and Fortunsdalen
Asafossen (more correctly called Åsafossen) was the conspicuous waterfall spilling into Fortundalen easily seen from the scenic town of Skjolden. I used to call this waterfall “Vassbakkfossen”…
Mordolefossen
Mordolefossen (or more accurately Mordølefossen) was a waterfall that Julie and I nearly confused with the more conspicuous Feigefossen nearby as they seemed to have a somewhat uncanny resemblance…
Feigefossen
Feigefossen was a waterfall that Julie and I anticipated visiting because we learned from our pre-trip research (later supported by a sign we saw a the trailhead there) that it was said to possess…
Geisfossen, Ryefossen, and the Jostedalen Waterfalls
Geisfossen (I’ve also seen it called Geisdalsfossen) was a series of four segmented waterfalls plunging side-by-side each other. It seemed like it was the most famous of the many waterfalls…
Siseljafossen
Siseljafossen was a waterfall that tested my determination for visiting it. What I remembered most about this excursion (besides heavy rain during my visit) was how obscure and tricky it was…
Tvindefossen
Tvindefossen (I’ve also seen it spelled Tvinnefossen) was a gorgeous 152m waterfall tumbling in strands with a graceful character that strangely contrasted the gushing waterfalls we had been used…