Espelandsfossen

Espelandsfossen was one of two waterfalls that we visited frp, the same county of Hordaland that also happened to share the same name. As if that wasn’t confusing enough, this waterfall also seemed…

Stigfossen and Fjellfossen

The waterfall tandem of Stigfossen and Fjellfossen sat at the back of the communities of Myster and Eidslandet. According to the old Norgesglasset, Stigfossen was the lower waterfall while Fjellfossen

Kvernhusfossen and Geitaskardet

Both Kvernhusfossen and Geitaskardet were attractive waterfalls on opposite sides of the valley of Modalen (the Health Valley?) and the town of Mo (pronounced “MOO”). The town was situated right…

Fossen Bratte

Fossen Bratte (pronounced “BRAH-tuh” meaning “steep”) was a pretty waterfall that we targeted on a visit to Steinsdalsfossen and the charming city of Bergen (since it sat in between them). I tend…

Hesjedalsfossen

Hesjedalsfossen (I think is pronounced “HEH-sheh-dahls-foss-un”) was a dual waterfall that we managed to notice just before we were about to enter a tunnel. It was a good thing we noticed it…

Steinsdalsfossen

Steinsdalsfossen was a waterfall that seemed to have a lot of fanfare and notoriety (at least that was our impression when we were researching for our trip). When we visited the falls in June 2005…

Skarvefossen

Skarvefossen was a waterfall that we happened to have noticed on our way to Skjervsfossen, but we never realized that it had this name until we did some post-trip research of what we experienced…

Kyrfossen

Kyrfossen was one of those waterfalls that Julie and I accidentally stumbled upon when we decided to drive to Osafjorden and the town of Osa on a whim. I didn’t recall exactly what compelled us to…

The Husedalen Waterfalls

Husedalen Waterfalls were a series of four giant waterfalls on the Kinso River making a mad dash down from the Hardanger Plateau (Hardangervidda) to the South Fjord (Sørfjorden). The cumulative…

Voringsfossen

Voringsfossen (Vøringsfossen; I think is pronounced “VEWH-rings-foss-un”) was definitely one of the waterfall highlights of our visit to the Eidfjord Municipality. The falls dazzled us with what…

Skykkjedalsfossen

Skykkjedalsfossen (I think it’s pronounced “SKIK-sheh-dahls-foss-un”) was an impressive plunging waterfall deep in the narrow Simadal Valley (Simadalen). Prior to our visit to this falls, Julie…

Vedalsfossen and the Hjolmodalen Waterfalls

Vedalsfossen was actually one of many roadside waterfalls that we encountered while driving on the narrow and steep road through the Hjølmo Valley (Hjølmodalen; [pronounced “YEUWHL-moo-dal-un”])…

Valursfossen

Valursfossen certainly had to be one of the most memorable hikes Julie and I had ever done. This wild and powerful waterfall on the Velg River was said to be 262m tall but I also saw a more…

Langfoss

Langfoss (literally pronounced and translated like “Long Falls”) was a powerful cascading waterfall that tumbled down almost the entire length of a mountainside before spilling into the Åkra Fjord…

AEdnafossen and the Folgefonna Waterfalls

AEdnafossen (Ædnafossen [maybe pronounced “ED-nuh-foss-un” and alternatively spelled Ednafossen]) was probably the most scenic of the many waterfalls we noticed while driving alongside Sørfjorden…

Skrikjofossen and Opofossen

Skrikjofossen and Opofossen was a waterfall pair that made their plunge and tumble from the highlands of the Hardanger Plateau towards the South Fjord (Sørfjorden) by the town of Lofthus…

Latefossen

Latefossen was probably the most popular and dramatic of the waterfalls in Oddadalen (the Odda Valley). Although we thought almost all of the waterfalls we encountered in Oddadalen were spectacular…

Vidfoss

Vidfoss was the third waterfall we saw within Oddadalen (the Odda Valley) as we were heading north towards the town of Odda. It was an attractively wide yet tall waterfall (allegedly 300m in…

Sandsfossen

Sandsfossen was kind of a throw-in waterfall near the town of Sandsfjord-fringing town of Sand. We only became aware of this waterfall when we saw a sign indicating its presence while we were…

“Storfossen”

“Storfossen” was an informal name we chose to associate with this rather obscure, wispy yet attratively tall waterfall in the moors of Suldal (near the lake Mosvatnet, which I think is pronounced