Archives: Waterfalls
Boyabreen Waterfalls
The Boyabreen Waterfalls (more accurately called Bøyabreen) was my way of paying homage to the collection of waterfalls we saw around the popular Bøyabreen Glacier. Of all the glaciers where we…
Ovstefossen (Ovstebrufossen)
Ovstefossen (more accurately Øvstefossen; I’ve also seen it called Ovstebrufossen or Øvstebrufossen) was yet another one of the accidental unplanned roadside waterfalls that we ended up stopping…
Krunefossen and the Kjenndalen Waterfalls
Krunefossen was a gushing waterfall at the terminus of the Krunebreen arm of the vast Jostedalsbreen Glacier. According to my Norgeskart measurements, the entire waterfall lost about 480m in…
Eafossen (Hyttfossen)
Eafossen (also known as Hyttfossen) was kind of our waterfalling excuse to talk about the UNESCO World Heritage area of Røros. We actually didn’t realize that this waterfall existed until we…
Njupeskar
The Njupeskar Waterfall (or just Njupeskär) was a protected waterfall in Fulufjället National Park in western Sweden. There was a lot of fanfare concerning this waterfall because it had been…
Ristafallet
Ristafallet was the first of three significant waterfalls in a stretch of the drive along the E14 between Östersund and the Swedish border and ultimately to Trondheim. The falls featured a wide…
Tannforsen
Tannforsen (or more accurately Tännforsen) was quite possibly our favorite waterfall in Sweden. Squeezed between two big lakes (Tännsjön and Våmviken), the outflow of Tännsjön runs on Åreälven and…
Handolsforsen
Handolsforsen (or more accurately Handölsforsen) was another one of the three major waterfalls that we visited between Östersund and the Swedish border en route to Trondheim, Norway. The other two…
Hallingsafallet
Hallingsafallet (or more accurately Hällingsåfallet) was a spectacularly gushing waterfall where the Hällingsån dropped 43m right into the head of a deep canyon. After having seen some modest…
Fettjeafallet
Fettjeafallet (or more accurately Fettjeåfallet) was one of the taller waterfalls that was said to have a drop of 70m over two main drops on the Fettjeån river. With this excursion, it was pretty…
Linafallet
Linafallet (also called Linfallet) was kind of a case of mistaken identity for me. You see, there happened to be a different waterfall of the same name that promised to have a lot of volume as well…
Revelforsen
Revelforsen was a waterfall that I once dubbed the “Mo i Rana Waterfall” because I had no idea that it even had a name. The distinguishing feature of this waterfall was the interesting flume…
Kobbelvfossen
Kobbelvfossen was about as accidental of a waterfall visit as they come, especially since we never even knew this waterfall existed. That all changed while making the long drive between…
Kystriksveien Waterfalls
The Kystriksveien Waterfalls were kind of my waterfalling excuse to talk about the beautiful coastal drive along the county road Fv17, which is also known as the Kystriksveien. It’s hard to convey…
Silverfallet
The Silverfallet in Bjorkliden (or more accurately Björkliden) was the second such waterfall named “Silver Falls” that I encountered in Sweden during our epic Sandinavia Trip in 2019. Unlike the…
Loktajohka Waterfall
The Loktajohka Waterfall (also spelled Låktatjåkka) was kind of an inadvertent waterfall encounter when I was driving from Narvik to pursue the Silverfallet by Bjorkliden. However, during the drive…
Skogvann Waterfall
The Skogvann Waterfall was another one of those waterfalls that I hadn’t planned on noticing nor stopping for. But it had enough of an impressive flow that I made it a point to pause for it…
Skarvbergvika Waterfall and the Waterfalls on the way to Nordkapp
The waterfalls that I’m highlighting on this page were kind of my excuse to talk about my failed visit to Nordkapp from Alta. It turned out that the 3- to 3.5-hour drive to get all the way to the…
Navitfossen and Roykfossen
Navitfossen was a waterfall that we used as an excuse to break up the long drive between Tromsø and Alta. In Northern Norway, getting from place to place requires long distance driving so we needed…
Pikefossen
Pikefossen was one of the few easily-accessible named waterfalls that we’ve encountered in Finnmark County (it might be the only one!). Unlike most of the waterfalls we’ve seen throughout Norway…