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KVERNUFOSS WATERFALL
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KVERNUFOSS IS A PICTURESQUE WATERFALL LOCATED IN SOUTHERN ICELAND, NEAR THE VILLAGE OF SKÓGAR. IT IS LOCATED JUST A FEW HUNDRED METERS FROM THE POPULAR SKÓGAFOSS AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE SKÓGAR MUSEUM. THE WATERFALL IS HIDDEN IN THE NARROW, MOSS-COVERED KVERNUGIL GORGE AND FED BY THE KVERNA RIVER, WHICH FLOWS FROM THE EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL AND MÝRDALSJÖKULL GLACIERS.
THE WATERFALL IS ABOUT 30 METERS HIGH AND FALLS VERTICALLY FROM A ROCKY WALL INTO A SMALL WATER RESERVOIR. ONE OF ITS BIGGEST ATTRACTIONS IS THE POSSIBILITY TO WALK BEHIND THE WALL OF WATER – THERE IS A NATURAL PATH LEADING THERE, WHICH IS A RARITY AMONG ICELANDIC WATERFALLS. THE AREA AROUND KVERNUFOSS IS DISTINGUISHED BY ITS WILD, UNTOUCHED NATURE, WHICH MAKES IT AN EXCEPTIONALLY PEACEFUL AND PHOTOGENIC PLACE.
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THE WALK TO THE WATERFALL STARTS AT THE SKÓGAR MUSEUM CAR PARK. THE ROUTE LEADS THROUGH A SMALL FENCE AND CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER, LEADING DEEP INTO THE CANYON. THE ENTIRE WALK IS ABOUT 850–1000 METERS ONE WAY AND TAKES AN AVERAGE OF 20–30 MINUTES. THE PATH IS NOT TECHNICALLY DIFFICULT, BUT IT CAN BE SLIPPERY, ESPECIALLY AFTER RAIN OR IN WINTER, SO IT IS RECOMMENDED TO WEAR STURDY HIKING BOOTS.
SEASON AND CONDITIONS
KVERNUFOSS CAN BE VISITED ALL YEAR ROUND. THE BEST TIME IS LATE SPRING, SUMMER, AND EARLY FALL, WHEN CONDITIONS ARE MOST FAVORABLE. IN WINTER, THE APPROACH TO THE WATERFALL AND THE PASSAGE BEHIND IT MAY BE ICY – IN THIS CASE, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO USE CRAMPONS OR SPIKES ON YOUR SHOES. ON SUNNY DAYS, RAINBOWS OFTEN APPEAR IN THE AIR, MAKING THIS PLACE PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS.
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THE NAME “KVERNUFOSS” COMES FROM THE ICELANDIC WORD KVERNA, MEANING MILL, IN REFERENCE TO THE OLD WATER MILLS THAT OPERATED IN THIS REGION. DESPITE ITS GROWING POPULARITY, KVERNUFOSS REMAINS LESS FREQUENTED THAN ITS NEIGHBORS BECAUSE IT IS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE MAIN ROAD AND IS NOT ON THE ROUTE OF MOST BUS TOURS. IT IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DISCOVER ICELAND OFF THE BEATEN TRACK.
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KVERNUFOSS WATERFALL BECAME THE CULMINATING BACKDROP FOR THE FINALE OF THE WORLD OF WALKER TRILOGY.
IT IS HERE, AMID THE RUGGED ICELANDIC LANDSCAPE, THAT A SYMBOLIC SCENE OF UNITY AND NEW BEGINNINGS UNFOLDS. THE WATER FALLING FROM ABOVE REFLECTS THE LIGHT, CREATING AN IMPRESSIVE RAINBOW—A NATURAL SIGN OF PEACE AND RENEWAL. FOR MANY, IT MAY EVOKE BIBLICAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE COVENANT MADE AFTER THE FLOOD – AS A HARBINGER OF A NEW CHAPTER, HOPE, AND UNITY.
