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Gooafoss (Iceland)

 
Description: A spectacular waterfall in north central Iceland.

Newest Review: ... we accidentally hitchhiked a car there, although I hadn't bothered with a guide book, I did have a quick scour on the net of interesting things to see and picked up a little brochure on the boat over. Godafoss is the definition of a picture-postcard sight, so it's of little wonder that the extravagant falls were splashed across its pages. We could see the falls from a distance and were ... more

 ... extremely excited to get closer to it, you'd think that having seen Europe's most powerful waterfall earlier in the day, we wouldn't be that bothered but instead we'd caught waterfallitis - my invented name for an obsession with wanting to see more and more o...more

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dangaroo
Premium Review Gooafoss (Iceland): A Waterfall from Heaven? (355 words)
by - written on 21/04/09 (Very useful, 45 readings)
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That's what the Icelandics reckoned! On my trip to Iceland in summer 2007, I visited Godafoss (not Gooafoss as Dooyoo have incorrrectly written - which translates to "god falls"), it's neither as conveniently located as Gulfoss or as in the middle of nowhere as Dettifoss. It's actually located a few metres off Route 1 (Iceland Ring) 60km east of Akureyri or 120km west of Myvatn. I was well aware of its existance before we accidentally hitchhiked a car there, although I hadn't bothered with a guide book, I did have a quick scour on the net of interesting things to see and picked up a little brochure on the boat over. Godafoss is the definition of a ...  Read the complete review

 

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