Go to the frontpage
Home > North > Godafoss
| Go Back |
Payment type options
Convert ISK
ISKISK
EUREUR
GBPGBP
USDUSD
Reference only
Booking Office - Registrated by Icelandic Tourist Board
Social Bookmarks
BlinkBits
BlinkList
Blogmarks
Buddymarks
CiteUlike
del.icio.us
Diigo
DZone
Earthlink
FeedMarker
Flog this!
feedmelinks
Furl
Google
Give a Link
Gravee
igooi
ISEdb
Lilisto
Linkagogo
Linkroll
Looklater
ma.gnolia
Maple.nu
Marktd
Mr. Wong
My-Tuts
Netscape
Netvouz
Newsvine
NShout
Onlywire
PlugIM
RawSugar
RecommendzIt
reddit
Scuttle
SearchMob
Segnalo
Shadows
Simpy
Sphinn
Spurl
Squidoo
StumbleUpon
Taggly
tagtooga
TalkDigger
Tellfriends
Wink
Yahoo MyWeb

Your Travel Cart
Contains 0 items
Subtotal: 0 ISK
View Cart

 Search & Book:


Flight to Iceland

Godafoss

This waterfall is among the finest in the country, not very high but impressive in shape as it divides into two horseshoe-shaped falls. Not far below the waterfall, the river Skjálfandafljót splits into two branches which flow around the island Hrútey. The lava field by the waterfall, Bárðardalshraun, flowed out of the volcano Trölladyngja, north of Vatnajökull, Europe's largest glacier, more than 7,000 years ago and reached as far as 100 km from the crater. Goðafoss is about 40 km east of Akureyri.

Dumping the gods in a waterfallOne of the chieftains present at Þingvellir in the year 1000 was Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði (Lord of Ljósavatn). He was eventually given the authority to decide which religion was to be adopted by the Icelanders. He was a pagan himself, but after a period of profound thought, he decided that Christianity was to be the religion of Iceland. Upon his return home, he took the likenesses of the pagan gods he used to worship and dumped them unceremoniously into a waterfall near his homestead. From this time, the waterfall has been named Goðafoss (Waterfall of the Gods). Nowadays, tourists usually make a break in their journey at this spectacular spot.
www.eyjafjordur.is
ReykjavikCenter ehf © 2005-2024 | Tel.: +354 588-9588 | info at reykjavikcenter.is | www.reykjavikcenter.is

Home | Capital | North | South | East | West
Wining & Dining | Culture | Taxfree Shopping | How to get here | Sitemap | Links
About us | About Iceland | Practical info


19.3.2024 07:23:49 - 19.3.2024 07:23:49