Tvindefossen
Tvindefossen (also written Tvinnefossen; also called Trollafossen[1]) is a waterfall near Voss, Norway. It is 12 km from Voss on the road to Flåm.[2][3]
The many-stranded waterfall, usually said to be 152 m high,[2] but likely only 110 m, is formed by a small stream, the Kroelvi,[1] tumbling over a receding cliff.[4] It is famous for its beauty.[5] Buses sometimes stop for people to admire it.[6] It was painted in 1830 by Johan Christian Dahl.[7]
In addition, in the late 1990s the water at Tvindefossen acquired a reputation for rejuvenation and revival of sexual potency that made it one of the most important natural tourist attractions in western Norway, with as many as 200,000 people a year from the U.S., Japan and Russia visiting and filling containers with the water.[8][9]
At one point it was Norway's ninth most visited natural attraction, with 272,000 visitors.[10]
References
- ^ a b Tvindefossen at World Waterfall Database
- ^ a b Tvindefossen at World of Waterfalls.
- ^ Northern European Cruises[unreliable source?]
- ^ Ymer 36-37 (1917) p. 235 Template:Sv icon
- ^ Johan Vibe, Norges land og folk volume 12: Søndre Bergenhus amt, Kristiania: Aschehoug, 1896, p. 300 Template:No icon
- ^ Terry Plant, Nordic Journeys, 5th ed. Newton Abbot, 1990, ISBN 978-0-9510511-2-2, p. 104.
- ^ Andreas Aubert, Maleren Johan Christian Dahl: et stykke av forrige aarhundredes kunst- og kulturhistoria, Kristiania, 1920, p. 152 Template:No icon
- ^ "Vilt ved Viagrafallene", Bergens Tidende 12 August 2001 Template:No icon
- ^ Svein Kvalheim notes at the end of "Vøringfossen på topp", Bergens Tidende 2 November 2001: "det virker som om hver femte bilist denne sommeren lot være å stoppe ved Tvindefossen i Voss." - "it seems as if every fifth driver this summer was bent on stopping at the Tvinde waterfall in Voss."
- ^ "Norge – turisme". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
External links
- Attractions in Voss at VisitNorway.com
- Tvinnefossen at BergenGuide.com