Tvindefossen Explained
Tvindefossen
Trollafossen |
| Map: | Vestland#Norway |
| Location: | Vestland, Norway |
| Number Drops: | 2 |
| Watercourse: | Kroelvi |
| Type: | Tiered Plunges |
Tvindefossen (also written Tvinnefossen; also called Trollafossen[1]) is a waterfall in Voss Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located about north of the village of Vossevangen along the European route E16 road to Flåm.[2]
The many-stranded waterfall, often said to be high, is actually, is formed by a small Kroelvi stream,[1] tumbling over a receding cliff.[3] It is famous for its beauty.[4] Buses sometimes stop for people to admire it.[5] It was painted in 1830 by Johan Christian Dahl.[6]
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.[7] [8]
At one point it was Norway's ninth most visited natural attraction, with 272,000 visitors.[9]
See also
- List of waterfalls#Norway
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.world-waterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=664 Tvindefossen
- http://cruises.about.com/od/northerneuropeancruises/ig/Flam-Norway---Flam-Railway/Tvinde-Waterfall-near-Voss.htm Northern European Cruises
- Ymer 36-37 (1917) p. 235
- Johan Vibe, Norges land og folk volume 12: Søndre Bergenhus amt, Kristiania: Aschehoug, 1896, p. 300
- Terry Plant, Nordic Journeys, 5th ed. Newton Abbot, 1990,, p. 104.
- Andreas Aubert, Maleren Johan Christian Dahl: et stykke av forrige aarhundredes kunst- og kulturhistoria, Kristiania, 1920, p. 152
- http://www.bt.no/meninger/Vilt-ved-Viagrafallene-2374218.html "Vilt ved Viagrafallene"
- 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 refrained from stopping at the Tvinde waterfall in Voss."
- Encyclopedia: Norge – turisme. Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 28 May 2011.
