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Goðafoss

The "Waterfall of the Gods" - a sweeping 30-metre-wide horseshoe in North Iceland, named for the day a lawspeaker threw his pagan idols into the falls.

DROP
12 m
GETTING THERE
45 min
ENTRY
Free
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Easy · Day trip
45 min from Akureyri · roadside
Easy. ~45 minutes from Akureyri, right off the Ring Road with a car park on each bank. No ticket. An easy short walk to both the east and west viewpoints. From Reykjavík it's a 6-hour drive, so fly to Akureyri and base in the north. Summer for easy access; winter is stark and beautiful but icy.
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Roadside car parks both banks
TIME NEEDED
30-45 min
CROWDS
Moderate
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Light spray at the closest viewpoints
Falls of the Gods
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