Godafoss Waterfall
About the place
Goðafoss, the 'Waterfall of the Gods', is a wide, curved cascade where the glacial Skjálfandafljót drops about 12 metres over a dark lava ledge into a milky-blue pool. The name goes back to the year 1000: by tradition, Iceland's law-speaker cast his pagan idols into the falls when the country turned to Christianity. It sits right on the Ring Road, with paved paths and viewpoints on both banks — one of North Iceland's easiest big falls to reach.
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