Steinsdalsfossen
Roaring fjordside waterfall with a dry footpath that runs right behind the falling curtain of water.
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This guide to Steinsdalsfossen, near Norheimsund on the Hardangerfjord outside Bergen, starts with a flood in 1699 and a farm on the wrong side of a river. It follows the water's balance sheet: who paid for the new waterfall, and who has been coming to see it ever since, a German emperor among them. Best heard on the path, just before it ducks behind the falling water.
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