Skógar is a little village in the Southern part of Iceland and home of the Skógafoss, a huge waterfall. When the sun is shining, you see multiple rainbows in the spume - and that happens quite often, although Skógar is said to have the worst weather in Iceland.


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Route, pictures


Still life: Lupines and rocks
Still life: Lupines and rocks

Rocks near Vík, the southernmost town in Iceland
Rocks near Ví...most town in Iceland

Black lava sand on the beach near Vík. You can go south from here all the way down to Antarctica - there is no shore in between.
Black lava sand on t...no shore in between.

Rocky beach near Vík
Rocky beach near Vík

Skógafoss in the evening
Skógafoss in the evening

Skógafoss - it is over 60 meters high!
Skógafoss - i...ver 60 meters high!

Skógafoss seen from the top
Skógafoss seen from the top

The village of Skógar
The village of Skógar

Midnight sky at Skógar
Midnight sky at Skógar

Lupin-covered field near Skógar
Lupin-covered field near Skógar

Edda hotel in Skógar offer sleeping bag accomodation in their gym
Edda hotel in Sk&oac...odation in their gym

Huge Christian in a small house
Huge Christian in a small house

Skógar open air museum
Skógar open air museum

Church at Skógar open air museum (I)
Church at Skógar open air museum (I)

Church at Skógar open air museum (II)
Church at Skó...open air museum (II)

Seljavellir swimming pool - our favorite one (I)
Seljavellir swimming...our favorite one (I)

Seljavellir swimming pool - our favorite one (II)
Seljavellir swimming...ur favorite one (II)

Lava fields off the ring road
Lava fields off the ring road

A place where hundreds of elf castles have been built on a single spot. They are meant to bring luck to the voyager who adds another stone to the elves%27 home.
A place where hundre... to the elves' home.

Seljalandsfoss
Seljalandsfoss

You can get very close to the Seljalandsfoss waterfall and even walk behind it (if you don%27t mind getting wet) ;-)
You can get very clo...nd getting wet) ;-)

Seljalandsfoss seen from below
Seljalandsfoss seen from below

And from behind
And from behind


Photo album generated by album from MarginalHacks on Fri Aug 20 09:26:01 2004