Tvindefossen

Tvindefossen (also written Tvinnefossen; also called Trollafossen Tvindefossen at World Waterfall Database) 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.Northern European Cruises

The many-stranded waterfall, often said to be high, is actually , is formed by a small Kroelvi stream, tumbling over a receding cliff.Ymer 36-37 (1917) p. 235 It is famous for its beauty.Johan Vibe, Norges land og folk volume 12: Søndre Bergenhus amt, Kristiania: Aschehoug, 1896, p. 300 Buses sometimes stop for people to admire it.Terry Plant, Nordic Journeys, 5th ed. Newton Abbot, 1990, , p. 104. It was painted in 1830 by Johan Christian Dahl.Andreas Aubert, Maleren Johan Christian Dahl: et stykke av forrige aarhundredes kunst- og kulturhistoria, Kristiania, 1920, p. 152

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."Vilt ved Viagrafallene", Bergens Tidende 12 August 2001 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."

At one point it was Norway's ninth most visited natural attraction, with 272,000 visitors.

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