Tvindefossen

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Field	Value
name	Tvindefossen
Trollafossen
image	Cascada Tvindefossen.jpg
map	Vestland#Norway
coordinates
location	Vestland, Norway
height	116 m
number_drops	2
width	61 m
average_width	46 m
run	152 m
watercourse	Kroelvi
average_flow	4 m3/s
type	Tiered Plunges
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Tvindefossen (also written Tvinnefossen; also called Trollafossen) is a waterfall in Voss Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located about 12 km north of the village of Vossevangen along the European route E16 road to Flåm.

The many-stranded waterfall, often said to be 152 m high, It is famous for its beauty. Buses sometimes stop for people to admire it. It was painted in 1830 by Johan Christian Dahl.

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.

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

References

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1. link. (2010-12-22 at World Waterfall Database)
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6. Terry Plant, ''Nordic Journeys'', 5th ed. Newton Abbot, 1990, {{ISBN
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8. [http://www.bt.no/meninger/Vilt-ved-Viagrafallene-2374218.html "Vilt ved Viagrafallene"], ''[[Bergens Tidende]]'' 12 August 2001 {{in lang. no
9. Svein Kvalheim notes at the end of [http://www.bt.no/nyheter/innenriks/Voeringfossen-paa-topp-2379610.html "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."
10. "Norge – turisme". Kunnskapsforlaget.

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