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Attraction · Norðurþing · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Selfoss in Norðurþing

Selfoss is an attraction in Norðurþing, Northeastern Region. This place has a story in the app.

Selfoss in Norðurþing
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Photo: Andreas Tille · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons
Selfoss in Norðurþing, photo 2
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Photo: JuTa 18:20, 4 May 2005 (UTC) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons
Selfoss in Norðurþing, photo 3
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Photo: Martin Falbisoner · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

The story

Story · Selfoss

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You're standing at Selfoss, a waterfall in the north of Iceland. Look at how wide it is. It isn't especially tall, about eleven metres, but it stretches for more than three hundred and forty metres. The water tumbles over the edge in lots of places at once, like a long curtain.

Read the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

Photos

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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Photo: Andreas Tille · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

Well-known points of interest nearby

2 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first.

Dettifoss
AttractionAudio story · 2 min

Dettifoss · 1.1 km

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Photo: Spike · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons
Hafragilsfoss
AttractionStory

Hafragilsfoss · 3.1 km

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Photo: Dariusz Freliga - burras · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

Hear the story of Dettifoss on the spot with the app

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