Flam Railway Scenic Ride, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Kjosfossen was the waterfall highlight of our Flam Railway (Flåmsbana) experience, but it very well could have been the headline waterfall in an experience that simply had too many waterfalls to count. So we’ve captured our Flam Railway Waterfalling experience in this one page even though we very easily could have broken each waterfall out in its own separate page (certainly resulting in dozens of pages).
In any case, Kjosfossen was a 93m tall hourglass-shaped waterfall that we were able to see from a large viewing platform, which got a little crowded when the train would stop right in front of the falls for a few minutes. Adding to the entertainment value of the falls, there was music blaring from the train while ladies would dance on the peninsula right in the middle of the waterfall.
The PA announcer proclaimed that they were spirit or fairies or something like that who would haunt the area. Many of the train passengers (us included) wondered how these women were able to fight off the waterfall’s spray and still dance like nothing could faze them!
The falls was sourced by the Reinunga Lake (Rreinungavatnet), which we were able to see from the train towards the last couple of stops on the way to the highland station at Myrdal. Given the magnitude of the lake, we have to believe that the falls should have reliable year-round flow unless the power lines that we noticed were somehow related to the regulation or diversion from the waterfall itself (we couldn’t say for sure).
Epic Norway Culture & Adventure Route © Monika Newbound
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