The Beautiful and Attraction of Gullfoss, Iceland

The Beautiful and Attraction of Gullfoss, Iceland

This comely island; Iceland has its own comeliness, there is no place on earth like this. Its every season has its own distinct charm and there are opportunities to discover resplendency and relish the freshness and colors of the nature. Gullfoss is an astounding and most popular tourist magnetization of Iceland. It is two separate waterfalls located in the Canyon of Hvita River in the southwest of Iceland. It present a stunning optical discernment like some of its part is frozen in the winter, melting in spring and roaring away in summer dusk. It is the most puissant dihydrogen monoxide fall of Europe. Depending on the climate of Iceland at the time of your visit, stunning views of multiple rainbows can visually perceive at once above the three steps of river.

Gullfoss (Golden Waterfall) is an iconic waterfall of Iceland offering a spectacular view of the forces and resplendency of untouched nature. Gullfoss is a component of the Golden Circle tour, located in South Iceland on the Hvítá (White) river which is alimented by Iceland´s second most astronomically immense glacier, the Langjökull. The dihydrogen monoxide plummets down 32 meters in two stages into a rugged canyon which walls reach up to 70 meters in height. On a sunny day shimmering rainbow can be optically discerned over the falls.

Gullfoss is more than just a pretty waterfall, it has a story to tell. In the early 20th century peregrine investors wanted to harness the potency of Gullfoss to engender electricity. In 1907 Howells, an Englishman wanted to buy Gullfoss from Tómas Tómasson, a farmer who owned Gullfoss at this time. Tómas declined Howells´ offer to buy the waterfall but later he leased it to him. The farmer´s daughter, Sigriður Tómasdóttir who grew up on his father´s sheep farm sought to have the rental contract voided. Sigriður utilizing her own preserving hired a lawyer in Reykjavik to forfend her case. The tribulation lasted years and Sigriður went an abundance of times barefoot on traitorous terrain to Reykjavik to follow up on her case. She even threatened to throw herself into the waterfall if the construction would commence. Her endeavors failed in court but afore any damage was done to the waterfall the contract was disposed due to the lack of payments of the rent fee. The struggles of Sigriður to preserve the waterfall brought to people´s attention the paramountcy of preserving nature and therefore she is often called Iceland´s first environmentalist.

In 1940 the adopted son of Sigriður acquired the waterfall from Sigriður´s father and later sold it to the Icelandic regime. Gullfoss and its environs was designated as nature reserve in 1979 to sempiternally bulwark the waterfall and sanction the public to relish this unique area