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Dettifoss, located in North Iceland, is a 45 meters tall powerhouse waterfall that ranks as the second most powerful in Europe.

The waterfall can be visited from both sides. The west side has paved road, big parking lot and toilets. The east side is less visited and less busy and perhaps my favourite side despite rough gravel road and more difficult approach.
🚗 Road: Paved / Gravel
🅿️ Parking: Free

🚶Distance from car: A short 10 min walk

❄️ Winter: Road 864 on the east side is closed and paved 862 on the west side closes too when snow comes. That said i've seen it reopen when there's a decent weather forecast/not much snow.

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