Álafoss

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Álafoss
The Álafoss

The Álafoss

Coordinates 64 ° 10 '0.1 "  N , 21 ° 40' 32.9"  W Coordinates: 64 ° 10 '0.1 "  N , 21 ° 40' 32.9"  W.
Álafoss (Iceland)
Álafoss
place Mosfellsbær , Höfuðborgarsvæðið , Iceland
flow Varmá → LeirvogsáKollafjörður

The Álafoss is a waterfall of the Varmá in Mosfellsbær in the capital area of Iceland .

A water-powered wool manufacture was named after this waterfall in 1896. Today there is only one wool and knitwear shop here. Since April 2013, the waterfall with its 14,000 m 2 small surrounding area has been under nature protection .

Downstream of the waterfall, a former swimming pool became the Sundlaugin recording studio ( isl .: the swimming pool ), in which the band Sigur Rós u. a. recorded her album "   ", the fifth track of which is entitled Álafoss.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Auglýsing um náttúruvættið Álafoss í Varmá í Mosfellsbæ. Retrieved October 25, 2017 (isl.).