Kvinnefossen, Balestrand

Name: Kvinnefossen
Address: Balestrand, Norway

#6 among attractions in Balestrand

Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall

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Kvinnefossen, sometimes written Kvinnafossen, is a waterfall of the river Kvinna in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. County Road 55 runs right past the 200-metre falls. ()

Alternative names: Height: 656 ftCoordinates: 61°12'30"N, 6°39'39"E

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Balestrand Norway

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Kvinnefossen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Olaf's Church, Esefjord, Norsk Reiselivsmuseum, Leikanger Church.

4.2 miW
Church, Art Nouveau architecture
St Olaf's Church, Balestrand
108 min walk • St. Olaf's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Balestrand in Sogndal Municipality in the county of Vestland in Norway. The church was built in 1897 as a stave church imitation and has 95 seats. St. Olaf's Church is notable as the inspiration for the chapel in Elsa's coronation scene in the 2013 Disney film Frozen.
5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Fjord
Esefjord
127 min walk • Esefjorden is a fjord arm on the north side of the Sognefjord in the municipality of Sogndal in Vestland county, Norway. The fjord is about 4 kilometres long and its mouth is just west of the mouth of the larger Fjærlandsfjord.
4.1 miW
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Norsk Reiselivsmuseum, Balestrand
106 min walk • The Norwegian Museum of Travel and Tourism is a museum located in Sogndal in Vestland county, Norway. The main aim of the museum is to exhibit the history of tourism in Norway from the beginning of the boom in the 19th century, and until today. It is a unit of Museums of Sogn og Fjordane.
5.5 miE
Cemetery, Church
Leikanger Church
141 min walk • Leikanger Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leikanger, along the northern coast of the Sognefjorden. It is the church for the Leikanger parish which is part of the Sogn prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
3.9 miW
Church
Tjugum Church, Balestrand
101 min walk • Tjugum Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located just outside the village of Balestrand.
2.7 miS
Church
Vangsnes Church
70 min walk • Vangsnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vangsnes. It is the church for the Vangsnes parish which is part of the Sogn prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.