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Barnafoss is a waterfall on the Skjálfandafljót river in North Iceland.
According to Jón Árnason's folk tales, the farm was formerly named Miðfell and the waterfall was correspondingly called Miðfellsfoss. Both the farm and the waterfall changed their names after an accident a little over three hundred years ago: children playing on the steep meadow that sloped down toward the river were thrown in a barrel down the slope and over the edge of the gorge, drowning in the falls, which thereafter became known as either Barnafellsfoss or Barnafoss.
Translated from Icelandic Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
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65.7482°N, 17.5236°W · North Iceland
Tours that include Barnafoss
Into the Glacier & Silver Circlefrom 38.990 ISK · 10 h
Silver Circle Day Tour: Lava Cave, Waterfalls & Icelandic Horsesfrom 27.900 ISK · 10 h
Siberian Husky Dog Sleddingfrom 40.000 ISK · 2 h
Siberian Husky Kennel Visitfrom 10.000 ISK · 1 h
Summer Dog sleddingfrom 30.000 ISK · 1 h 30 min
Dettifoss & Goðafoss Waterfall w/packed Lunch Small Group from Akureyri Portfrom 36.000 ISK · 7 h
Northern lights Combofrom 32.500 ISK · 6 h
Akureyri Classic Whales in the Midnight Sunfrom 14.500 ISK · 3 h
Akureyri Express Whales & Eyjafjordfrom 24.900 ISK · 2 h
Northern Lights 4x4 Tour from Akureyrifrom 34.799 ISK · 2 h 30 min
Lake Mývatn & Snowmobile Tour from Akureyrifrom 59.900 ISK · 9 h
Goðafoss and the Forest Lagoonfrom 26.400 ISK · 4 hAll 1,648 toursBy activity and regionBarnafoss weather and conditions
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- 1Ullarfoss3 km
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Goðafoss7 km - 3Geitafoss7 km
- 4Landsendafoss17 km
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Æðarfossar27 km
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(Cruise Ships) Lake Mývatn and Goðafossfrom 25.300 ISK · 6 hours 30 minutes
(RS) Lake Myvatn & Godafoss Waterfall Day Tour from Akureyrifrom 25.900 ISK · 6 hours 
Adventure snowmobile tour Akureyrifrom 166.750 ISK · 5 hours
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