Mardalsfossen
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Mardalsfossen is the highest waterfall in Europe. It is located in the municipality of Nesset, Norway.
The total fall is 705 m according to SSB, 657 m according to World Waterfall Database. It consists of two large drops and several smaller ones lower down. The highest vertical drop, which is 358 m, is one of the tallest in Norway. It is on average 24m wide. It is a tiered waterfall.
The water, which has been tapped for hydroelectric use, flows over the falls between the hours of 0900 and 2100, during the summer tourist season of 20th June to 20th August. At other times the water is channeled through the hydroelectric scheme.
In 1970 Arne Næss, the Norwegian founder of the Deep Ecology movement, tied himself with 300 others in protest againsts the building of a dam and the subsequent removal of the waterfall. [1]
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