Europe
Waterfalls of Europe
40 destinations across Europe, ordered by significance. Filter by activity to find the ones that run what you want to do.
Seven Sisters Waterfall
Seven parallel streams cascade down the same cliff face directly into Geirangerfjord, facing a single opposing waterfall nicknamed …
Rjukanfossen
The town of Rjukan grew up entirely around the hydroelectric potential of this falls in the early 1900s, and the surrounding valley…
Plitvice Lakes Waterfalls
Sixteen terraced turquoise lakes cascade into one another over travertine barriers built continuously by mineral deposits and moss,…
Dettifoss
Grey glacial silt from the Vatnajökull ice cap churns through Europe's most powerful waterfall by volume, a reputation cemented for…
Svartifoss
Dark hexagonal basalt columns frame the falls like a natural pipe organ, a formation that directly inspired the design of Reykjavík…
Aira Force
A dramatic double bridge crossing frames this Lake District favorite, which William Wordsworth is said to have visited often, inspi…
Kjelfossen
One of Norway tallest waterfalls drops in multiple stages down the wall of the Flam valley and is best known as the dramatic backdr…
Langfoss
A series of steep cascades tumbles almost the full height of a mountainside directly into Akrafjorden, visible from a roadside pull…
Seerenbach Falls
One of the highest waterfalls in Europe drops in seven stages down a cliff on the southern shore of Lake Walen, visible from the wa…
Krimml Waterfalls
The Alps tallest waterfall drops in three thunderous stages along a well-graded trail that climbs beside the full sequence, with a …
Gastein Waterfall
The Gasteiner Ache tumbles through the middle of the spa town of Bad Gastein in a series of drops, long believed locally to add hea…
Staubbach Falls
One of dozens of waterfalls lining the sheer walls of Lauterbrunnen valley, this one so thin and wind-blown that Goethe wrote a poe…
Mardalsfossen
Once considered among the tallest waterfalls in the world, its flow has been harnessed by a hydroelectric dam since the 1970s and n…
Vettisfossen
Norway's tallest unregulated waterfall — meaning no dam or hydro scheme has ever touched it — drops in a single free fall deep insi…
Trümmelbach Falls
An entire glacier's meltwater — from the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau — is forced through a series of ten cataracts carved inside a ho…
Vøringsfossen
One of Norway most famous waterfalls drops off the edge of the Hardangervidda plateau into the Maabodalen valley, with a glass-floo…
Cascata delle Marmore
Ancient Romans engineered this falls in 271 BC by diverting the Velino River off a cliff into the Nera valley below, making it the …
Latefossen
Twin parallel streams tumble down the same mountainside and briefly merge under an old stone road bridge before continuing separate…
Powerscourt Waterfall
Ireland tallest waterfall drops through a wooded deer park on the grounds of the Powerscourt Estate, framed by the Sugar Loaf mount…
Steall Falls
Scotland's second-tallest waterfall sits at the head of a dramatic gorge below Ben Nevis, reached by a scramble along an exposed pa…
Reichenbach Falls
Arthur Conan Doyle sent Sherlock Holmes to his apparent death over these falls in The Final Problem, and a funicular railway still …
Falls of Glomach
One of Britain tallest waterfalls sits deep in a remote Highland glen with no road access, requiring a demanding hike of several ho…
Boka Waterfall
Slovenia tallest waterfall bursts from a narrow slot in the rock face of the Julian Alps, forming two separate jets in high water t…
Savica Waterfall
A short lakeside walk from Lake Bohinj leads to a steep staircase climbing to this two-part waterfall, considered the source of the…
Skógafoss
A former sea cliff now stranded inland by shifting coastlines, the falls drop in a wide, almost perfectly rectangular curtain that …
Seljalandsfoss
The falls drop clear of an overhanging cliff face left by an ancient coastline, leaving enough space behind the curtain for a footp…
Grey Mare's Tail
Meltwater from a hanging glacial valley drops in a long silvery streak visible from the main road below, with resident wild goats o…
Skradinski Buk
Seventeen travertine steps drop the Krka River into a wide, warm pool that was, until recently, one of the few named waterfalls in …
Gullfoss
The glacial Hvítá River drops in two stages into a jagged crevice 32 metres deep, seemingly vanishing into the earth from certain a…
Gveleti Waterfall
A short hike from the Georgian Military Highway near Stepantsminda leads to this glacier-fed cascade in the shadow of Mount Kazbek,…
Henrhyd Falls
A wide ledge of rock behind the falling water lets visitors walk fully behind the curtain, a feature that made it a filming locatio…
Kravica Falls
The Trebizat River fans out across a wide travertine amphitheatre in a horseshoe of small parallel cascades, ringed by a popular pe…
Rhine Falls
Europe's largest waterfall by volume formed roughly 15,000 years ago when the Rhine found a new course after the last ice age retre…
Krka Falls
A chain of travertine cascades along the Krka River culminates at Roški Slap's braided, fan-shaped drop, upstream from the park's m…
Jajce Waterfall
Unusually for a waterfall of this size, it drops directly in the center of a historic walled town, at the exact confluence where th…
High Force
England tallest single-drop waterfall pours over the edge of the Whin Sill, a slab of hard volcanic rock that also underlies Hadria…
Torc Waterfall
A short, easy path just off the Ring of Kerry road leads to this compact cascade tumbling through oak woodland, one of the most-vis…
Goðafoss
Known as the 'waterfall of the gods,' legend holds that Iceland's lawspeaker threw statues of Norse gods into the falls here in the…
Kirkjufellsfoss
A small, unremarkable-by-Icelandic-standards cascade earns its fame entirely from what stands behind it — the distinctively pointed…
Hraunfossar
Rather than one main channel, dozens of narrow rivulets seep out from beneath a centuries-old lava field and trickle into the glaci…
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