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Kristen Mackiewicz
"Barnafoss translates to "children"s waterfall" and as the Icelandic legend goes: A woman and her two children were living on a nearby farm. The woman went to church service, leaving the kids at home. When she came back, the children were missing. People searched for the children and found footsteps up to the stone arch over the river. Devastated at her loss, the mother had the stone arch destroyed so no children could cross the falls again.
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Nally Preseault
"Barnafoss (Children’s Falls) is a rapid along the Hvítá river. Unlike nearby Hraunfossar, a series of peaceful waterfalls, Barnafoss is twisty and foamy with a dark folklore--in which two children fell off a bridge and into the water--behind it. A short trail, only a half mile, connects the two waterfalls."
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Renáta Páníková
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"just a short walk away from the serene Hraunfossar falls"
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