Seven Sisters

In the Geirangerfjord we saw the famous "Seven Sisters" waterfall. The tallest one has a free fall that measures 250 meters. Normally in September it would be difficult to make out all seven of the streams that cascade over the cliff into the fjord. Fortunately, for us, western Norway has had such a rainy summer that we were told the rivers and lakes were higher than they are even in a normal spring.



Directly across from the Seven Sisters is a single waterfall. The legend of the seven sisters is that they dance playfully down the mountain, while the couurtier (the single waterfall opposite of the seven sisters) flirts playfully from across the fjord. The legend we heard was that because none of the sisters would accept him he had turned to the bottle in his despair. Note the shape of the bottle in the falls!





Another story that fascinated us was that the farmers who settled on the steep mountain sides of the fjord were known to tie their children to boulders and other firm objects to keep them from falling off the cliffs and in to the fjord.