Skógar is a settlement with only 20 inhabitants on the famous road No. 1. In its vicinity is one of the most famous Icelandic waterfalls, Skógafoss.
The name of the village means "forest" and refers to the former landscape of this area. Now the trees are almost gone. They were cut down for the construction of houses and boats. The settlement houses the Skógar Museum, a small open-air museum with houses covered with turf. You can see what life in Iceland was like in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
However, the greatest attraction of the area are the landscapes in which waterfalls play an important role. The Skógaá River, which is short, but slopes with great rapids towards the coast, creates a series of waterfalls.
The most famous is the 60-meter-high Skógafoss Waterfall, over which a rainbow forms on sunny days. Higher, you can go up to two more Waterfall of Five Peaks and the Cascade Waterfall. However, you have to remember that the path is narrow and usually quite slippery.
