Sweden
Svealand
Dalarna

Njupeskär

Njupeskär is a waterfall in the river Njupån in , , about 2 kilometres away from the village of Mörkret. With a total height of about 93 metres and a free fall of 70 metres, it is the highest free fall in Sweden.
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Photo: Der Meister, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall
  • Also known as: “Njupeskärs vattenfall”, “Njupskars Vattenfall”, and “Njupskärs Vattenfall”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Tjikko and Naturum.

Photo: Karl Brodowsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an approximately 9,568-year-old Norway spruce, located in the province in . originally gained fame as the "world's oldest tree".

Museum
Photo: Silverkey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Njupeskär

Latitude
61.63398° or 61° 38′ 2″ north
Longitude
12.68421° or 12° 41′ 3″ east
Elevation
894 metres (2,933 feet)
Height
93 metres (305 feet)
Open location code
9FHJJMMM+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 893405150
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
2689582
Wiki­data ID
Q37403
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Njupeskär” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Njupeskär”
  • Catalan: “Njupeskär”
  • Czech: “Njupeskär”
  • Danish: “Njupeskär”
  • Dutch: “Njupeskar”
  • Dutch: “Njupeskär”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نچوپيسكار”
  • Esperanto: “Akvofalo Njupeskär”
  • Esperanto: “Njupeskär”
  • Finnish: “Njupeskär”
  • French: “Njupeskär”
  • German: “Njupeskär”
  • Hebrew: “ניופסחר”
  • Italian: “Njupeskär”
  • Kazakh: “Ньюпешер”
  • Lithuanian: “Njupeskeras”
  • Mazanderani: “ئوشار نیوپسکار”
  • Mazanderani: “نیو پسکار ئوشار”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Njupeskär”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Njupeskär”
  • Norwegian: “Njupeskär”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Njupeskär”
  • Persian: “آبشار نیوپسکار”
  • Persian: “ابشار نیوپسکار”
  • Polish: “Njupeskär”
  • Russian: “Ньюпешер”
  • Swedish: “Njupeskär”
  • Tajik: “Нюпескар”
  • Tajik: “Обшори Нюпескар”
  • Tajik: “Шаршараи Нюпескар”
  • Ukrainian: “Ньюпешер”
  • Urdu: “نیوپس کار آبشار”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Mörkret and Tjärnvallen.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Njupeskär and Lissrörsjön.

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