Doda Fallet

Storforsen at Ragunda was one of the great falls of northern Europe until the night of 6 June 1796. A merchant named Magnus Huss was cutting a channel to float timber past the fall; the spring flood took the cut, the loose ground gave way, and Ragundasjon - a lake several kilometres long - emptied through the breach in about four hours, destroying farms downstream and leaving the falls dry. Nobody was killed. What remains is the bare gorge: scoured rock, giant potholes ground out by the old current, and the empty channel, with boardwalks and steps through it and an exhibition on what happened.

What you actually see

• A dry gorge - the riverbed left after 1796.
• Giant potholes - ground out by the vanished current.
• A lake that drained in about four hours - through a cut that failed.
• Boardwalks and steps through the channel - with an exhibition.

When to go

May to September. Two hours.

Honest expectations

There is no water - the interest is entirely in what is absent. Steps and boardwalks are steep in places. Facilities are seasonal. It is off the main routes and needs a car.

Nearby

Hammarstrand is close; the Thai pavilion at Utanede is nearby.