famous road
Tindevegen
A private toll road between Årdal and Turtagrø crossing bare rock country on the edge of Jotunheimen, with the Hurrungane peaks alongside.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Luster
Vestland, Norway · Europe
About Luster
Luster works well as a base: 20 minutes from Gaupne, 16km from Tindevegen.
Luster is in Vestland, Norway, with about 5,300 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Gaupne, about 10 km away.
Luster is a village in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Lustrafjorden, at the mouth of the river Dalsdalselvi. Norwegian County Road 55 runs through the village, which is about half-way between the villages of Skjolden and Nes. Dale Church was built inRead more
the village of Luster in 1240 and it is still in use.
The 0.56-square-kilometre (140-acre) village had a population (2003) of 272 and a population density of 486 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,260/sq mi). Since 2003, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Luster?
Within an hour or so of Luster: Tindevegen (16 km), Urnes Stave Church (18 km), Turtagrø (19 km), Sognefjellet National Tourist Route (24 km).
Are there any good drives near Luster?
The nearest famous roads are Tindevegen, Sognefjellet National Tourist Route and Vindhellavegen.
Where is Luster?
Luster is in Vestland, Norway, about 10 km from Gaupne.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,302
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Norway
- Region
- Vestland
- Timezone
- Europe/Oslo
- Coordinates
- 61.4432, 7.4599
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Many toll roads use automatic plate recognition (AutoPASS). Headlights required at all times.
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Worth the detour from Luster
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Urnes Stave Church
The oldest surviving stave church in Norway, a UNESCO-listed 12th-century wooden masterpiece overlooking the Lustrafjord.
18 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Turtagrø
The historic climbers' hotel at the foot of the Hurrungane, where Norwegian alpinism began, on the Sognefjellet road.
19 km · about 20 min drive
famous road
Sognefjellet National Tourist Route
Northern Europe's highest mountain pass road at 1,434 meters, crossing between the Jotunheimen peaks in Norway.
24 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Nigardsbreen
A photogenic blue glacier tongue of Jostedalsbreen reached across a glacier lake by small boat.
31 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Bøyabreen
An arm of the Jostedalsbreen icefall hanging above a meltwater lake, visible from a car park directly off the road near Fjærland.
38 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Kjenndalsbreen
A glacier arm at the head of Lovatnet, reached by a narrow toll road through a valley scarred by two catastrophic rockslides.
38 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Briksdalsbreen
An arm of the Jostedal glacier spilling toward a turquoise meltwater lake at the end of a green valley.
39 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Luster
- 16 kmTindevegenA private toll road between Årdal and Turtagrø crossing bare rock country on the edge of Jotunheimen, with the Hurrungane peaks alongside.
- 19 kmTurtagrøThe historic climbers' hotel at the foot of the Hurrungane, where Norwegian alpinism began, on the Sognefjellet road.
- 24 kmSognefjellet National Tourist RouteNorthern Europe's highest mountain pass road at 1,434 meters, crossing between the Jotunheimen peaks in Norway.
- 44 kmLærdal TunnelWorld's longest road tunnel at 24.5 km with unique lighting design
- 46 kmVedahaugane (Aurlandsfjellet)A rest stop on the Aurlandsfjellet snow road where the tarmac runs between walls of snow well into summer.
- 47 kmVindhellavegenBeautifully engineered stretch of the 1790s King's Road over Filefjell, its stone-built hairpins stacked up the hillside near Borgund Stave Church: now a walkable monument to early road building.
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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