During winter there’s only 11 residents in this small village on the West Coast of Norway, but it’s annually visited by 100.000 tourists.
Lysebotn
Lysebotn is a village in Forsand municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the Lysefjorden in a very isolated valley that is only accessible by one road or by boat. The name itself means the “bottom [end] of the Lysefjorden”. It’s a destination for over 100,000 tourists annually, and it is an access point for the Kjerag mountain, a popular Base Jumping spot. There are cruises and an express boat to Lysebotn from Skagenkaien in the city of Stavanger, Lauvvik in Sandnes and the village of Forsand. All of which pass beneath the famous Preikestolen cliff on the way to Lysebotn. Lyse Chapel, built in 1961, is found at Lysebotn. Lysebotn at one time had its own school, but that is now closed. – Wikipedia
I see why people visit. What a stunning place!
janet
Stunning is the correct word to describe this place. More photos to come soon: I’ve finally kind of finished editing the photos from this trip.
What a gorgeous landscape photo, Cardinal. I can see why people make the effort to visit. We loved our trip to Norway in June. Fabulous country! 🙂
Yes, it’s fabulous. So many different beautiful places to see here. Thanks for visiting my country!
What a place!
Does the “lyse” part of the name has anything to do with “light”?
Yes, it does. Lysebotn means the “bottom [end] of the Lysefjorden”, while Lysefjorden means “light fjord”, and is said to be derived from the lightly coloured granite rocks along its sides according to my friends on Wikipedia.
I figured!
We have mutual friends there — Wikipedia good 🙂
Eleven resident and 100,000 tourists? That’s close to a 10,000 to 1 ratio. I can only imagine the local eatery during high tourist season.
It is absolutely glorious. I can see why so many people go there.
During the summer the place has more residents, but in the winter there’s only eleven of them.
So, 11 residents because it is so remote from other places?
Yes, it’s in between mountains, at the end of a fjord, and all the visitors are there during the summer season.
I bet it would be an interesting collection of reasons for why those 11 choose to stay.
One of the girls I traveled with said, when she heard about the 11 residents: “Oooh, that means that there’s one single person. How sad.”
Or, 11 single people 🙂
So very beautiful, CG. 🙂
Yes, it’s a beautiful place.
Love the mood in that image. Looking forward to seeing more of your photos from the trip. Hope you got ‘lucky’ on the trails.
I think my luck has run out… 😀
Their loss! There is a lucky lady in your future.
Early morning? The light is magical as well as the scene!
Evening time. Yes, magical light over there!
A beautiful photo, Max. That little bit of low hanging cloud on the left gives it an ethereal feeling. What a wonderful adventure you were on!!
Easy to see why! So ethereal 🙂
well, you caught that shot at just the right moment, eh