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Lærdal Tunnel
World's longest road tunnel at 24.5 km with unique lighting design
6 km · about 10 min drive
Norway · Europe
Lærdalsøyri works well as a base: 20 minutes from Årdalstangen, 16km from Aurlandsfjellet Snow Road.
Lærdalsøyri is a town located in Norway. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Lærdalsøyri sits in Norway, where you drive on the right. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Lærdalsøyri to your route.
Lærdalsøyri is the administrative centre of Lærdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Lærdalselvi river where it empties into the Lærdalsfjorden, a branch off of the main Sognefjorden. The village is located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the village of Tønjum at the eastRead more
end of the Lærdal Tunnel which is part of the European route E16 highway. It sits about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of the village of Borgund and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) across the fjord from the village of Kaupanger in Sogndal Municipality. Hauge Church is located in the village, and serves as the main church for the parish.
The 1.01-square-kilometre (250-acre) village has a population (2025) of 1,218 and a population density of 1,206 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,120/sq mi).
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Lærdalsøyri is located in Norway, Europe. The coordinates are 61.1000 latitude, 7.4737 longitude.
Lærdalsøyri has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in Norway.
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Full driving guide for Norway8 notable places within an hour's drive.
tunnel
World's longest road tunnel at 24.5 km with unique lighting design
6 km · about 10 min drive
famous road
A high tundra 'Snow Road' between Aurland and Laerdal with lunar plateaus and the Stegastein detour.
16 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
The best-preserved of Norway's medieval stave churches, built around 1180 with distinctive dragon-head carvings.
19 km · about 20 min drive
historic highway
Beautifully 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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
The oldest surviving stave church in Norway, a UNESCO-listed 12th-century wooden masterpiece overlooking the Lustrafjord.
23 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A cantilevered glass and steel platform projecting 30 metres over the Aurlandsfjord, 650 metres above the water.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Village of about 100 people on the Aurlandsfjord with Norway's smallest stave church in use (c. 1147) and a centuries-old brown goat-cheese tradition. Reachable by road only since 1988.
26 km · about 30 min drive
famous road
One of the steepest standard-gauge railway lines in the world, descending 863 metres through tunnels and past waterfalls to the Aurlandsfjord.
33 km · about 40 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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