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Cable car and viewpoint
Loen Skylift
The cable car that rises from the shore of the Nordfjord in Loen to the top of Mount Hoven, at about 1,000 metres, in a few minutes: restaurant, viewpoints, trails and a via ferrata.
Vestland · Norway
Loen
In the destination Loen and the Jostedalsbreen glacier.
In the photo: Loen and its church
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The city
What to expect from Loen.
Loen is the village at the end of the Innvikfjord, an arm of the Nordfjord, from which the Loen Skylift rises up to Mount Hoven. The Lodalen valley leads along the lake Lovatnet to the Kjenndalsbreen glacier, and the Jostedalsbreen National Park centre is in Oppstryn, 25 km away.
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The local experience
What to see in Loen
Lake
Lovatnet
The lake of milky-green water in the Loen valley, about 11 km long between mountains and waterfalls, reached by road and, in summer, by boat all the way to the end of the valley beside the Kjenndalsbreen glacier.
Glacier
Kjenndalsbreen
The tongue of the Jostedalsbreen glacier that descends from the plateau to the bottom of the Loen valley at the end of Lovatnet, with meltwater waterfalls and a short walk to a viewpoint in front of the ice.
Visitor centre and museum
Jostedalsbreen Nasjonalparksenter
The Jostedalsbreen National Park centre in Oppstryn, east of Loen: exhibitions on glacier formation, geology, wildlife and valley life, a panoramic film and a mountain plant garden.