Postcard Øygardstøl & Lysebotn, Norway
The only way in to Lysebotn is by boat (connecting it to the rest of Forsand municipality) or by the spectacular Lysebotnvegen road which connects it to the nearby municipality of Sirdal in Vest-Agder county. The 29-kilometre (18 mi) long road rises over 900 metres (3,000 ft) up a very steep cliff, going through 27 hairpin turns, including one hairpin turn inside a 1,103-metre (3,619 ft) long tunnel that goes inside the mountain. The road was opened in 1984 and it is open only in the summer, when it is ice free and safe. The road has its highest point at 932 metres (3,058 ft) above sea level. At the top of the turns is Øygardstølen which has a parking lot, food service, and a service building for hiking trips to the nearby Kjerag mountain, Kjeragbolten boulder, and Kjeragfossen waterfall.