The 60-kilometre (37 mi) long valley runs from the Lustrafjorden at the village of Gaupne, to the north along the river Jostedøla and along the eastern side of the Jostedal Glacier.

The Jostedalsbreen National Park surrounds the valley, which brings a lot of tourism to the area.

[1][2] The route through Jostedal, Norwegian highway 604, brings one directly to the foot of Nigardsbreen, a tongue of Jostedalsbreen glacier and the museum Breheimsenteret.

The road through Jostedalen offers some of the most magnificent views of the Norwegian fjord landscape with towering mountains and spectacular waterfalls.

At the end of the road is the breath-taking sight of the blue ice at the mouth of the Nigardsbreen glacial tongue.