Nystuen Explained

Official Name:Nystuen
Other Name:Nystøga / Nystova
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Innlandet#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Eastern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Innlandet
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Valdres
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Vang Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:2985 Tyinkrysset
Coordinates:61.1805°N 8.1664°W
Elevation M:980
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Nystuen is a village in Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at an elevation of about above sea level. The village area sits at the western end of the lake Otrøvatnet in the Filefjell mountain area. The village is the site of an old state hotel.

History

From time immemorial, there has been a road through Nystuen over the Filefjell mountain area connecting Oppland in Eastern Norway with Lærdal in Western Norway. The old road followed the south side of the lake Otrøvatnet and there was an old inn where the village now sits. Traffic through the area increased during the 17th century. In 1627, the St. Thomas Church was built just west of the village. A new "modern" road was built through the area in the 1790s and this road was built to accommodate the increased use of horse and buggy transportation. This new road was built along the north side of the lake. During this time the mountain lodge in Nystuen became one of the most important in all of Filefjell. As tourism developed by the second half of the 19th century, the lodge was expanded several times into the Nystuen Hotel. It was an important starting point for mountain trips both towards Årdal, Jotunheimen, and Hemsedal. Nystuen was a very popular high mountain hotel for a long time. Starting in 1936, Widerøe flew tourists with sea planes to the lake.[2] Between 1951 and 1961, an important attraction in the village was the bears Pekka and Lisa who lived in an enclosure near the hotel. In 1958, the hotel burned down and most of the building stock was lost. A new main hotel building was ready in 1964. Towards the turn of the century, Nystuen Hotell struggled with profitability and it was converted into apartments in 2005–2006. Today the area has many holiday cottages.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nystuen, Vang . 2022-08-19 . yr.no.
  2. Book: Arnesen, Odd . På grønne vinger over Norge . Widerøe's Flyveselskap . 1984 . 16–22 . Norwegian.
  3. Encyclopedia: Nystuen . . . 2020-11-16 . Lauritzen . Per Roger . Norwegian . 2022-08-19.
  4. Book: Skoug, Stein Erik . Kongeveien over Fillefjell . 1975 . Grøndahl Dreyer . 9788250401488 . no.