Editing Luster, Norway (section)

==Culture and education==

===Historic churches===
[[File:Urnes Stave Church 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Urnes Stave Church]] ]]
;Urnes Stave Church
[[Urnes Stave Church]] was built around 1150 and is [[Norway]]'s oldest [[Stave church]]. The Church lies majestically on the top of Urnes. The Stave church is one of four Norwegian Churches on [[UNESCO]]`s list of the most precious cultural monuments in the world.

The [[Stave church]]es are constructions of high quality, richly decorated with carvings. In virtually all of them the door frames are decorated from top to bottom with carvings. This tradition of rich ornamentation appears to go back to the animal carvings of the Viking age. The dragons are lovingly executed and transformed into long-limbed creatures of fantasy, here and there entwined with tendrils of vine, with winding stems and serrated leaves. The elaborate designs are executed with supreme artistic skill. The stave church doorways are, therefore, among the most distinctive works of art to be found in Norway. However, it is difficult to connect them with the [[Christianity|Christian]] gospel.<ref name=go/>

;Old Gaupne Church
The [[Old Gaupne Church]] is a magnificent church that was built in 1647 on a hill directly opposite [[Gaupne]] centre.<ref name=go/>

;Dale Church
[[Dale Church (Luster)|Dale Church]] is a stone church that was built in gothic style in the year 1250.<ref name=go/>

===Breheim center===
The [[Breheimsenteret|Breheim Center]] contains a comprehensive exhibition. A journey through 20,000 years - from the [[Ice age]] to the present day, an audio/visual show takes visitors inside the glacier. Glacier boat ''M/S "Jostedalsrypa"'' crosses the Nigard Glacier Lake. There are internationally approved guides, glacier and climbing courses, and ski-trips.<ref name=go/>

===Education===
In 2020, 32% of the municipality's applicants for [secondary schooling] ''[[videregående skole]]'', sought [non-vocational schooling],   ''studiespesialisering''; [67% or] the rest of the applicants sought [[vocational school]]ing.<ref>https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2021-08-03/fokus. [[Klassekampen]]</ref>