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Tjørnuvík – 194 views

Tjørnuvík – 201 views

Tjørnuvík – 351 views

Hósvík – 249 viewsHósvík is located on a bay on Streymoys east-coast.

Tjørnuvík – 270 views

Tjørnuvík – 611 viewsTjornuvik is the northern-most village on Streymoy.
The village is picturesque and lies in the bottom of a creek on the island’s east side with a view towards the rocks ‘Risin og Kellingin’ (see below).
In 1956 a burial plot was found in Tjornuvik. It showed that people lived here already in the Viking-ages.
A Celtic bronze-ring needle was found also and this is seen as evidence that Faroe Islands had contact to the British Islands.

Kollafjørður – 2006 viewsThe village Kollafjordur is located in an inlet called Kollafjordur on Streymoy’s east cost.
Fjordur means inlet in Faeroese.
The village is ‘stretched’ so it is actually about 10 kilometres long in spite of its small size.

Leynar – 2053 viewsLeynar is located on Streymoy’s west coast.
The village spreads over the hills above the beach ‘Leyna-sandur’.
The small and beautiful beach is a nice recreational area. On a beautiful summer-day when the sun is shining it is possible go bathing in the clean but rather cold water.

Kkælingur – 1465 viewsSkalingur is a small village on Streymoy’s west coast. It consists of 5-6 houses.
Behind the village the mountain Skalingsfjall rises 767 meters into the sky.
For many years this mountain was considered to be the highest in the Faroe Islands.

Norðdepil – 308 views

Fámjin – 2234 viewsFamjin lies beutifully surrounded by high mountains on the west cost of Suduroy.

Fámjin – 764 viewsFamjin lies beutifully surrounded by high mountains on the west cost of Suduroy.

Fámjin – 1178 viewsFamjin lies beutifully surrounded by high mountains on the west cost of Suduroy.

Fámjin – 698 viewsFamjin lies beutifully surrounded by high mountains on the west cost of Suduroy.

Fámjin – 684 viewsFamjin lies beutifully surrounded by high mountains on the west cost of Suduroy.

Tvøroyri – 215 views

Kirkjubø – 1032 viewsThe approx. 900-year old “Roykstovan”, where people still live today.

Vestmanna – 216 views

Vestmanna – 324 views

Vestmanna – 336 views

Bøur – 334 views

Bøur – 324 viewsBøur is a beautiful little village on the west-side of Vágar.
It has a magnificent view over the sea and the rocky islet Tindholmur with its many peaks.
The village has charming old wooden houses and a traditional church from 1865.

Bøur – 295 viewsBøur is a beautiful little village on the west-side of Vágar.
It has a magnificent view over the sea and the rocky islet Tindholmur with its many peaks.
The village has charming old wooden houses and a traditional church from 1865.

Bøur – 329 views

Bøur – 413 viewsBour is a beautiful little village on the west-side of Vagoy. It has a magnificent view over the sea and the rocky islet Tindholmur with its many peaks.
The village has charming old wooden houses and a traditional church from 1865.

Bøur – 208 viewsBøur is a beautiful little village on the west-side of Vágar.

Sørvágur – 239 viewsSørvágur lays in a deep inlet on the island Vágar’s west coast.
The village is pretty large by Faeroese standards and also has a relatively large harbour.

The ferry to Mykines goes from the harbour in Sørvágur.

There is a museum in Sørvágur called ‘Sørvágs Bygdasavn’. Tools for fishing are put on display here among other things.

The only airport in the Faroe Islands is located close to Sørvágur.

Sørvágur, Vestmanna, Sandavágur and Miðvágur in turn have a civic festival in the beginning of July.

There were buildings in Sørvágur as early as in year 1000.

In 1952 a factory producing fish-fillet was started in Sørvágur. This was the first one in the Faroe Islands but many have followed and now these factories are found in most villages over a certain size.

Fámjin – 164 viewsFamjin lies beutifully surrounded by high mountains on the west cost of Suduroy.

Fámjin – 179 viewsFamjin lies beutifully surrounded by high mountains on the west cost of Suduroy.

Fámjin – 98 viewsFamjin lies beautifully surrounded by high mountains on the west cost of Suduroy.

Sumba – 133 viewsSumba is the southernmost of the villages on Suduroy. The village lies on the west coast as the only one except from Famjin. Sumba is said to be one of the oldest villages in the Faroe Islands. Excavations have shown traces from people from the 7th century.
Sumba lies behind high mountains and it used to be difficult to reach in wintertime when the storms raged.
In 1997 a tunnel was blown through the mountains from Lopra to Sumba. This makes life easier for people
in Sumba who work in Vagur.

Hvalba – 205 views

Hvalba – 103 views

Hvalba – 204 views

Sandvík – 105 views

Velbastaður – 208 viewsVelbastaður lies to the South on Streymoy’s west coast.
It has a beautiful view towards the islands Hestur and Koltur.
Velbastaður is an old village. It was deserted for some time after 1349 when ‘The Black Death’ raged it.

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