Explore Tórshavn in Faroe Islands
Tórshavn in Streymoy with its 13,200 habitants is located in Faroe Islands and is the capital of this country.
Local time in Tórshavn is 11:05 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is "Atlantic / Faroe" with an UTC/GMT offset of 1 hour.
Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Gjógv, Funningsfjørður, Ánir and Akrar are destinations relativly nearby and could be interesting to discover when around.
According to our records, there is one airport in the nearby. The closest airport is Vagar Airport with a distance of 16.5 mi (or 26.6 km) east of the centre of Tórshavn. Have a look at our dedicated picture album to get an idea of what this places is like. What's it like right now? View our selection of of local online cameras. Need a few ideas for finding things to see and want to get to know more about this place? Check the related Tórshavn attractions page. The same applies for local and videos.
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Thorshavn og Argir 5
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Thorshavn og Argir 11
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Thorshavn og Argir 18
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Sightseeing & Attractions
Tinganes: løgting (parliament), and is now part of Torshavn. The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese. The parliament met here for the first time in the Viking ages when Norwegian colonialists placed their Ting (parliament) here in 825 AD. It is one of the oldest parliamentary meeting places in the world, along with Tynwald hill in the Isle of Man and Þingvellir in Iceland ...
Kirkjubøargarður: in 1907. On the top is the "Norwegian Lion", indicating that the Faroes were a Norwegian colony after the Viking age. "Kirkjubøargarður" (Faroese for "Yard of Kirkjubøur", also known as "King's Farm") is one of the oldest still inhabited wooden houses of the world. The farm itself has always been the largest in the Faroe Islands ...
Kirkjubøur: and Koltur. Saint Olav's church in the foreground is the oldest church in the Faroes : Í Kirkjubø 1924 (Village of Kirkjubøur)Stamp FO 534 of Postverk FøroyaIssued: 19 September 2005 "Kirkjubøur" is the southernmost village on Streymoy, Faroe Islands and the country's most important historical site ...
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