Bøur
in Vága Sýsla, Faroe Islands

How to get there and get around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
62.088 and -7.366 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 62° 5' 16" and W -7° 21' 58"
Currency and Currency Code:
Krone - DKK
Spoken languages:
Faroese, Danish
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 01:21 AM (Thursday)
Timezone: Atlantic/Faroe
UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:30 am and 9:24 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-46.583 and 169.417 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Tautuku
References
This place on Wikipedia
This place on Geonames.org

Discover Bøur

Bøur in Vága Sýsla with it's 67 citizens is a town in Faroe Islands about 20 mi (or 32 km) west of Torshavn, the country's capital city.

Current time in Bøur is now 01:21 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Atlantic / Faroe with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 1 airports near Bøur. The closest airport in Faroe Islands is Vagar Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 5 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Midvagur, Eidi, Fuglafjordur, Torshavn and Sandur. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 4°C / 40 °F

Morning Temperature 4°C / 39 °F
Evening Temperature 4°C / 40 °F
Night Temperature 4°C / 39 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 75%
Air Pressure 1011 hPa
Wind Speed Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (9 mph) from South
Cloud Conditions Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky
General Conditions Rain and snow

Friday, 26th of April 2024

4°C (39 °F)
4°C (40 °F)
Rain and snow, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.

Saturday, 27th of April 2024

5°C (42 °F)
6°C (42 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.

Sunday, 28th of April 2024

7°C (44 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.

Videos from this area

These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.

Takeoff Vagar Airport Faroe Islands

Published: September 16, 2012
Length: 35:24 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: FaroeVids

Takeoff from Vagar Airport Faroe Islands (runway before new extension) over lake and mountains. I believe the plane is a British Aerospace 146-200 but correct me if I'm wrong!


Atlantic Airways

Published: January 28, 2014
Length: 28:59 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Mickey Shemesh

Atlantic Airways take off from Vagar Airport.


Just Flight - BAE 146 - Landing - Vagar Airport

Published: September 21, 2012
Length: 38:31 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: FS FØROYAR

My landing with the Just Flight BAE 146 at Vagar Airport (my home airport) This is an old video made several weeks before I made this channel of mine. Scenery is freeware Faroese Islands Mesh...


3/3 Sailing below the Island Vagar, Faroe Islands, through a tunnel. ## A MUST SEE ##

Published: June 24, 2012
Length: 54:41 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: jakupsandberg

We are sailing through tunnels in the cliffs on the island VAGAR with "Haraldur" a Interceptor 38. in beautiful faroese weather.


Landing at Vagar Airport in the Faroe Island

Published: July 10, 2011
Length: 06:49 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Ólavur Frederiksen

Landing at Vagar Airport, after 3 hours photoshoot over the Faroe Islands, here are some of the photos: http://www.faroephoto.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-33.


FS2004 - Faroe departure during solar eclipse

Published: March 31, 2015
Length: 00:17 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Lemur33333

Dash 8-300 departing Vagar airport in the Faroe islands during the March 20th 2015 total solar eclipse. The sun and the moon are more or less where they should be, ie at the same place in the...


BAe 146RJ

Published: May 17, 2010
Length: 16:19 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Jon Johannesen

part 2 taxi at on runway 13 to take off from Vagar airport of Faroe Island.


The Gásdal boys in Gásadalur

Published: February 10, 2011
Length: 58:25 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: fastoldvw

A little trip to Gásasdalur with the sons, it was only opened a few years ago to car traffic via a tunnel. In my younger days i was landed here in a helicoper to do elecric works to the church/sc...


Faroe Islands, Vagar, Waterfall in Gasadalur

Published: July 29, 2012
Length: 30:40 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: bogmar11

Vagar, Waterfall in Gasadalur 18.06.2012r.


SV8CS on 4 meter SSB

Published: July 01, 2011
Length: 27:22 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Jan Hammer Egholm

Blog video.


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Bøur

Bøur is a village in the Sørvágs Kommuna of the Faroe Islands, 4 km west of Sørvágur, with a population of 70 (2005). Its location is {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:62|5|27|N|7|22|3|W| | |name= }} and its postal code is FO 386. Bøur is a small village on the west-side of Vágoy on the north side of Sørvágsfjørður, Faroe Islands.

Located at 62.0908, -7.3675 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Populated places in the Faroe Islands, Vágar

Sørvágsfjørður

Sørvágsfjørður is a fjord on the west-side of the island Vágoy in the Faroe Islands which is approximately 3.5 km long. At the end of the fjord lies the village of Sørvágur. On the northside of the fjord lies the small village Bøur. On the southside of the fjord lies the picturesque Tindhólmur flanked by Drangarnir and Gáshólmur. Roughly in the middle of the fjord lies Skerhólmur. During World War II many British soldiers lived in Sørvágur.

Located at 62.0889, -7.40222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Fjords of the Faroe Islands, Vágar, Sørvágur

Breiðá

Breiðá is a river on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands. The name Breiðá translates to 'the broad river'. It flows from the lake Vatnsdalsvatn into Sørvágsfjørð. It is the natural boundary between the villages of Sørvágur and Bø.

Located at 62.0667, -7.33333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Rivers of the Faroe Islands

Popular in vicinity

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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Bö, Bøur