Streymoy Travel Guide
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Streymoy is the largest of the Færoe Islands and includes the capital,
Torshavn. [q.v.]
There are numerous places of interest and/or beauty. Kirkjubour is a most interesting place with a ruin of a cathedral, St Magnus, that was never finished and a church, St Olaf's, that goes back to the 12th century - though not the present building.
At the north of the island there are roads to Tjornuvik, a delectable village with fabulous views of sea stacks off the north of the neighbouring island of Eysturoy and to Saksun, with a good museum and a lagoon formed by the sea.
To the west, Kvivic is an idyllic village with a heart breaking memorial in the churchyard to the crew of a wrecked boat. Further along the road Vestmanna is the base for wonderful boat trips to see stacks, arches, caves and a terrific variety of seabirds.
There are numerous places of interest and/or beauty. Kirkjubour is a most interesting place with a ruin of a cathedral, St Magnus, that was never finished and a church, St Olaf's, that goes back to the 12th century - though not the present building.
At the north of the island there are roads to Tjornuvik, a delectable village with fabulous views of sea stacks off the north of the neighbouring island of Eysturoy and to Saksun, with a good museum and a lagoon formed by the sea.
To the west, Kvivic is an idyllic village with a heart breaking memorial in the churchyard to the crew of a wrecked boat. Further along the road Vestmanna is the base for wonderful boat trips to see stacks, arches, caves and a terrific variety of seabirds.
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