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Hvannasund Destination Guide

Touring Hvannasund in Faroe Islands

Hvannasund in the region of Norðoyar with its 271 citizens is located in Faroe Islands - some 21 mi or ( 34 km ) North-East of Tórshavn , the country's capital city .

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Time in Hvannasund is now 11:48 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Atlantic/Faroe " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Vidhareidhi, Vagur, Vagsheygur, Tvoroyri, and Tórshavn. Being here already, consider visiting Vidhareidhi . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Hvannasund ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Spirit Lamp Ouija Board, Talk to the Dead!

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Scorpions at Summarfestival

3:04 min by paeturp
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FAROE ISLANDS

2:57 min by antiviaggiatore
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My wonderful stay in Faroe Islands, late summer 2009. Please do not wait anymore... leave and go! (soundtrack: faroese band "Makrel") ..

safe after capsize

0:32 min by Paul Olai-Olssen
Views: 152 Rating: 0.00

This family took me in and fed me, after I capsized in the Faroe Islands. My microphones drowned and I am still shaky, as I do the recording. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Depil

| Population | 2 (2006) |- |- bgcolor=#F9F9F9 | Postal code | FO 735 |- | Municipality | Hvannasund |- bgcolor=#F9F9F9 | Location | 62°17′10″N, 6°31′39″W |} Depil is a village in the Faroe Islands. Population: \t2 Location: \t\t{{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:62|17|10|N|6|31|39|W| | |name= }} Postal code (Zip): \tFO 735 Municipality:\tHvannasunds Depil is located on the east side of Borðoy between Norðdepil and Norðtoftir. The village has only two inhabitants.

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Located at 62.29 -6.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Faroe Islands

Norðdepil

Norðdepil is a town on the east coast of the island of Borðoy in the Norðoyar Region of the Faroe Islands. Population: 169 Postal Code: FO-730 Municipality: Hvannasunds kommuna Norðdepil was founded in 1866. Its school opened in 1895. From 1897 to 1912 a whaling station was located in the community, built by Norwegians. The first owners were Andorsen & Neumann. Norðdepil has been connected with the town of Hvannasund on Viðoy by a road on a dam since 1963.

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Located at 62.30 -6.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Populated places established in 1866, Populated places in the Faroe Islands, Whaling in the Faroe Islands, Whaling stations

Norðoyar

The six islands in the northeast of the Faroe Islands are together referred to as Norðoyar, i.e. the Northern Isles. These Islands are Kalsoy, Kunoy, Borðoy, Viðoy, Svínoy and Fugloy. Klaksvík is regarded as the natural capital of this region. Norðoyar is sometimes spelled Norðoyggjar.

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Located at 62.28 -6.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Islands of the Faroe Islands

Norðtoftir

Norðtoftir is a village on the Faroese island of Borðoy in the Hvannasund municipality. The 2007 population was 6. Its postal code is FO 736. Norðtoftir is situated on the east coast of Borðoys at the end of the second tunnel on the road from Klaksvik. Larger settlements in the surroundings are Norðdepil and Hvannasund which can be reached continuing along the road. The writer Herman Bang liked to spend time in Norðtoftir. He wrote many of his works here.

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Located at 62.27 -6.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Faroe Islands

Strond

Strond is a former village in the north of the town Klaksvík at the sound of Haraldssund in the Faroe Islands. It is situated on Borðoy at the dam combining Borðoy and Kunoy. Since 1930 no people have lived there. There is a power plant there, first made as a water power plant, but later it was expanded with a diesel power plant. Sund was first time mentioned in old documents in 1584.

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Located at 62.27 -6.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Former populated places in the Faroe Islands