Saksun
Saksun | |
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Village | |
.JPG) View of Saksun from the lake | |
  Saksun Location in the Faroe Islands | |
| Coordinates: 62°14′56″N 7°10′33″W / 62.24889°N 7.17583°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Faroe Islands |
| Island | Streymoy |
| Municipality | Sunda Municipality |
| Population (1 January 2006) | |
| • Total | 9 |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
| Postal code | FO 436 |
| Climate | ET |
Saksun is a village near the northwest coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy, in Sunda Municipality.
Geography[edit]
Saksun lies in the bottom of what used to be an inlet of the sea, surrounded by high mountains. The inlet formed a good deep natural harbour, until a storm blocked it with sand. The old harbour become an inaccessible seawater lagoon, only accessible by small boats on high tide.
Facilities[edit]
The village has a church and museum. The church was originally built in Tjørnuvík, but in 1858 it was disassembled, carried over the mountains and reassembled in Saksun. The Museum occupies a seventeenth-century farm house called Dúvugarður. The house belongs to the Dúvugarður farm, still an active sheep farm with approximately 710 ewes.
Gallery[edit]
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Church. -
Interior of church -
Church -
The old farm -
Saksun, Postverk Føroya -
Down to the beach -
Saksun -
West coast -
Beach
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See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Faroeislands.dk: Saksun Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.
- Guide to Faroe Islands: Saksun
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