Wednesday – Tour to Strendur, Snældan, Kollafjørður and Kirkjubøur

Description

Strendur is the largest town on the westside of the Skálafjørður fjord on Eysturoy island. Strendur is connected to Runavík and Tórshavn through the longest underwater tunnel in the Faroe Islands: Eysturoyartunnilin.  Eysturoyartunnilin is known for its underwater roundabout, which is the first of its kind in the world. The entrance to the tunnel is by the seaside in Strendur. In Sterndur we will visit Snældan – SNÆLDAN (snaldan.fo) a Faroese yarn company, here it will be possible to buy Faroese knitwear and yarn made at the local factory.

We drive north through Skálafjørð and up to the tunnel that goes over to Sundalagið, you have the opportunity to walk over the bridge from Eysturoy to Streymoy, further we drive to Kollafjørð. Kollafjørður is the longest village in the Faroe Islands. The village stretches 7 kilometres along the coastline on Streymoy island.

And then we drive to Tórshavn, we walk through the old part of Tórshavn, and than to Kirkjubø the southernmost village on Streymoy where we can see the ruins of the Magnus Cathedral from around 1300, the Saint Olav’s Church from 12th century and the old farmhouse Kirkjubøargarður from 11th century.