Faroe Islands

Photos

60

Shape

transit

Anchor

Tórshavn (first evening)

Pace

land-and-settle

First Vágar exit, first drive over the subsea tunnel into Tórshavn, first evening at the harbour.

• 9 Jun · Bucharest → Paris CDG → Vágar. From the airport eastward across Vágar with a Sandavágur stop, through the Vágatunnilin subsea tunnel onto Streymoy, and into Tórshavn for the first evening at the harbour.

Photos

478

Hikes

2 logged · 10 Jun Tórshavn → Kirkjubøur out-and-back 13.5 km / 427 m · 11 Jun Saksun Lagune Gátur 4.0 km

Shape

Tórshavn base + NW Streymoy circuit

Anchor

Tórshavn

Pace

fast warm-up

11 Jun · Saksun + Tjørnuvík + Vestmanna - the first big day, the islands opening up. Saksun’s tidal lagoon and grass-roofed Dúvugarðar farm, then north to Tjørnuvík beach for the Risin og Kellingin sea stacks across the strait, then south along the west coast to the Vestmanna sea cliffs.

• 10 Jun · Tórshavn day. The morning hike south to the ruined cathedral at Kirkjubøur and back via Velbastaður (13.5 km, 427 m), then the harbour streets and the old turf-roofed parliament quarter at Tinganes.
• 11 Jun · the NW Streymoy circuit. Up the coast through Hósvík and Haldórsvík (the octagonal-church village), the Saksun lagoon walk at low tide, the Tjørnuvík beach with its view of the Giant and the Witch, then back south via Vestmanna for the sea-cliff coast.

Photos

154

Shape

ferry chord south + island loop

Anchor

Tórshavn

Pace

mid

Sandoy - a quieter island day. The car ferry from Gamlarætt to Skopun, then the loop south through Sandur, Skálavík, Húsavík and on to Dalur at the southern tip - the small, exposed eastern villages that most Faroe itineraries don’t reach.

• 12 Jun · the Sandoy ferry from Streymoy. Skopun harbour, Sandur (the main village with its black-sand beach and white wooden church), the green east coast through Skálavík and Húsavík, and Dalur at the road’s end. Back to the Skopun ferry late afternoon and home to Tórshavn.

Photos

323

Hikes

2 logged · Hvíthamar - Skeggjanøv 1.3 km · Gjógv - Lower Mountain Fjallið 2.7 km / 218 m

Shape

Eysturoy traverse N + transition

Anchor

Tórshavn → Klaksvík

Pace

fast

Gjógv at the northern tip of Eysturoy - the famous gorge village, a natural harbour cut by basalt walls. The day’s prize, with the lower-mountain walk above the gorge for the high view.

• 13 Jun · the Eysturoy sweep. The Hvíthamar viewpoint above Funningsfjørður for the Skeggjanøv ridge, then north to Gjógv for the gorge itself and the climb to the lower shoulder of Fjallið. Elduvík, Oyndarfjørður (the rinkusteinar rocking stones), Funningur and Eiði on the way back south, then under the Norðoyatunnilin into Borðoy and Klaksvík for the next base.

Photos

1,054

Hikes

4 logged · Garðagøta 5.2 km · Klakkur via Gongutúrur 3.0 km / 171 m · Kallur Lighthouse 4.8 km / 273 m · Tjørnuvík 0.7 km / 48 m

Shape

northern archipelago tour

Anchor

Klaksvík (Borðoy)

Pace

fast and full

16 Jun · Kalsoy - the peak of the whole trip: the Kallur lighthouse trail and the Kópakonan seal-woman statue.

• 14 Jun · the far north of Borðoy and Viðoy. Across the Haraldssund causeway onto Kunoy, then back and north up Borðoy’s east road to the abandoned village of Múli at road’s end. Onto Viðoy via the Hvannasund causeway and the long climb to Viðareiði, the country’s northernmost village, with Cape Enniberg lifting 750 m straight out of the sea behind it. Back south via Árnafjørður and Norðdepil to Klaksvík.
• 15 Jun · Eysturoy’s east coast and the southern run. The Garðagøta path between Norðragøta and Syðrugøta in the morning, then south past the Skálafjørður through Saltnes, Æðuvík and Rituvík - the long east-coast string of Eysturoy. Back to Klaksvík and up to the Klakkur viewpoint above the town for the sunset, the Gongutúrur trail.
• 16 Jun · the Kalsoy peak day. The ferry from Klaksvík over to Syðradalur, then the road north through the tunnels to Trøllanes for the Kallur lighthouse trail along the ridge. Down to Mikladalur in the afternoon for the bronze Kópakonan seal-woman statue on the shore. Late ferry back.
• 17 Jun · a long Eysturoy-and-Streymoy sweep on the way to the next base. Fuglafjørður, Syðrugøta, Oyndarfjørður (the rocking stones), Funningur, Gjógv again, Norðskáli on the Sundini channel, then over to Saksun for a quick second visit and a brief Tjørnuvík stop for the short ridge walk above the village, before the final drive into Tórshavn for the night.

Photos

441

Hikes

3 hikes + 1 walk · Trøllkonufingur 2.8 km / 73 m · Sørvágsvatn / Trælanípa / Bøsdalafossur 7.2 km / 202 m · Mykines Cliffs 4.5 km / 203 m · plus the Gásadalur village walk 2.8 km

Shape

westernmost islands

Anchor

Sørvágur (Vágar)

Pace

high

18 Jun · Sørvágsvatn, Trælanípa and Bøsdalafossur - the cliff trail along the lake that sits high above the ocean, ending where Bøsdalafossur drops straight into the sea. Earlier the Trøllkonufingur rock pinnacle above Sandavágur, later Gásadalur and the Múlafossur waterfall pouring straight off the village cliff.

• 18 Jun · Vágar from the air down to the sea. The Trøllkonufingur pinnacle walk above Sandavágur in the morning. Then Gásadalur and the Múlafossur waterfall mid-day, and the long Sørvágsvatn / Trælanípa cliff loop in the afternoon - the lake that hovers above the Atlantic, the slab cliff at Trælanípa, Bøsdalafossur draining the lake straight off the edge.
• 19 Jun · the Mykines ferry day. Out of Sørvágur harbour to Mykines island for the puffin colony and the lighthouse trail along the cliff. Late return via Sørvágur for the last Bøur evening.

Photos

12

Shape

transit

Anchor

—

Pace

zero-leg

Out from Vágar via Paris CDG, ~3,150 km across two flights to land home in the evening.

• 20 Jun · Vágar airport, Paris CDG connection, home to Bucharest.