Bøur

Bøur is a village on Vágar, Faroe Islands 4 km west of Sørvágur with 70 inhabitants in 2005 and a hisory back to at least 1350 but maybe the Viking Age.

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  Position map.

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  View from the sea. Faroese Stamp from 2003.

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  Lovely art stamp with village motif from 2005 by Eli Smith.

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  View from above.

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  The view from Bøur over the Sørvágsjørður to the bizarre islet Tindhólmur (middle) is as magnificent as anywhere in the Faroes.

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  Photo of 1898/99

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  Same view with turf roofed house in the front.

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  Old wooden houses with turf roof.

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  Faroese village idyll at its best.

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  The church dates from 1865.

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  Inside the church.

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  Sheds.

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  Building the basement for yet another shed or a house?

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  Few months later: The finished shed in good old style.

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  Flowers growing on a turf roof.

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  The tunnel to Gásadalur, as seen from Bøur.