Vágar

Vágar is the main western island of the Faroe Islands.

Maps [edit]

View from Streymoy westwards to Vágar.
Memorial for the father of the written Faroese language V. U. Hammershaimb in Sandavágur.
Vatnsoyrar is the only Faroese village, which is not located at the sea (but, however, at the largest lake).
View over the Sørvágs firth to the island of Mykines
Bøur is an old cosy village with wooden houses and turf roofs.
Gásadalur with a cloud drifting through the valley.
The mountain Heinanøva (612m) northwest of Gásadalur.

Stamp Ø 010 of 1975: View from Streymoy to Vágar.
Stamp FR 137 of 1986: Old Bridges - Leypanagjógv at Oyrargjógv of 1912. Artist: Ingálvur av Reyni.
Miniature sheet FO 505-514 of 2005.