Bøur

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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.

  • Position map.

  • View from the sea. Faroese Stamp from 2003.

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

  • View from above.

  • Bøur and Sørvágsfjørður

  • Bøur

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

  • Photo of 1898/99

  • Same view with turf roofed house in the front.

  • Old wooden houses with turf roof.

  • Faroese village idyll at its best.

  • The church dates from 1865.

  • Inside the church.

  • Sheds.

  • Building the basement for yet another shed or a house?

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

  • Flowers growing on a turf roof.

  • The tunnel to Gásadalur, as seen from Bøur.

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