Klaksvík
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Klaksvík on the island Borðoy is the second biggest city in the Faroe Islands and their biggest fishery harbour.
Maps[edit]
Position of Klaksvík municipality (since 2005). Note, that the northern part of Kalsoy also belongs to it.
Photos[edit]
The harbour bay with the huge south tip of Kunoy in the background
Before the tunnel was opened in 2006, there was a car ferry to Leirvík, Eysturoy.
Photos of 1899[edit]
Stamps[edit]
FR 193 of 1990: Modern post office in Klaksvík.
FR 300 of 1996: Christianskirkjan (Christian's church).
Stamp FR 364 of 2000: Rasmus Rasmussen (l.) and Símun av Skarði (r.) in front of the old Folk Highschool in Klaksvík (ca. 1900).
FO 528 of 2005: Bórðoyarvík (southern bay at Klaksvík), 1927 50x66 cm, by Jógvan Waagstein.
FO 626 of 2008: Klaksvík 100 years.