Tórshavn

Dansk: Tórshavn på Streymoy er Færøernes hovedstad.

English: Tórshavn is the capital of the Faroe Islands.

Norsk bokmål: Tórshavn er hovedstaden på Færøyene.

Maps

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  Size and position of the municipality (green). The city area is red.
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  Position map marking downtown Tórshavn.
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  Town map
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  The harbour

Photos

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  View over central Tórshavn from the King’s Monument (Kongaminni).
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  Tórsgøta on an early October morning, central Tórshavn.
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  The Ovastu Hoydalar neighbourhood in Tórshavn north (Hoyvík).
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  Bryggjubakki street at night
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  Central Tórshavn (Bryggjubakki and Undir Bryggjubakka) with cathedral.
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  City bus on the Norðari Ringvegur.
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  Alleyway in Tinganes.
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  Harbour view from the King’s Monument (Kongaminni).
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  Old Tórshavn 1864, the Løgting in the top left
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  The peninsula Tinganes is seat of the Faroese Government in Tórshavn
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  Eystaravág (Eastern Bay or Harbour)
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  Eystaravág
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  Vestaravág (Western Bay or Harbour)
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  Café Natur and Norröna
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  Tórshavn and Farstøðin, the bus station and the ferry port of Smyril and Norrøna.
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  Old houses in Tinganes, Tórshavn
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  Tórshavn in the winter
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  Torshavn in October
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  Faroe boat in Tórshavn
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  Café in Eystaravág
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  Memorial for the killed fishermen during World War II.
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  Skansin
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  British gun from World War II at Skansin.
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  Nordic House in the Faroes (see gallery there).
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  Hotel Føroyar.
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  Vágsbotnur and Tórsgøta. The buildings are Miðlahúsið and Hotel Tórshavn.
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  First photo of a football match in the Faroe Islands 1909
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  Niels Finsens gøta, Tórshavns only walking street
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  Tórshavn Cathedral and the buildings on Bryggjubakki.
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  Vesturkirkjan and Hans Pauli Olsen, by his own work
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  Tinganes
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  Blick vom Tórshavner Stadtpark zur katholischen. Kirche
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  Kiefern im Stadtpark
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  Teich im Stadtpark
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  Spazierweg am Bach Havnará im Stadtpark
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  Blick vom Stadtpark
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  Stadtpark - nördlicher Teil mit Kunstmuseum
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  Blick über den Park Prestlág zur Kirche Vesturkirkja.
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  Blick zum Park Býarpark
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  Blick vom Park Býarpark zur Universität
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  Blick vom Park Býarpark zum Hafen
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  Denkmal am Park Býarpark
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  Blick vom Wald Í Kerjum über Tórshavn zur Insel Nólysoy
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  Blick vom Wald Í Kerjum über Tórshavn
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  Blick zum Wald im Tal Hoydalur
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  Blick zur Baumschule im Wald Mid-Hoydalur
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  Blick zum Wald Mid-Hoydalur, südlicher Teil
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  Blick zum Wald Mid-Hoydalur, nördlicher Teil

Lithographs of 1839

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  Havnará, Tórshavn
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  Off Tórshavn
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  Tórshavn

Stamps

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  FR 034: The old National Library (1978).
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  FR 035: New National Library.
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  FR 053: Ingálvur av Reyni: Scetches from the old Tórshavn #1. Stamp set from 1981.
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  FR 054: #2.
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  FR 055: #3.
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  FR 056: #4.
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  FR 106: Stanley expedition 1789. View over Tórshavn, which had 700 inhabitants that time. Stamp of 1985.
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  FR 116: Lighthouse Skansin, Tórshavn 1909. Note the lovely detail on the right: a sheep running free - in the capital. Stamp of 1985.
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  FR 133-135: Stamp sheet Tórshavn 1782 of 1986.
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  FR 133.
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  FR 134.
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  FR 135.
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  FR 154 of 1987: Zacharias Heinesen - Eystara Vág.
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  FR 155: Zacharias Heinesen - Vestara Vág.
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  FR 173 of 1989: The church in downtown Tórshavn.
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  FR 211 of 1991: Bryggjubakki.
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  FR 212: Townhall.
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  FR 272: Listasavn Føroya - Art Museum of the Faroes (1995).
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  FR 281: The Catholic church Saint Mary.
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  FR 299: Janus Kamban: Undir kjallara 1991, showing the shore at Tinganes. One of the Faroese stamps 1996.
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  FR 330 of 1998: Ólavsøka - Horses on parade in Tórshavn.
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  FR 331: Ólavsøka - Clergymen and politicians on parade.
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  FR 346 of 1999: The waterfall Svartifossur in Hoydalar.
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  FR 365 of 2000: Sanna av Skarði (l.) and Anna Suffía Rasmussen (r.), the wives of Símun av Skarði and Rasmus Rasmussen in front of the Faroese Folk High School in Tórshavn.
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  FR 386 of 2001: Old post office.
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  FO 530 of 2005: Yviri við Strond í Havn 1926 (Seaside near Tórshavn), 48x65 cm, by Jógvan Waagstein.