Hvalvík

Hvalvík is a village in Streymoy, Faroe Islands.

Understand

Get in

By bus

  • Steðgipláss í Hvalvík

By car

Car serves from the Faroe Islands, serves Vágar Airport.

By taxi

Taxis from Hósvík to Hvalvík cost 200 kr and from Kollafjørður to Hvalvík, 160 kr. Contact via WhatsApp: ☏ +298 26 7454. They take 15–20 min. to arrive.

Get around

See

  • Church of Hvalvík is a traditional wooden church dating from 1829. It is the third oldest church in the Faroe Islands, though the oldest of the traditional wooden black churches. The church is built with wood bought from a ship that ran aground in Saksun in 1828. The architecture is typically Faroese, with no stone foundations. The pulpit dates back to 1609 and was originally in the church in Tórshavn.

Do

  • Sundslagsstevna: Kollafjørður, Hósvík and Hvalvík along the Sundini River take turns hosting the annual village festival, every third year with sports and cultural activities.

Buy

  • Havnar Timburhandil
  • ÁWAY Bilar & Maskinur
  • Care on Sea sp/f

Eat

  • Joe Pizza

Drink

Sleep

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