Tvørá
Tvørá is a stream in Streymoy, Faroe Islands. Tvørá is situated nearby to the village Velbastaður, as well as near Argir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Argir Stadium and National Library of the Faroe Islands.
Argir Stadium
Stadium
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Inni í Vika, currently known as Skansi Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-use stadium on the sport site in Argir, Faroe Islands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Argja Bóltfelag.
National Library of the Faroe Islands
Library
Photo: Maciej Brencz, CC BY 2.0.
The National Library of the Faroe Islands is the national library for the Faroe Islands, a self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark. It is both a public and a research library. National Library of the Faroe Islands is situated 2½ km northeast of Tvørá.
Tórsvøllur
Pitch
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tórsvøllur is a football stadium on the sport site of Gundadalur in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. The stadium holds 6,500 people, and was built in 1999 to become the country's national stadium to provide an artificial grass surface on which international football matches could be played. Tórsvøllur is situated 3½ km northeast of Tvørá.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Velbastaður and Argir.
Velbastaður
Village
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Velbastaður is a village on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. It is a part of Tórshavn Municipality and is considered among the oldest settlements in the islands.
Argir
Village
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Argir is a village in the Faroe Islands. Argir most likely takes its name from Old Irish airge, which means summer pasture; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning. Argir is situated 2½ km east of Tvørá.
Tórshavn
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tórshavn is the capital of the Faroe Islands. At the foot of a mountain range, the archipelago's largest city has a long history dating back as far as 850 AD.
Tvørá
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Tvora”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.99662° or 61° 59′ 48″ northLongitude
-6.82205° or 6° 49′ 19″ westElevation
142 metres (466 feet)Open location code
9CHMX5WH+J5GeoNames ID
2611064
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In Other Languages
“Tvørá” goes by many names.
- Faroese: “Tvørá”
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