Strendur
Strendur is a village on the Faroese island of Eysturoy, located along the Skálafjørður fjord. It is the seat and main settlement of the Sjóvar Municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,050 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Strender”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Svangaskarð and Sjóvar kirkja.
Svangaskarð
Pitch
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Svangaskarð, also referred to as Tofta Leikvøllur, is a multi-purpose stadium in Toftir, Faroe Islands with two football fields and a sports arena for athletics around the lower field.
Lake Toftir
Lake
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Toftir is a lake on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. Lake Toftir is located between the villages of Toftir and Rituvík. It is the fourth-largest natural lake in the Faroe Islands and it measures 51 hectares. Lake Toftir is situated 3 km southeast of Strendur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saltnes and Kolbeinagjógv.
Saltnes
Village
Photo: Tofts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saltnes is a village on the island of Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, in Nes Municipality. The population was 152 in August 2022.
Kolbeinagjógv
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kolbeinagjógv, until 2011 also known as Kolbanargjógv, is a village on the western coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in the Sjóvar municipality, and its postal code is FO 495.
Runavík
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Runavík is a comparatively urbanised village in Runavík Municipality, Faroe Islands. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy.
Strendur
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Sjóvar, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.10948° or 62° 6′ 34″ northLongitude
-6.76122° or 6° 45′ 40″ westPopulation
1,050United Nations Location Code
FO STROpen location code
9CJM465Q+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023798OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2612233Wikidata ID
Q1025132
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Strendur” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Strendur”
- Chinese: “斯特伦杜尔”
- Czech: “Strendur”
- Danish: “Strænder”
- Danish: “Strendur”
- Dutch: “Strendur”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ستريندور”
- Faroese: “Strendur”
- French: “Strendur”
- German: “Straender”
- German: “Strænder”
- German: “Strendur”
- German: “Strondum”
- Greek: “Στρέντουρ”
- Hungarian: “Strendur”
- Icelandic: “Strendur”
- Italian: “Strendur”
- Lithuanian: “Strenduras”
- Manx: “Strendur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Strendur”
- Norwegian: “Strendur”
- Polish: “Strendur”
- Romanian: “Strendur”
- Russian: “Стрендур”
- Spanish: “Strendur”
- Swedish: “Strendur”
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