Rituvík
Rituvík is a village on the southeast side of the Faroese island of Eysturoy located in the municipality of Runavíkar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 345 residents
- Description: settlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Rituvig” and “Rituvik”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rituvíkar kirkja and Lake Toftir.
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.
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. Svangaskarð is situated 3 km west of Rituvík.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Runavík and Saltangará.
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.
Saltangará
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saltangará is a village in the Faroe Islands, on the island of Eysturoy. Saltangará was founded in 1846 and is situated on the eastern side of Eysturoys Skalafjordur-inlet between Rituvík and Søldarfjørður.
Toftir
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Toftir is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands. It is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometers on the east side of Skálafjørður on Eysturoy island. Toftir is situated 3 km southwest of Rituvík.
Rituvík
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Runavík, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.10744° or 62° 6′ 27″ northLongitude
-6.68206° or 6° 40′ 55″ westPopulation
345Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)Open location code
9CJM4849+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 29023786OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2614699Wikidata ID
Q1194895
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Rituvík” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Rituvík”
- Danish: “Ridevig”
- Danish: “Rituvik”
- Danish: “Rituvík”
- Dutch: “Rituvik”
- Dutch: “Rituvík”
- Faroese: “Rituvík”
- French: “Rituvík”
- German: “Rituvik”
- German: “Rituvík”
- Hungarian: “Rituvík”
- Irish: “Rituvík”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ridevig”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rituvík”
- Norwegian: “Rituvík”
- Polish: “Rituvik”
- Polish: “Rituvík”
- Romanian: “Rituvik”
- Romanian: “Rituvík”
- Swedish: “Rituvik”
- Swedish: “Rituvík”
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Highlights include Missiónshúsið í Rituvík and Vatnfelli.
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