Hoyvík
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 4,660 residents
- Description: settlement on Streymoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Höjvig”, “Hoyvig”, and “Hoyvik”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Faroese National Heritage and Hoyvík Church.
Faroese National Heritage
Museum
Photo: Northerner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Faroe Islands National Museum is the national museum of the Faroe Islands, located in Tórshavn.
Nordic House in the Faroe Islands
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5 dk.
The Nordic House is a cultural institution in the Faroe Islands. Its aim is to support and promote Nordic and Faroese culture, locally and in the Nordic region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hvítanes and Tórshavn.
Hvítanes
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hvítanes is a village in the Faroe Islands. It is on Streymoy's east coast, northeast of Hoyvík and Tórshavn. Its name means "White Point" in Faroese. Hvítanes is located in a little bay with a stone beach and a harbour where the small boats can be pulled up a ramp out of reach of the sometimes destructive sea.
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.
Tinganes
Quarter
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tinganes is the historic location of the Faroese landsstýri, and is a part of Tórshavn. The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese. Tinganes is situated 2½ km south of Hoyvík.
Hoyvík
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.03215° or 62° 1′ 56″ northLongitude
-6.77455° or 6° 46′ 28″ westPopulation
4,660Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)United Nations Location Code
FO HYVOpen location code
9CJM26JG+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 5413932401OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Ukrainian—“Hoyvík” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Hoyvík”
- Belarusian: “Гойвік”
- Belarusian: “Хойвік”
- Catalan: “Hoyvík”
- Chinese: “霍爾維克”
- Czech: “Hoyvík”
- Danish: “Højvig”
- Danish: “Hoyvík”
- Dutch: “Hoyvík”
- Esperanto: “Hoyvík”
- Estonian: “Hoyvík”
- Faroese: “Hoyvík”
- French: “Hoyvík”
- Georgian: “ჰოივიკი”
- German: “Hoyvík”
- Greek: “Χόιβικ”
- Hungarian: “Hoyvík”
- Icelandic: “Heyvík”
- Icelandic: “Hoyvík”
- Irish: “Hoyvík”
- Italian: “Hoyvík”
- Kalaallisut: “Hoyvík”
- Lithuanian: “Hojvikas”
- Manx: “Hoyvík”
- Northern Frisian: “Hoyvík”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hoyvík”
- Norwegian: “Hoyvík”
- Ossetian: “Хойвуйк”
- Polish: “Hoyvík”
- Portuguese: “Hoyvík”
- Romanian: “Hoyvík”
- Russian: “Хойвик”
- Russian: “Хойвуйк”
- Slovak: “Hoyvík”
- Spanish: “Hoyvik”
- Spanish: “Hoyvík”
- Swedish: “Hoyvík”
- Turkish: “Hoyvík”
- Ukrainian: “Гойвік”
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