Glyvrar
Glyvrar is a village located on Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands. It is one of several villages on the east side of the Skálafjørður fjord that have grown into a 10-kilometre-long conurbation.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Glyvra Church and Svangaskarð.
Svangaskarð
Pitch
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saltangará and Lambareiði.
Lambareiði
Village
Lambareiði is a village on the Faroese island of Eysturoy in Runavík Municipality.
Glyvrar
- Type: Village with 481 residents
- Description: settlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Runavík, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.12836° or 62° 7′ 42″ north
Longitude
-6.72401° or 6° 43′ 26″ west
Population
481
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
UN/LOCODE
FO GLY
Open location code
9CJM47HG+89
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Glyvrar” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Glyvrar”
- Danish: “Glibre”
- Danish: “Glyvrar”
- Dutch: “Glyvrar”
- Faroese: “Glyvrar”
- French: “Glyvrar”
- German: “Glyvrar”
- Greek: “Γκλίβραρ”
- Hungarian: “Glyvrar”
- Icelandic: “Glyvrar”
- Irish: “Glyvrar”
- Manx: “Glyvrar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Glyvrar”
- Norwegian: “Glyvrar”
- Polish: “Glyvrar”
- Romanian: “Glyvrar”
- Swedish: “Glyvrar”
- Urdu: “گلیورار”
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Places to explore: Í Beitinum and Á Bakka.
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Highlights: Bygdasavnið Forni and Krabbisurðin.
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