Tinganes

Tinganes is the historic location of the landsstýri of the , and is a part of . The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese.
  • Quarter
  • …lies at an elevation of 3 metres (10 feet)
  • Description: old district of Thorshavn

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skansapakkhusið and Tórshavn Cathedral.
is a historic fortress in , the capital of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tórshavn and Argir.
Tórshavn is the capital of the . is situated 2½ km north of Tinganes.

Tinganes

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Latitude
62.00801° or 62° 0′ 29″ north
Longitude
-6.76929° or 6° 46′ 9″ west
Open location code
9CJM265J+67
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Tinganes” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Tinganes penintsula”
  • Belarusian: “Паўвостраў Тынганес”
  • Belarusian: “Тынганес”
  • Belarusian: “Тынганэс”
  • Catalan: “Tinganes”
  • Chinese: “庭加内斯”
  • Chinese: “廷加內斯”
  • Danish: “Tinganes”
  • Dutch: “Tinganes”
  • Faroese: “Tinganes”
  • French: “Tinganes”
  • German: “Tinganes”
  • Hungarian: “Tinganes”
  • Icelandic: “Þinganes”
  • Indonesian: “Tinganes”
  • Italian: “Tinganes”
  • Latvian: “Tinganesa”
  • Low German: “Tinganes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tinganes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tinganes”
  • Norwegian: “Tinganes”
  • Ossetian: “Тинганес”
  • Polish: “Tinganes”
  • Portuguese: “Tinganes”
  • Russian: “Тинганес”
  • Swedish: “Tinganes”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bakkapakkhúsið and Leigubúðin.

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