Tinganes
Tinganes is the historic location of the landsstýri of the Faroe Islands, and is a part of Tórshavn. 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.
Tórshavn Cathedral
Church
Tórshavn Cathedral is the second oldest received…
Skansin
Fort
Skansin is a historic fortress in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tórshavn and Argir.
Hoyvík
Village
Tórshavn is the capital of the Faroe Islands. Hoyvík 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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