Hoyvík Church
Hoyvík Church is a church in Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy. Hoyvík Church is situated nearby to the museum Faroese National Heritage, as well as near the pitch Tórsvøllur.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Hoyvikar kirkja” and “Hoyvíkar Kirkja”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Faroese National Heritage and Nordic House in the Faroe Islands.
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. Faroese National Heritage is situated 370 metres northeast of Hoyvík Church.
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. Nordic House in the Faroe Islands is situated 1¼ km southwest of Hoyvík Church.
Tórsvøllur
Pitch
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tórsvøllur is a football stadium on the sport site of Gundadalur in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. The stadium holds 6,500 people, and was built in 1999 to become the country's national stadium to provide an artificial grass surface on which international football matches could be played.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoyvík and Hvítanes.
Hoyvík
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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.
Hoyvík Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.02977° or 62° 1′ 47″ northLongitude
-6.77012° or 6° 46′ 12″ westElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Open location code
9CJM26HH+WXOpenStreetMap ID
way 724336666OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Faroese—“Hoyvík Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Hoyvík Kirke”
- Danish: “Hoyvíkar kirkja”
- Faroese: “Hoyvíkar kirkja”
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