Glasir

Glasir is a college in , which is located on Janusargøta. Glasir is situated nearby to the quarter , as well as near the pitch .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Library of the Faroe Islands and National Gallery of the Faroe Islands.

Library
Photo: Maciej Brencz, CC BY 2.0.
The is the national library for the , a self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark. It is both a public and a research library. is situated 1 km east of Glasir.

Museum
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Listasavn Føroya is an art museum in , , for mostly permanent exhibits of Faroese arts. Established in 1989, it consists of a gallery called Listaskáli and another for historic arts with an area of 1,600 m2. is situated 1½ km northeast of Glasir.

Pitch
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a football stadium on the sport site of in , the capital of the . The 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 Tórshavn and Tinganes.

Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of the . At the foot of a mountain range, the archipelago's largest city has a long history dating back as far as 850 AD.

Quarter
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the historic location of the landsstýri of the , and is a part of . The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese.

Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the . most likely takes its name from Old Irish airge, which means summer pasture; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning.

Glasir

Latitude
62.00596° or 62° 0′ 22″ north
Longitude
-6.79904° or 6° 47′ 57″ west
Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)
Open location code
9CJM2642+99
Open­Street­Map ID
way 997129492
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­college
Geo­Names ID
11704178
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