National Library of the Faroe Islands
The National Library of the Faroe Islands is the national library for the Faroe Islands, a self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark. It is both a public and a research library.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tórshavn Cathedral and Vesturkirkjan.
Tórshavn Cathedral
Church
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Tórshavn Cathedral is the second oldest received church of the Faroe Islands, on Tinganes in the old town of Tórshavn. Painted white, and roofed with slate, it was established in 1788. Tórshavn Cathedral is situated 450 metres northeast of National Library of the Faroe Islands.
Vesturkirkjan
Church
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Vesturkirkjan is a church, which is situated 320 metres west of National Library of the Faroe Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tinganes and Tórshavn.
Tinganes
Quarter
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Tinganes is the historic location of the Faroese landsstýri, and is a part of Tórshavn. The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese.
Tórshavn
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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.
Argir
Village
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Argir is a village in the Faroe Islands. Argir most likely takes its name from Old Irish airge, which means summer pasture; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning.
National Library of the Faroe Islands
- Type: Museum
- Description: national library
- Categories: national library, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“National Library of the Faroe Islands” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Farer adalarının Milli Kitabxanası”
- Bosnian: “Nacionalna biblioteka Farskih ostrva”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional de les Illes Fèroe”
- Catalan: “Føroya Landsbókasavnið”
- Danish: “Færøernes Nationalbibliotek”
- Dutch: “Foroya Landsbokasavn”
- Dutch: “Føroya Landsbókasavn”
- Esperanto: “Feroa Landbiblioteko”
- Esperanto: “Nacia biblioteko de la feroaj insuloj”
- Faroese: “Føroya Landsbókasavn”
- Finnish: “Färsaarten kansalliskirjasto”
- French: “bibliothèque nationale des Féroé”
- French: “Bibliothèque nationale des Féroé”
- German: “Landesbibliothek der Färöer”
- Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη των Νήσων Φερόες”
- Hebrew: “הספרייה הלאומית של איי פארו”
- Latvian: “Fēru Salu Nacionālā bibliotēka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Føroya Landsbókasavn”
- Norwegian: “Føroya Landsbókasavn”
- Persian: “کتابخانه ملی جزایر فارو”
- Polish: “Biblioteka Narodowa Wysp Owczych”
- Russian: “Национальная библиотека Фарерских островов”
- Serbian: “Национална библиотека Фарских Острва”
- Swedish: “Färöarnas nationalbibliotek”
- Welsh: “Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Ynysoedd Ffaro”
- Welsh: “Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Ynysoedd Ffaröe”
- Welsh: “Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Ynysoedd y Ffaroe”
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