Føroya Landsbókasavn

Føroya Landsbókasavn is a museum in Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy. Føroya Landsbókasavn is situated nearby to the school building Centre of Maritime Studies and Engineering, as well as near the church Vesturkirkjan.

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 Føroya Landsbókasavn.

Vesturkirkjan

Church

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Vesturkirkjan is a church, which is situated 320 metres west of Føroya Landsbókasavn.

Centre of Maritime Studies and Engineering

School building

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The Centre of Maritime Studies and Engineering is a vocational maritime school located in Tórshavn. It offers three year shipmaster and marine engineer courses as well as other maritime related courses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tinganes and Tórshavn.

Tinganes

Quarter

Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

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.

Argir

Village

Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Føroya Landsbókasavn

Type: Museum
Also known as: “Foroya Landsbokasavn”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

62.00688° or 62° 0′ 25″ north

Longitude

-6.77816° or 6° 46′ 41″ west

Elevation

35 metres (115 feet)

Open location code

9CJM264C+QP

GeoNames ID

11821685

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