Vesturkirkjan

Vesturkirkjan is a church in , . Vesturkirkjan is situated nearby to the church , as well as near the quarter .
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  • Opening hours: Monday—Friday 3:00 PM—5:00 PM
  • Email: vesturkirkjan@olivant.fo
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church in the Faroe Islands

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tórshavn Cathedral and National Gallery of the Faroe Islands.

Church
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is the second oldest received church of the , on in the old town of . Painted white, and roofed with slate, it was established in 1788. is situated 690 metres east of Vesturkirkjan.

Museum
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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 1¼ km north of Vesturkirkjan.

Fort
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is a historic fortress in , the capital of the . is located on a hill beside the port of Tórshavn. The fort was built in 1580 by Magnus Heinason to protect against pirate/slave raids of the town, after he himself was nearly caught up in one such raid. is situated 1 km east of Vesturkirkjan.

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
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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
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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.

Vesturkirkjan

Latitude
62.00746° or 62° 0′ 27″ north
Longitude
-6.78414° or 6° 47′ 3″ west
Elevation
63 metres (207 feet)
Open location code
9CJM2648+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43249776
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Geo­Names ID
11821691
Wiki­data ID
Q1321091
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Swedish—“Vesturkirkjan” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя царква Торсхаўна”
  • Catalan: “Vesturkirkjan”
  • Danish: “Vesturkirkjan”
  • Dutch: “Vesturkirkjan”
  • Faroese: “Vesturkirkjan”
  • German: “Vesturkirkjan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vesturkirkjan”
  • Norwegian: “Vesturkirkjan”
  • Russian: “Западная церковь”
  • Spanish: “Vesturkirkjan”
  • Swedish: “Vesturkirkjan”

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