Klaksvík
Klaksvík is the main industrial centre of the Faroe Islands, and the hub of the Northern Islands. It's the second largest city in the Faroes, with a population of 5,015.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 5,120 residents
- Description: settlement on Borðoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Klaksvik”
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Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Christianskirkjan and Við Djúpumýrar.
Christianskirkjan
Church
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Christianskirkjan is a modern church building in Klaksvík, the second-largest town in the Faroe Islands. It was consecrated in 1963. The architect was Peter Koch, a Dane.
Við Djúpumýrar
Pitch
Við Djúpumýrar is a multi-use stadium in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands. It is mostly used for football matches. Við Djúpumýrar is the home ground of Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag men's and women's teams and has an approximate capacity of 2,500 people, with 524 seats.
Föroya Bjór
Building
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Föroya Bjór is a Faroese brewing company based in Klaksvík. Apart from beers the company also produces soft drinks. It was established in 1888 in Klaksvík.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norðoyri and Ánir.
Norðoyri
Village
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Norðoyri is a village in the Faroe Islands on the northern island of Borðoy. It belongs to the municipality of Klaksvík.
Ánir
Village
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Ánir, also Ánirnar is a village in the Faroe Islands on the northern island of Borðoy. In 2007 it had a population of 16, but with the expansion of the area with the new apartments above the old settlement the population has increased to 55 in 2013.
Árnafjørður
Village
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Árnafjørður is a town of the municipality of Klaksvík, on the island of Borðoy, in the Faroe Islands. Árnafjørður is located at the bottom of a deep inlet, named Árnfjarðarvík, "corner fjord's bay", on the east side of Borðoy. Árnafjørður is situated 4 km northeast of Klaksvík.
Klaksvík
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Klaksvík Municipality, Northern Islands, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.2255° or 62° 13′ 32″ northLongitude
-6.5838° or 6° 35′ 2″ westPopulation
5,120Elevation
88 metres (289 feet)United Nations Location Code
FO KVIOpen location code
9CJM6CG8+5FOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023761OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Xhosa—“Klaksvík” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كلاكسويك”
- Armenian: “Քլակսվուիկ”
- Azerbaijani: “Klaskvik”
- Basque: “Klaksvík”
- Belarusian: “Клаксвік”
- Belarusian: “Клаксвуйк”
- Belarusian: “Кляксвуйк”
- Bulgarian: “Клаксвик”
- Bulgarian: “Клаксвуйк”
- Catalan: “Klaksvík”
- Chinese: “克拉克斯維克”
- Chinese: “克拉克斯维克”
- Croatian: “Klaksvik”
- Croatian: “Klaksvík”
- Czech: “Klaksvík”
- Danish: “Klakksvík”
- Danish: “Klaksvig”
- Danish: “Klaksvik”
- Danish: “Klaksvík”
- Danish: “Ziskatrøð”
- Dutch: “Klaksvik”
- Dutch: “Klaksvík”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كلاسڤيك”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كلاكسڤيك”
- Faroese: “Klakksvík”
- Faroese: “Klaksvík”
- Finnish: “Klaksvik”
- Finnish: “Klaksvík”
- French: “Klaksvik”
- French: “Klaksvík”
- Galician: “Klaksvík”
- Georgian: “კლაქსვიკი”
- German: “Klakksvik”
- German: “Klakksvík”
- German: “Klaksvig”
- German: “Klaksvik”
- German: “Klaksvík”
- Greek: “Κλάκσβικ”
- Hebrew: “קלאקסביק”
- Hebrew: “קלאקסוויק”
- Hungarian: “Klaksvík”
- Icelandic: “Klakksvík”
- Indonesian: “Klaksvík”
- Irish: “Klaksvík”
- Italian: “Klaksvík”
- Italian: “Municipalità di Klaksvík”
- Japanese: “クラクスヴィーク”
- Kalaallisut: “Klaksvík”
- Korean: “클락스비크”
- Latvian: “Klaksvíka”
- Lithuanian: “Klaksvikas”
- Macedonian: “Клаксвик”
- Manx: “Klaksvik”
- Manx: “Klaksvík”
- Northern Frisian: “Klaksvík”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Klakksvík”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Klaksvig”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Klaksvik”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Klaksvík”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Klaksvik”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Klaksvík”
- Norwegian: “Klaksvík”
- Ossetian: “Клаксвик”
- Ossetian: “Клаксвуйк”
- Persian: “کلاکسویک”
- Polish: “Klaksvik”
- Polish: “Klaksvík”
- Portuguese: “Klaksvík”
- Romanian: “Klaksvik”
- Romanian: “Klaksvík”
- Russian: “Клаксвик”
- Russian: “Клаксвуйк”
- Scots: “Klaksvík”
- Serbian: “Klaksvik”
- Serbian: “Клаксвик”
- Slovak: “Klaksvík”
- Slovenian: “Klaksvig”
- Slovenian: “Klaksvík”
- Spanish: “Klaksvik”
- Spanish: “Klaksvík”
- Swedish: “Klaksvik”
- Swedish: “Klaksvík”
- Turkish: “Klaksvik”
- Turkish: “Klaksvík”
- Ukrainian: “Клаксвік”
- Urdu: “کلاکسویک”
- Vietnamese: “Klaksvík”
- Welsh: “Klaksvig”
- Welsh: “Klaksvik”
- Welsh: “Klaksvík”
- Xhosa: “Klaksvik”
- “Klaksvík”
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