Department of Social Services

Department of Social Services is a government office in , which is located on Staravegur. Department of Social Services is situated nearby to the government office , as well as near the health club .
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  • Type: Government office
  • Also known as: “Almannaverkið”
  • Address: Staravegur 18, Tórshavn, 100

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tórsvøllur and National Gallery of the Faroe Islands.

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.

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 1 km southwest of Department of Social Services.

Museum
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The Nordic House is a cultural institution in the . Its aim is to support and promote and culture, locally and in the Nordic region. is situated 1 km west of Department of Social Services.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hoyvík and Tórshavn.

Village
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Tórshavn 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.

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.

Department of Social Services

Latitude
62.02168° or 62° 1′ 18″ north
Longitude
-6.76755° or 6° 46′ 3″ west
Open location code
9CJM26CJ+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5156619646
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­government
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