Uppi í Bygd
Uppi í Bygd is a neighborhood in Streymoy, Faroe Islands. Uppi í Bygd is situated nearby to the village Hvítanes, as well as near the neighborhood Nidri í Bygd.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Faroese National Heritage and Nordic House in the Faroe Islands.
Faroese National Heritage
Museum
Photo: Northerner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Faroe Islands National Museum is the national museum of the Faroe Islands, located in Tórshavn.
Nordic House in the Faroe Islands
Museum
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The Nordic House is a cultural institution in the Faroe Islands. Its aim is to support and promote Nordic and Faroese culture, locally and in the Nordic region. Nordic House in the Faroe Islands is situated 2½ km south of Uppi í Bygd.
Tórsvøllur
Pitch
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tórsvøllur is a football stadium on the sport site of Gundadalur in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. The stadium 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. Tórsvøllur is situated 3 km south of Uppi í Bygd.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hvítanes and Hoyvík.
Hvítanes
Village
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Hvítanes is a village in the Faroe Islands. It is on Streymoy's east coast, northeast of Hoyvík and Tórshavn. Its name means "White Point" in Faroese. Hvítanes is located in a little bay with a stone beach and a harbour where the small boats can be pulled up a ramp out of reach of the sometimes destructive sea.
Hoyvík
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Kaldbak
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaldbak is a village in the Faroe Islands, on Streymoy's east coast and part of Tórshavn Municipality. The village lies on the northern side of the fjord Kaldbaksfjørður. Kaldbak is situated 3½ km northwest of Uppi í Bygd.
Uppi í Bygd
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.04399° or 62° 2′ 38″ northLongitude
-6.77303° or 6° 46′ 23″ westOpen location code
9CJM26VG+HQOpenStreetMap ID
node 7198572887OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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