Streymoy
Streymoy is the largest of the Faroe Islands. The 24,700 inhabitants make up nearly half of the population of the Faroe Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Tórshavn and Kollafjørður.
Tórshavn
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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.
Kollafjørður
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Kollafjørður is a village in the Faroe Islands, located on the island of Streymoy. As of 29. April 2025, the village had a population of 815. Its postal code is FO 410.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Leynar and Hósvíkar kirkja.
Lake Leynar
Lake
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Lake Leynar is a lake on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. Lake Leynar is the sixth-largest natural lake in the Faroe Islands and it measures 0.18 square kilometers.
Frammi við Gjónna
Dwelling
Frammi við Gjónna is an abandoned village in the Faroe Islands. A farm was established in the village as a settlement village in 1815, but there was probably already settlement at the site even earlier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kvívík and Hósvík.
Kvívík
Village
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Kvívík is a village and municipality on the west coast of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands.
Hósvík
Village
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Hósvík is a village in the Faroe Islands. It has a population of 320 and is located on a bay on Streymoy's east-coast. The ferry to Selatrað on Eysturoy island used to go from Hósvík, but was superseded by the Streymin Bridge between the islands.
Leynar
Village
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Leynar is a village in the Faroe Islands, a self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark. The village is situated on the western coast of the island of Streymoy in the municipality of Kvívíkar.
Streymoy
- Type: island with 3,360 residents
- Description: island in the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Streymoy region”, “Streymoyar Sysla”, and “Streymoyar Sýsla”
- Location: Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Streymoy” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ستريموي”
- Azerbaijani: “Streymoy”
- Basque: “Streymoy”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Стрэймой”
- Belarusian: “Стрэймай”
- Belarusian: “Стрэймой”
- Breton: “Streymoy”
- Catalan: “Streymoy”
- Chinese: “斯特勒姆岛”
- Chinese: “斯特勒姆島”
- Czech: “Streymoy”
- Danish: “Streymoy”
- Danish: “Strømø Syssel”
- Danish: “Strømø”
- Dutch: “Streymoy”
- Esperanto: “Streymoy”
- Estonian: “Streymoy”
- Faroese: “Streymoy”
- Faroese: “Streymoyar sýsla”
- Finnish: “Streymoy”
- French: “Streymoy”
- German: “Streymoy”
- German: “Strömö”
- German: “Strømø”
- Greek: “Στρέιμοϊ”
- Hebrew: “סטריימוי”
- Hungarian: “Streymoy”
- Icelandic: “Straumey”
- Icelandic: “Streymoy”
- Indonesian: “Streymoy”
- Irish: “Streymoy”
- Italian: “Streymoy”
- Japanese: “ストレイモイ島”
- Korean: “스트레이모이섬”
- Korean: “스트뢰뫼”
- Latvian: “Streimoja”
- Lithuanian: “Streimojaus regionas”
- Lithuanian: “Streimojus”
- Lithuanian: “Strėjmojus”
- Lombard: “Streymoy”
- Low German: “Streumoog”
- Low German: “Ströymoug”
- Northern Frisian: “Streymoy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Streymoy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Strømø”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Streymoy”
- Norwegian: “Streymoy”
- Ossetian: “Стреймой”
- Persian: “استرومو”
- Persian: “استریموی”
- Polish: “Streymoy”
- Portuguese: “Streymoy”
- Romanian: “Streymoy”
- Russian: “Стреймой”
- Scots: “Streymoy”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Streymoy”
- Serbian: “Strejmoj”
- Serbian: “Стрејмој”
- Slovak: “Streymoy”
- Spanish: “Streymoy”
- Swedish: “Böllufjall”
- Swedish: “Bøllufjall”
- Swedish: “Hugvan”
- Swedish: “Húgvan”
- Swedish: “Lagafjall”
- Swedish: “Lágafjall”
- Swedish: “Mosarökur”
- Swedish: “Mulin”
- Swedish: “Múlin”
- Swedish: “Nugvan”
- Swedish: “Núgvan”
- Swedish: “Sneis”
- Swedish: “Stigarnir”
- Swedish: “Stígarnir”
- Swedish: “Streymoy”
- Swedish: “Strömö”
- Swedish: “Víkartindur”
- Thai: “Streymoy”
- Thai: “Stromo”
- Thai: “สเตรอเมอ”
- Turkish: “Streymoy”
- Ukrainian: “Стреймой”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Streymoy”
- Vietnamese: “Streymoy”
- Western Frisian: “Streymoy”
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