Verkstaðið Vón

Verkstaðið Vón is a building in , which is located on Hóvabrekka. Verkstaðið Vón is situated nearby to the public building , as well as near the government office .
  • Type: Building
  • Also known as: “Verkstaðurin Vón”
  • Address: Hóvabrekka 1, Argir, 160

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Argir Church and Argir Stadium.

Church
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 540 metres east of Verkstaðið Vón.

Stadium
Photo: Nn3008, Public domain.
Inni í Vika, currently known as Skansi Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-use on the sport site in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Argja Bóltfelag. is situated 1 km west of Verkstaðið Vón.

Fort
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1½ km northeast of Verkstaðið Vón.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Argir and Tinganes.

Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

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.

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.

Verkstaðið Vón

Latitude
61.99667° or 61° 59′ 48″ north
Longitude
-6.78454° or 6° 47′ 4″ west
Open location code
9CHMX6W8+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43652920
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
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