Faroese National Heritage
The Faroe Islands National Museum is the national museum of the Faroe Islands, located in Tórshavn.Photo: Northerner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Faroe Islands National Museum”, “Føroya fornminnissavn”, “Føroya Náttúrugripasavn”, and “National Museum of the Faroe Islands”
- Address: Søvn Landsins Kúrdalsvegur 15, Hoyvík, 188
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hoyvík Church and Nordic House in the Faroe Islands.
Hoyvík Church
Church
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hoyvík Church is situated 370 metres southwest of Faroese National Heritage.
Nordic House in the Faroe Islands
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5 dk.
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 1½ km southwest of Faroese National Heritage.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoyvík and Hvítanes.
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.
Hvítanes
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Tórshavn
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Faroese National Heritage
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.03202° or 62° 1′ 55″ northLongitude
-6.76493° or 6° 45′ 54″ westOpen location code
9CJM26JP+R2OpenStreetMap ID
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building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q946378
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Faroese National Heritage” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu Nacional de les Illes Fèroe”
- Danish: “Færøernes historiske Museum”
- Danish: “Færøernes Nationalmuseum”
- Danish: “Føroya Fornminnissavn”
- Dutch: “Nationaal museum van de Faeroer”
- Dutch: “Nationaal museum van de Faeröer”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Muzeo de Ferooj”
- Faroese: “Føroya Fornminnissavn”
- Faroese: “Tjóðsavnið”
- German: “Føroya Forngripafelag”
- German: “Føroya Fornminnisavn”
- German: “Historisches Museum der Färöer”
- German: “Nationalmuseum der Färöer”
- Hungarian: “Føroya Fornminnissavn”
- Latvian: “Fēru Salu Nacionālais muzejs”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Færøyenes nasjonalmuseum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Føroya Fornminnissavn”
- Norwegian: “Færøyenes nasjonalmuseum”
- Polish: “Muzeum Narodowe Wysp Owczych”
- Russian: “Национальный музей Фарерских островов”
- Spanish: “Museo nacional de las Islas Feroe”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional de las Islas Feroe”
- Swedish: “Färöarnas nationalmuseum”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tjóðsavnið and Hoyvíkshøllin.
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