Faroese National Heritage

The Faroe Islands National Museum is the national of the , located in .
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  • 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.

Church
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 370 metres southwest of Faroese National Heritage.

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 1½ km southwest of Faroese National Heritage.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hoyvík and Hvítanes.

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.

Village
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is a village in the . It is on 's east coast, northeast of and . Its name means "White Point" in Faroese. 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.

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.

Faroese National Heritage

Latitude
62.03202° or 62° 1′ 55″ north
Longitude
-6.76493° or 6° 45′ 54″ west
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9CJM26JP+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44619145
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data 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”
  • Japanese: “フェロー諸島国立博物館”
  • Korean: “페로 제도 국립박물관”
  • 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”

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Highlights include Tjóðsavnið and Hoyvíkshøllin.

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