Grønlendingahúsið

Grønlendingahúsið is a building in Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy. Grønlendingahúsið is situated nearby to the church Vesturkirkjan, as well as near the government office Faroese Food and Veterinary Agency.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vesturkirkjan and Tórshavn Cathedral.

Vesturkirkjan

Church

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Vesturkirkjan is a church, which is situated 220 metres east of Grønlendingahúsið.

Tórshavn Cathedral

Church

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Tórshavn Cathedral is the second oldest received church of the Faroe Islands, on Tinganes in the old town of Tórshavn. Painted white, and roofed with slate, it was established in 1788. Tórshavn Cathedral is situated 1 km east of Grønlendingahúsið.

National Gallery of the Faroe Islands

Museum

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Listasavn Føroya is an art museum in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, for mostly permanent exhibits of Faroese arts. Established in 1989, it consists of a gallery called Listaskáli and another for historic arts with an area of 1,600 m2. National Gallery of the Faroe Islands is situated 1¼ km north of Grønlendingahúsið.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tórshavn and Tinganes.

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.

Tinganes

Quarter

Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tinganes is the historic location of the landsstýri of the Faroe Islands, and is a part of Tórshavn. The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese.

Argir

Village

Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Argir is a village in the Faroe Islands. Argir most likely takes its name from Old Irish airge, which means summer pasture; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning.

Grønlendingahúsið

Type: Building
Location: Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

62.00714° or 62° 0′ 26″ north

Longitude

-6.78823° or 6° 47′ 18″ west

Open location code

9CJM2646+VP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 500251589

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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