Sandavágur

Sandavágur [ ˌ sanda vɔavʊɹ ] (Danish: Sandevåg ) is a place of the Faroe Islands on the south coast of the island Vágar.

General

  • Population: 797 (1 January 2007 )
  • Postal Code: FO -360
  • Municipality: Vága municipal
  • Football club: SIF Sandavágur

Location and infrastructure

Sandavágur means beach cove, and in fact is in its bay, a small sandy beach. The town lies on the only road on the island, which now boasts of Gásadalur about the airport Vágar to Vágartunnel. Place in the neighborhood of the same bay Miðvágur is in the West.

In Sandavágur there is a guesthouse and a campsite is open all year. In the center, a newspaper stand and some retail stores.

History and Sights

  • The distinctive church of Sandavágur was built in 1917 by the á Tórshavn Architects Magnus Kamarinum, and it is not only from the outside a treasure, but includes one of the most important archaeological finds of the Faroe Islands: the 1917 found Runestone Sandavágur, see Sandavágsstein.
  • Also worth seeing is the 1919 built on the main road in the village monument to the 1819 -born Sandavágur on the farm Á Steig politicians and scientists VU Hammershaimb ( 1819-1909 ), Faroese priest and philologist.
  • The traditional courtyard Á trail is still visible in the center and can be seen from the outside. Previously, he was known for his fields were among the most suitable for cultivation on the best lands around the Faroe Islands. From 1555 to 1816 he was the residence of Lögmaður, the highest secular authority figure of the Faroe Islands.
  • Also the end of the 1980s, small -scale park Viðarlundin á Abbreyt north of the village, which offers a beautiful view of the town and the bay, well worth a visit.

Sandavágur got the 1997 price gepflegtestes and cleanest village in the Faroe Islands. 2003, repeated the cleanest and greenest entitled Village of the Faroe Islands.

Personalities

  • VU Hammershaimb (1819-1909) - creator of the neufäröischen written language
  • Torkil Nielsen (born 1964 ) - football player ( winner in a soccer match Faroe Austria 1990)
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