Norðragøta

Norðragøta [no ː ˌ ɹa Go ː ta ] ( Danish name: Nordregøte ) is a place of the Faroe Islands on the east coast of the island Eysturoy.

• Population: 567 (1 January 2007 )
• Postal Code: FO -512
• Municipality: Eysturkommuna
• Football club: Gotu Ítróttarfelag

The place is often abbreviated to Gøta, which is not least that he is the greatest in the former municipality Gøta, which included the towns of Gøtueiði, Gøtugjógv and Syðrugøta. But even in the new Eysturkommuna he is still the largest city and also the center of the commune remained.

The municipality is located at the end of the fjord Gøtuvík. Norðragøtas typical Faroese wooden church with a grass roof was built in 1833. This church is considered as a showpiece of Faroese Wooden art of the time. The new church was inaugurated in 1995 in the presence of Queen Margrethe. The village is also the historical museum of local lore Gotu Fornminnisavn.

It is said that the Faroese form of the Danish debate, gøtudanskt their name from here.

The old houses of Norðragøta

In a Faroese village of old houses usually have their own names. The houses in which, under monument protection district GOTAS bear the names Blásastova, Húsini HJA Glyvra Hanusi, Jákupsstova and Húsini HJA Peri. The group of old houses also includes the old hayloft which belongs to Blásastova, as well as the old village church.

Blásastova

Blásastova is a farmhouse that was built in 1833. 1860 extended to the house with a smaller attachment at the top. The house was built in traditional Faroese design in wood on a stone pedestal. Along the northern outer wall of a stone wall was built as protection against wind and rain. The roof is covered with a thick layer of birch bark over the slats and it Grasstorfplatten. The exterior walls are paved with Kohlteer and all interior walls, ceilings and floor planks are made of untreated spruce.

The most important room in the house is the Roykstova (smoke room ) where the 'old fashion way was an open hearth, from which the smoke escaped through an air vent in the roof or a chimney above the fireplace. The floors were usually made of mashed clay, in the Blásastova however, consisted of wooden floor and also had a stove, which was probably added in this century.

In this room, which was equipped with two alcoves and moored benches along the walls and had boxes for storage of peat, gathered at the long winter evenings the inhabitants of the farm to process wool. It was in those days, that the wool of the Faroe Islands, the gold of the Faroe Islands (Danish: Færøernes he uld Færøernes guld ) called. The men and assorted combed wool and spin, and they turned to large spinning wheels, knitting women. It has often been said that this joint work has contributed to long dark winter evenings in the smoke bars of the courts primarily to preserve the language and culture of these people and develop.

The Archaeological Association of the village of Gøta has Blásastova a museum. In the rooms you can see household items and furniture that reflect life on a Faroese farm of a bygone era. Even the barns is a museum and contains devices that are in communication with the outside work.

A Faroese farm consisted of a group of houses that were rarely built together. The current Blásastova itself, it was the home. In addition, there were stables, dry houses for the storage of meat and fish and manure bins.

Fischer homes

The old fishermen's houses were built around the turn of the century, to the time when agriculture lost its dominant economic role and the Faroe Islands became a community of marine fishermen. The two houses were built in 1902 and 1907. In place of the old Roykstova, there was now a kitchen with installed water and drain basins. As far as style and proportions, so these homes do not differ from the traditional Faroese style. The whitewashed base and white framed small windows form a contrast to the black tarred walls and the green grass roofs.

Husid HJA Glyvra - Hanusi

Husid HJA Glyvra - Hanusi is a very nice, restored house and set up as a meeting house for members of the Archaeological Association and for other events. The two other surviving and newly restored houses are private property and are used by the families who come from here, as summer homes.