Sumba, Faroe Islands

Sumba ( Danish name: Sumbo ) is the southernmost town of the Faroe Islands on the island Suðuroy

• Population: 250 (1 January 2007 )
• Postal Code: FO -970
• Municipality: Sumbiar municipal
• Football club: SÍ Sumba ( Sumbiar Ítróttarfelag )

To commune includes the villages of Sumba Lopra, Vikarbyrgi and Akrar. Together, the community had the end of 2002 just 431 inhabitants.

Sumba is the southernmost town on Suðuroy and is located on the west coast. Upstream of the west is the 7 -acre, uninhabited Sumbiarhólmur, one of the eleven bars of the Faroe Islands. In summer sheep grazing on the spar, which is well fertilized by the numerous seabirds.

Sumba was deposited relatively long time, and so here was able to develop a form of the Faroese chain dance that is unique. The dance group of Sumba is famous throughout the archipelago and 1977 he won the European Prize for folk art.

Attractions, environment

Tourism Tips from Erik Christensen, Porkeri

Go down to the harbor and watch the high waves and the surf. Keep your distance. In stormy weather, it can be dangerous to approach too close. In summer you can often see seals playing in the harbor. The west wind, it is an experience to drive from Vágur through the tunnel to Sumba and to watch out of the car the surf. It is also recommended to watch the sunset from Sumba.

Inquire yourself in Sumba, whether the possibility of a boat ride at your own risk to the bird cliffs there. On a clear and calm weather this is an experience you will never forget.

At the southern tip of the island, the lighthouse Akraberg, a small road leads. The road to the north leads Lopra along the mighty promontory Beinisvørð, one of the most famous places to watch the Faroese birdlife.

Personalities

• Poul F. Joensen (1898-1970), poet and satirist
• Jóhan Hendrik Winther Poulsen ( born 1934 ), a linguist