Tvøroyri

Tvøroyri [ TVO ɹɔiɹɪ ː ] ( Danish name: Tverå ) is the capital of Suðuroy ( Faroe Islands ). The same Faroese municipality with about 2000 inhabitants, the largest on Suðuroy and fourth largest in the archipelago.

• Population: 1,179 (1 January 2007 )
• Postal Code: FO- 800
• Municipality: Tvøroyrar municipal
• Football club: TB Tvøroyri

Overview

Tvøroyri has a fishing and trading port and a good infrastructure as capital of the island. Among other things, here are a hotel, local museum, one of the four pharmacies in the Faroe Islands and the hospital of Suðuroy.

Tvøroyri one of the places in the Faroe Islands, which have no street names. Today it forms with the neighboring towns and Trongisvágur Froðba a local urban center along the protected fjord Trongisvágsfjørður.

Tvøroyri is the latest place to Suðuroy. It was only in 1836 after the Danish trade monopoly established a store here. Sights are the characteristic church and behind her towering pillars basalts (photo). These formations are in this kind of unusual for the Faroe Islands.

Every two years ( odd years numbers of even-numbered years in Vágur otherwise ) can be found here at June 24, instead of around the festival Jóansøka. It is a sport, culture and music festival and summit of the year on Suðuroy.

Port and transport

The Port of Tvøroyri is protected in the Trongisvágsfjørður and has a depth of 7 meters. He is next to the Vágur of the most important port of Suðuroy. 13 vessels with a total tonnage of 4243 gross tons have their home port here. Twelve of them are fishing vessels ( as of 2002). In terms of the fleet is the port of Tvøroyri the fifth largest of the North Atlantic archipelago.

This sets an important regional transport links daily car ferry to smyril that combines Tvøroyri with the capital Tórshavn. The ferry is not only the passenger, but through them, the trade with the outside world is handled. The somewhat dated ferry was replaced in 2005 by a highly sophisticated successor of the same name.

Demographics

Population of the municipality Tvøroyri December 31 respectively.

Attractions

Main attraction is the most visible Church, which in 1907 was composed of prefabricated parts in Norway. Across from her was from 1968 Viðarlundin við Tvøroyrar kirkju, a small park and thus a rarity on the Faroe Islands, created with a size of 0.38 ha. Another park, the Viðarlundin við Suðuroyar Sjúkrahús, originated in 1970 at the hospital, he was created, among other things for the patient and is 1.08 hectares in size. Also worth visiting is the museum, where until 1926 a doctor's office was located. At the harbor there are some well-preserved and restored old warehouses and an old commercial building ( " Krambúð " ) of 1856, in which a small café is housed.

A popular destination is the Forest Viðarlundin í Trongisvági, one of the largest forests of the Faroe Islands, with walking trails and BBQ areas by the creek Rangá.

Personalities

The former Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, Jóannes Eidesgaard comes from Tvøroyri and was here long teacher. Now he lives in the capital Tórshavn. One of his predecessors comes from - how many Social Democrats - also from here: Atli Pætursson Dam ( 1932-2005 ). Another Prime Minister was Kristian Djurhuus (1895-1984), who is not born here, but lived most of his life.

The captain of the Faroese national football team, Óli Johannesen, on the other hand, despite the cumbersome transportation, remained here and playing in the club TB Tvøroyri.

The graphic designer and famous stamp designer Anker Eli Petersen has chosen to relocate to Denmark.

The young pop star Brandur Enni has lived since his birth here.