Vágar

Vágar [ vɔ ː ar] also Vágoy (Danish Vago, German Meaning: " bays ( island ) " ) is the third largest island of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. Here is the international (and only) the small island nation's airport.

• Number of peaks: 41
• Municipalities: Sørvágur ( with Bøur and Gásadalur ) Miðvágur ( with Vatnsoyrar ) and Sandavágur (1 January 2005 )

Vágar lies to the west of the main island Streymoy and is connected with it since 2002 by about 4 km long Vágartunnel. This tunnel is the most ambitious construction project in the history of the Faroe Islands and shortened the travel time between the airport and the capital Vágar. West of Vágar are the Tindhólmur and the ' bird of paradise ', the island Mykines. Together they form the Vágar region, one of the six SYSSEL of the Faroe Islands.

The two largest lakes of the Faroe Islands can be found on Vágar: Sørvágsvatn / Leitisvatn and Fjallavatn. While the latter one of the few protected areas in the Faroe represents former is a popular destination, where you have all the Faroese landscape forms close together. Famous is the cliff Trælanípa, of the supposedly unable to work slaves were thrown into the sea.

The youngest place on the island is Vatnsoyrar, the only place in the Faroe Islands, which is not located by the sea. When the Faroe Islands were occupied during World War II of Great Britain, they had because of the airport here their biggest contingent of troops. Vágar was then a security zone, and who wanted to enter the island, needed a special pass. The contact between the locals and the soldiers is described as cordial. Friendships and even marriages emerged at that time.

To the west lie the small villages Bøur and Gásadalur. Gásadalur until 2004, was one of the most isolated villages in Europe. Since it is connected by a tunnel to the outside world. The postman, who until then several times a week about the difficult - and popular among tourists - had to go trail of Bøur after Gásadalur had to pass through the honor to make the first blast for the tunnel, and the completed tunnel first.

Two other isolated places on Vágar however, were abandoned: Víkar despite its agriculturally favorable conditions in 1910, and Slættanes, although a beautiful setting is considered scenic, 1964 Old trails form a network over the whole island and allow natural excursions in the now uninhabited northern part. Vagars.

Location of Syssels Vágar in the Faroe Islands

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• Vágar
• Island ( Faroe Islands )
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