village out to the lighthouse on the island’s southern tip is a relatively easy walk of 5-6 hours there and back, where the fantastic views in the summer are accompanied by birdsong and a light breeze. The lighthouse and lighthouse keeper’s accommodation is constructed of carved boulders and was completed in 1893. The lens, whose light can be seen 16 sea miles away, weighs 4 tons, is 2.82 metres in diameter and rests on a bearing of quicksilver and is the world’s largest lens apparatus. Before automation, there were 30 people including 10 children living out at the lighthouse and the place had its own landing stage. At the end of the headland is the little light, which can be seen from Tórshavn.
- with everything close by
40 min Saksun
1 h 20 min 2 h 15 min Viðareiði Fugloy
1h Gjógv
1h Klaksvík
We offer accommodation in: • Apartments • Guesthouse • Hostel with a guest kitchen • Rooms with private facilities
1 h 30 min Mykines
Dr. Jakobsens göta 14-16 FO-100 Tórshavn Tel: (+298) 500 600 hostel@hostel.fo www.hostel.fo
In the heart of the Faroes 40 min Airport
20 min Nólsoy 15 min Kirkjubø 45 min Sandoy
1 h 50 min Suðuroy
The Faroese Aquarium - faroese fish, small sharks, octopuses, starfish, mussels and other species from the sea around the islands Opening hours in 2017 Please check on: www.sjosavn.net
Rættargøta 1 · 160-Argir · tel +298 505120 sjosavn@gmail.com · www.sjosavn.net
sansir.fo
Hike to the lighthouse on Borðan ■ The hike from the
of the Faroes
TÓRSHAVN / STREYMOY SOUTH
greatest tourist magnets is the local taxidermist and ornithologist, Jens Kjeld Jensen. Besides stuffed puffins, gannets and hares, a visit to his workshop will reveal one of Europe’s largest private collections of bird lice. He also provides guided tours around the island and from June to August, you can accompany him on a night excursion to the island’s east coast, home to the world’s largest colony of night bird, the tiny Storm Petrel. You can sit here in the twilight and hear rather than see the tiny bird’s whereabouts as it flies along the mountainside in its hunt for food.
Live well in the
sansir.fo
Experience the world’s largest colony of Storm Petrels ■ One of the island’s
Facebook: foroya.sjosavn
49