Tjørnuvík

Tjørnuvík Tjørnevig (Danish)
Village
Tjørnuvík seen from Eidiskollur.
Tjørnuvík Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°17′17″N 7°8′27″W
Country	Faroe Islands
Island	Streymoy
Municipality	Sunda
Population  (1 January 2006)
• Total	71
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (EST)
Postal code	FO 445
Climate	ET

Tjørnuvík (Danish: Tjørnevig) is the northernmost village on Streymoy in Sunda Municipality, Faroe Islands. As of the 2006 census, the population has a total of 71 people.^{[citation needed]}

The town uses the Stakkur sea stack for sheep grazing, accessed by cable car.^[1] The Risin og Kellingin sea stacks are visible across the Sundini strait.

A 5 km (3 mi) single-lane dead-end road (route 594) from Haldórsvík is the only way to reach Tjørnuvík. Tourists clogged the road in summer, before a traffic control system improved conditions in 2022.^[2][3] Funding was approved for prestudies for a tunnel.^[4]

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See also

• Towns of the Faroe Islands

References

1. Metcalf, Stephen (25 March 2007). "Into the Mystical Unreal Reality of the Faroe Islands". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015.
2. "New solution to Tjørnuvík traffic nightmare". Kringvarp Føroya (in Faroese). 3 July 2022.
3. "Tjørnuvík traffic solution wins innovation prize". Kringvarp Føroya (in Faroese). 13 November 2022.
4. "Tjørnuvík tunnel in the pipeline". Kringvarp Føroya. 29 March 2023.

External links

• Personal Danish site with photographs of Tjørnuvík