Þórshöfn () or Thorshofn is a small

fishing village A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres (221,000 ...

in northeast

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, located on the northern coast of the Langanes peninsula on the Þistilfjörður bay. The village has a population of 380 people. It is the administrative centre of

Langanesbyggð Langanesbyggð () is a municipality in northeastern Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is ...

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and formerly of the neighbouring Svalbarðshreppur municipality until the two merged. In Þórshöfn there is a year-round service to tourists, and

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connects the village to

Akureyri Akureyri (, ) is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous Municipalities of Iceland, municipality (under the official name of Akureyrarbær , 'town of Akureyri') and the largest outside the Capital Region (Iceland), Capital R ...

and

Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...

with seasonal flights from Þórshöfn Airport. Þórshöfn is also the Icelandic name of

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; ; Danish language, Danish: ''Thorshavn''), usually locally referred to as simply Havn, is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of th ...

(capital of the

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Climate

The climate is arctic (Koppen: ET) with cold winters and cool summers.

Sights

Sauðanes, a farm about seven kilometres north of Þórshöfn on Langanes peninsula, has a church built in 1889 and a parsonage (''Sauðaneshús'') dating from 1879 which was the first stone building in the Northeastern part of Iceland. The church doors were made of driftwood, and the winged altarpiece dates from 1742. The pulpit was created in the 18th century as well.Erik van de Perre
Island
Bruckman. (in German) The parsonage was renovated from 1991 to 2003 and transformed into a museum.

References

External links

Official website

Populated places in Northeastern Region (Iceland) Fishing communities Fishing communities in Iceland {{Iceland-geo-stub