Gundadalur is a

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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 ...

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. It is home to three different

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pitches and other sports facilities. The largest one is the national

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Tórsvøllur Tórsvøllur is a football stadium on the sport site of Gundadalur in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. The stadium holds 6,500 people, and was built in 1999 to become the country's national stadium to provide an artificial grass surf ...

, a multi-use stadium.

Overview

The actual Gundadalur Stadium is located just alongside Tórsvøllur. It was opened in 1911. There are two sports halls in the same area. Høllin á Hálsi is the oldest one; built in 1970, it is located just above Tórsvøllur. The sports hall has been owned by Tórshavn Municipality since 2004. Gundadalshøllin is the other sports hall, lying below and south of Høllin á Hálsi. Both sports halls are mainly used for handball and volleyball, but also for other public events, not related to sports. Gundadalshøllin is owned by the handball clubs

Neistin Hondbóltsfelagið Neistin is a Faroese handball club from Tórshavn, having the men's team competing in the Burn Menn League and the women's team in the SMS Deildin. Sports Hall information *Name: – Høllin á Hálsi *City: – Tórsh ...

and

Kyndil Kyndil is a Faroese handball club in 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 ...

, and the volleyball club Fleyr. There is also a swimming hall in Gundadalur that was built in 1984. It has one swimming pool which is 25 meters long with six lanes, and it has three other pools: one deep, and two not-so-deep pools which are mainly for children. There is a gymnastics venue inside a hall at the north-eastern side of Tórsvøllur; it is called Fimi and is owned by Tórshavn Municipality. Outside the western corner of the Gundadalur Stadium is a sportshall for badminton, it is called Badmintonhøllin. North of the badminton hall is a tennis venue. Just outside the valley of Gundadalur is a venue for athletics, named Tórsbreyt.

Ovari vøllur

The Upper Field (Ovari vøllur) is the main field used for first level matches and is the home ground of HB and B36. It can also host the matches of other Faroese teams in the European competitions.

Niðari vøllur

The Lower Field (Niðari vøllur), is mostly used for training and also lower level matches. Is the home ground of Giza/Hoyvík and

Undrið FF Undrið FF is a Faroe Islands, Faroese Football (soccer), football team based in the capital (political), capital Tórshavn. The team also plays at the Hoyvíkvøllur. The club was founded 18 January 2006, under the name ''Undrið FF''. This make ...

Attendances

References

External links

Torsvollur.fo - Official HomepageGundadalur stadium photos and video
- Nordic Stadiums
Tórsvøllur stadium photos and video
- Nordic Stadiums Sport in Tórshavn Football venues in the Faroe Islands Sports venues in the Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn Havnar Bóltfelag Sports venues completed in 1911 {{Faroes-sports-venue-stub