Saksun is a village near the northwest coast of the
Faroese island of
Streymoy
Streymoy (, ) is the largest and most populated island of the Faroe Islands. The capital, Tórshavn, is located on its southeast coast. The name means "island of currents". It also refers to the largest region of the country that also includes the ...
, in Sunda Municipality.
Geography
Saksun lies in the bottom of what used to be an inlet of the sea, surrounded by high mountains.
The inlet formed a good deep natural harbour, until a storm blocked it with sand. The old harbour become an inaccessible seawater
lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') an ...
, only accessible by small boats on high tide.
Facilities
The village has a heritage farm called Dúvugarðar www.duvugardar.fo and a church. The church was originally built in
Tjørnuvík
Tjørnuvík () is the northernmost village on Streymoy in Sunda Municipality, Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom ...
, but in 1858 it was disassembled, carried over the mountains and reassembled in Saksun. The Museum occupies a seventeenth-century farm house called Dúvugarður. The house belongs to the Dúvugarður farm, still an active sheep farm with approximately 710 ewes.
Gallery
File:Saksun, Faroe Islands.jpg
File:Saksun Kirkja.Streymoy.fo.3.jpg, Church.
Image:Saksun.9.jpg, Interior of church
File:Saksun Kirkja 2007 a.jpg, Church
File:Saksun.Streymoy.fo.1.jpg, The old farm
Image:Faroe stamp 213 saksun.jpg, Saksun, Postverk Føroya
Posta is the postal service of the Faroe Islands and was founded on 1 April 1976 under the Home Rule of the Faroe Islands. On 16 December 2005, it became a public joint stock company under the name P/F Postverk Føroya (retroactive from 1 January ...
Image:Saksun, Faroe Islands (5).JPG, Down to the beach
File:Saksun.Streymoy.fo.2.jpg, Saksun
File:Saksun.Streymoy.1.jpg, West coast
Image:Off Saksun, Faroe Islands (3).JPG, Beach
See also
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List of towns in the Faroe Islands
This is a list of villages (and towns) of the Faroe Islands as of 29 of April 2025. :fo:Býir í Føroyum
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Towns In The Faroe Islands
Towns
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faro ...
External links
Faroeislands.dk: SaksunImages and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.
Guide to Faroe Islands: Saksun
Saksun
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