Saksun

Saksun is a village near the northwest coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy, in Sunda Municipality.

Saksun
Village
View of Saksun from the lake
Saksun Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°14′56″N 7°10′33″W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Streymoy
Municipality	Sunda
Population  (1 January 2006)
• Total	9
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (EST)
Postal code	FO 436
Climate	ET

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, 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, 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

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  Church.
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  Interior of church
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  Church
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  The old farm
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  Saksun, Postverk Føroya
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  Down to the beach
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  Saksun
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  West coast
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  Beach

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

External links

• Faroeislands.dk: Saksun Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.
• Guide to Faroe Islands: Saksun