Undir Gøtueiði (Settlement)
Around 1850, a farmer’s son from Syðrugøta settled in Undir Gøtueiði at Skálafjørður. Here, the inhabitants of Gøta had had boats moored at Skipanes f...
Syðrugøta (Settlement)
Syðrugøta has 479 inhabitants and covers 32 merkur and 10 gyllin. 25 merkur and 10 gyllin are copyhold land that is distributed between 7 copyhold tenants. 5 ...
Norðragøta (Settlement)
The markatal settlement of Norðragøta has 655 inhabitants and covers 32 merkur. 24 merkur and 8 gyllin are copyhold land distributed between six copyhold tena...
Kambsdalur (Settlement)
Kambsdalur, named after the Kambur mountain, is the Faroe Islands’ youngest outlying village. Fuglafjørður has not much area to build on, and the Kambsdalur...
Hellurnar (Settlement)
The outlying village of Hellurnar, which today has 12 inhabitants, was established in 1849 by the fjord Oyndarfjørður that offered farming opportunities and l...
Gøtugjógv (Settlement)
Gøtugjógv has 44 inhabitants and covers 6 merkur of copyhold land, which is divided between two copyhold tenants. The sheep herd consists of 100 animals. The ...
Fuglafjørður (Settlement) and Fuglafjarðar Municipality
Fuglafjørður, together with the outlying village of Hellur and Kambsdalur, constitutes Fuglafjarðar Kommuna. The markatal settlement of Fuglafjørður, menti...
Shipping Company Varðin
In 1985, the Faroese Government launched its so-called ship package, the purpose of which was to build Faroese ships for hake fishing in Faroese waters. In Janu...
Varmakelda
At Fuglafjørður’s southern coast, 18-degree warm water seeps up through a crack in the bedrock. The small spring is called Varmakelda, the hot spring, and i...