Sjóvar Municipality
Sjóvar Municipality is a municipality of the Faroe Islands.
Sjóvar Municipality is a municipality of the Faroe Islands. The name of the municipality has its origins from the farm Sjógv á Strondum which gave name to Sjóvar parish. The name comes from the Faroese word for seawater (sjógvur).
Sjóvar covers a part of the island of Eysturoy. It consists of the villages of Strendur, Innan Glyvur, Selatrað, Morskranes and Kolbanargjógv.
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Worth seeing in and around Sjóvar Municipality
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Svangaskarð
Svangaskarð, also referred to as Tofta Leikvøllur, is a multi-purpose stadium in Toftir, Faroe Islands with two football fields and a sports arena for athletics around the lower field. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
1.6 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Lake Toftir
Lake Toftir is a lake on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. Lake Toftir is located between the villages of Toftir and Rituvík.
2.7 km · lake on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands · Wikipedia - 03Kambur (Porkeri)
Kambur is a mountain in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, located on the northern side of the village Porkeri: Kambur is also visible from Hov.
3.6 km · mountain in Faroe Islands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sjóvar Municipality
- Airports
- Vágar (FAE), 27 km
- Aberdeen → Sjóvar Municipality1220 km · quickest by road, 42h 4m · £255–340
- Ålesund → Sjóvar Municipality894 km · quickest by road, 25h 18m · kr1,520–2,030
- Bergen → Sjóvar Municipality833 km · quickest by air, 11h 17m · kr3,150–4,840
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Sjóvar Municipality
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sjóvar Municipality. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can take the car with you on the ferry mentioned above.
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Next door to Sjóvar Municipality
- Runavíksettlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands2.2 km
- Toftirsettlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands2.1 km
- Saltangarásettlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands2.6 km
- Glyvrarsettlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands3.4 km
- Nesvillage in Eysturoy, Faroe Islands3.2 km
- Innan Glyvurhuman settlement3.6 km