Toftir
Toftir Faroese: [ˈtʰɔftəɹ] is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands.
Toftir Faroese: [ˈtʰɔftəɹ] is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands. It is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometers on the east side of Skálafjørður (fjord) on Eysturoy island. The highest hill in Toftir, called Húkslond, is 129 meters high, and Nes Municipality is the only area in the Faroes which has no mountains above 200 meters.
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Worth seeing in and around Toftir
2 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.
1.2 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.
1.2 km · lake on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Toftir
- Airports
- Vágar (FAE), 28 km
- Aberdeen → Toftir609 km · quickest by air, 8h 12m · £210–320
- Ålesund → Toftir687 km · quickest by air, 9h 3m · kr2,530–3,910
- Bergen → Toftir671 km · quickest by air, 6h 43m · kr2,350–3,640
- 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 Toftir
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 Toftir. 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 Toftir
- Runavíksettlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands2.4 km
- Strendurhuman settlement2.4 km
- Saltangarásettlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands3.2 km
- Sjóvar Municipalitymunicipality of the Faroe Islands2.4 km
- Nesvillage in Eysturoy, Faroe Islands800 m
- Runavík Municipalitymunicipality of the Faroe Islands3.2 km