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Tórshavn
Capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands

Tórshavn

Tórshavn, locally referred to as Havn, is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands.

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It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the 347-meter-high (1,138 ft) mountain Húsareyn, and to the southwest, the 350-meter-high (1,150 ft) Kirkjubøreyn. They are separated by the Sandá River. The city itself has a population of 14,223 (2024), and the greater urban area has a population of 22,444, including the suburbs of Hoyvík and Argir.

Get in

Getting to Tórshavn

For most visitors Tórshavn will be the point of entry to the Faroe Islands. Practically everything in that article's Get in section also applies to Tórshavn.

  1. 01
    Vágar Airport
See

Worth seeing

The Faroe Islands National Museum and the Outdoor Museum are both in the northern suburb Hoyvik, and are covered by a single ticket. Both are worth seeing.

  1. 01
    Tinganes

    Settlement started and the parliament has been meeting at this site since 900 AD.

  2. 02
    Tórshavn Cathedral

    An attractive white building with clock tower, built in 1788.

  3. 03
    The Nordic House

    The main cultural institution on the islands.

  4. 04
    Faroe Islands National Museum

    A good overview of geology, history, archaeology, biology, economy and modern society of the Faroese.

  5. 05
    National Gallery of the Faroe Islands
Do

Things to do

Faroese Music Gallery. See, feel and hear Faroese music in the newest and most popular tourist attraction. Free live concerts Mondays to Fridays and on special occasions (see website for programme) from 14 June to 13 August and free coffee. Football: Tórsvøllur (aka Gundadalur) is the sports complex 1 km north of town centre, with stadium capacity 5000. The Faroes men's national soccer team play here.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Brasserie Hvonn

    Tórsgøta 4 (In Hotel Tórshavn), hvonn@hvonn.fo.

  2. 02
    Burger King

    Has a drive-thru which continues to operate even after the shopping mall closed.

  3. 03
    Sunset Boulevard

    A Danish chain of sandwich and burger restaurants.

  4. 04
    Restaurant Seven

    A Chinese restaurant with pretty plain interior.

  5. 05
    Hamsa

    Mediterranean and middle eastern restaurant.

How locals move

Getting around Tórshavn the local way

  • Get inYou can take the car with you on the ferry mentioned above.

From Wikivoyage: Tórshavn, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.