Saksun
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Stamp FR 213 of Postverk Føroya
Issued: 3 June 1991
Artist: Ingi Joensen
Saksun is a picturesque village near the north-west coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy.
- Population: 34
- Postal code (Zip): FO 436
- Location:
- Municipality: Saksunar
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 the inlet with sand. This caused the river that used to run into the inlet to form a freshwater lake where the inlet used to be.
The village has a Church and Museum. The Church was originally built in Tjornuvik, but in 1858 it was disassembled, carried over the mountains and reassembled in Saksun. The Museum occupies a seventeenth century farm called Duvugardur.
[edit] Gallery
 Church of Saksun (Feb) |
 Saksun |
 Down to the beach |
 Waterfall (Oct) |
 The mouth of the bay of Saksun (Pollur) |
 The open sea (view westwards) |
 Beach fun! |
 Off Saksun |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Faroeislands.dk: Saksun Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.
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