| Gjógv Gjógv | ||
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| State | Faroe Islands | |
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| Region | Eysturoy | |
| Inhabitants | 49 (estimate / 2006) | |
| POSTAL CODE | FO 476 | |
| Time zone | UTC 0 | |
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Gjógv is a village of the Islands Faroe Islands.
To know
It is a village located on the northeastern tip of the island of Eysturoy 63 km north of the capital by road Tórshavn.
The village gets its name from a 200m long gorge that runs north towards the sea from the village.
Geographical notes
Gjógv has one of the best natural harbors in the Faroe Islands.
Background
The village was first mentioned in 1584, but it appears to have existed long before then. He has long lived by fishing and selling dried and salted fish.
How to orient yourself
Gjógv: full screen map.How to get
Panorama
By plane
- 1 Vágar airport (IATA: FAE). Atlantic Airways flies regularly from Copenhagen and operates flights from other Western European and Scandinavian cities. In summer, connections are guaranteed with:
How to get around
What see
The sloping railway
For tourists and nautical natives, the port in the gorge is also a well-known site of exceptional natural landscapes.
- 1 Church.
- 2 Gjógv inclined railway. The only railway in service in the Faroe Islands. The sloping railway operates a narrow-gauge line from the low-level harbor inside the gorge, up a steep incline to the upper village boathouses. There are no locomotives and the motive power is provided by a winch operated by a rope attached to the freight wagons.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
Safety
How to keep in touch
Around
- Just off the coast in Ambadalur is the tallest stack in the Faroe Islands.
- Eiði
