| Vágar | |
 | |
Location  | |
| State | Faroe Islands |
|---|---|
| Surface | 176.40 km² |
| Inhabitants | 3.140 (2016) |
Vágar is a region of the Faroe Islands.
To know
Spoken languages
The Faroese language is descended from Old Norse, but apparently only Icelandic offers a mutual understanding with it. Visitors are advised never to assume that a place sounds as if it were written and Vágar is pronounced something like "Vau-er" (á is generally pronounced like this, as opposed to a).
Territories and tourist destinations
Vágar: full screen map.Urban centers
Other destinations
- Mykines - The westernmost island.
How to get
By plane
Access from the UK, Denmark, Norway and Iceland by plane to Vagar Airport with Atlantic Airways, the airline of the Faroe Islands.
By car
Motor vehicle access via underwater tunnel from Streymoy. Payment is only required one way, from Vagar to Streymoy, and must be made at any petrol station at any time up to three days after the trip.
How to get around
By car
To reach Bøur, follow the road past the airport, cross Sørvágur and continue west. Gásadalur is connected to Bøur by a road tunnel and Sørvágur is within walking distance from the airport (2 km). If your luggage is not too heavy, you can walk and see the city and then take the bus to Tórshavn.
What see
The views from Tindholmur's Bøur and the nearby sea stacks are as good as anything else in the Faroe Islands. In Gásadalur you can see puffins get the closest view to the mainland of Mykines and the small but extremely curvy island of Tindholmur and the nearby sea stacks.
- 1 Múlafossur waterfall, Gásadalur. One of the attractions of the region.
What to do
Shopping
There are no shops in Bøur. The nearest shops are in Sørvágur.
At the table
Where stay
There are some holiday homes for rent in Bøur. Ask at the tourist information office in Miðvágur, phone 298 333455, email: [email protected], website: www.visitvagar.fo.
Safety
Call 112 in an emergency. There are doctors in Vágar. After normal working hours people have to go to Tórshavn if they need medical assistance. The telephone number for after-hours medical assistance is: 1870. It is the same for most of the country. The local doctor's phone during working hours from Monday to Friday is 298 332413.
