Torkilsheyggjur
in Streymoyar Sýsla, Faroe Islands
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Vagar Airport (18 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 62.085 and -6.734 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 62° 5' 4" and W -6° 44' 3"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Krone - DKK
- Spoken languages:
- Faroese, Danish
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 05:33 PM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Atlantic/Faroe
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 9:27 am and 3:06 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -46.583 and 169.417 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Tautuku - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Explore Torkilsheyggjur
Torkilsheyggjur in Streymoyar Sýsla is located in Faroe Islands a little north of Torshavn, the country's capital.
Local time in Torkilsheyggjur is now 05:33 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Atlantic / Faroe with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 1 airports in the wider vicinity of Torkilsheyggjur. The closest airport in Faroe Islands is Vagar Airport in a distance of 18 mi (or 28 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Torshavn, Eystur, Fuglafjordur, Klaksvik and Kunoy. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 4°C / 40 °F
| Morning Temperature | 2°C / 36 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Night Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 5% |
| Air Humidity | 89% |
| Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
| Wind Speed | High wind, near gale with 27 km/h (17 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Wednesday, 4th of December 2024
7°C (44 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Moderate rain, gale, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 5th of December 2024
6°C (43 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, storm, overcast clouds.
Friday, 6th of December 2024
5°C (41 °F)
5°C (42 °F)
Light rain, high wind, near gale, few clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hafnia
Hotel Føroyar
Hotel Streym
Hotel Havn
HOTEL TORSHAVN
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Hvítanes
Hvítanes is a village in the Faroe Islands, noted for its beauty. It is on Streymoy's east coast, northeast of Hoyvík and Tórshavn. Its name means "White Point" in Faroese. Population: \t99 Postal code (Zip): \tFO 187 Location: \t\t{{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:62|02|48|N|6|46|10|W| | |name= }} Municipality:\tTórshavnar Hvítanes is located in a little bay with a stone beach and a harbour where the small boats can be pulled up a ramp out of reach of the sometimes destructive sea.
Runavík
Runavík is a comparatively urbanised village in the Faroe Islands. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy. The municipality of the same name incorporates 14 settlements including Æðuvík, Rituvík, Saltangará, Glyvrar, Lambi, Lambareiði, Søldarfjørður, Skipanes, Skáli, Skálafjørður, Funningsfjørður, Funningur, Elduvík and Oyndarfjørður which together form a long, narrow residential conurbation over 10 kilometre long following the east bank Skálafjørður.
Svangaskarð
Svangaskarð 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. The stadium holds 6,000 people. It was the sole home ground of the Faroe Islands national football team from 1991 and until the Tórsvøllur Stadium was built in the capital Tórshavn in 1999 and is still occasionally used for international football matches.
Runavík Stadium
Runavík Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Runavík, Faroe Islands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of NSÍ Runavík. The stadium holds 2,000 people.
Saltangará
Saltangará (population 764) was founded in 1846 and is situated on the eastern side of Eysturoy Skalafjordur-inlet between Rituvík and Søldarfjørður. The name is derived from three words: angar comes from the Old Norse angr which means a fjord or bay; á means a stream; and salt has the same meaning in Faroese, Icelandic and English.
Strendur
Strendur is a village on the Faroese island Eysturoy, Denmark located along the Skálafjørður fjord in the Sjóvar municipality. The 2002 population was 816. Its postal code is FO 490. Strendur means beach or strand in the Faroese language.
Eystur
Eystur kommuna is a municipality (kommuna) in the Faroe Islands. Eystur means East. In Faroese it is called Eystur Kommuna (East Municipality). It covers a part of the island of Eysturoy. The municipality was created on 1 January 2009 from the merger of Leirvík and Gøta municipalities. It includes the villages of Leirvík, Norðragøta, Gøtueiði, Gøtugjógv and Syðrugøta, as well as other small settlements.
Sjóvar, Faroe Islands
Sjóvar kommuna ("Sea municipality" in Faroese) is a municipality of the Faroese Islands. It covers a part of the island of Eysturoy. It consists of the villages of Strendur, Innan Glyvur, Selatrað, Morskranes en Kolbanargjógv.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Torkilsheyggjur.
Runavík, Runavík (source)
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Torkilsheygur, Torkildshøj, Torkilsheyggjur
