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Kirkjubøur
The islands' great historic site: a medieval cathedral ruin, a 12th-century church and an ancient farmhouse by the sea.
- Open
- Always; the farmhouse opens in summer
- Price
- Free; paid for the farmhouse
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Kirkjubøur, StreymoyDirections
- Getting There
- About 20 minutes by car south of Tórshavn, or a 2-hour walk over the hill.
Why Go
This was the seat of the Faroese bishops in the Middle Ages. The roofless walls of St. Magnus Cathedral date from around 1300, and St. Olav's Church, from the 12th century, is still in use. Next door, the timber farmhouse of Kirkjubøargarður has been lived in by the same family for 17 generations.
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