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Sørvágsvatn
The largest lake in the Faroes, which seems to float high above the ocean when seen from the cliffs at its end.
- Open
- Always; the hike opens with the landowners' fee
- Price
- Paid; a landowners' hiking fee
- Time Needed
- 3 hours
- Address
- Trailhead at Miðvágur, VágarDirections
- Getting There
- About 10 minutes by car from the airport; about an hour from Tórshavn.
Why Go
The lake on Vágar ends just short of the sea, at cliffs where it pours out over the Bøsdalafossur waterfall. From the Trælanípa cliff beside it, a trick of perspective makes the lake look as if it hangs hundreds of meters above the waves. The walk there, across sheep pasture, takes about an hour each way.
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