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Tórshavn
One of the world's smallest capitals, with an old town of turf-roofed houses on a rocky point.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Tinganes, TórshavnDirections
- Getting There
- About 45 minutes by car or bus from the airport.
Why Go
The Vikings held their parliament on the Tinganes peninsula from the 9th century, making it one of the oldest parliamentary sites in the world. Its red-painted wooden government buildings and narrow lanes of black tarred houses with grass roofs are still at the heart of the town, by a harbor of fishing boats.
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