Saksun

Saksun (Danish: Saksen) is a village near the northwest coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy, in Sunda Municipality.

Saksun
Village
View of Saksun from the lake
Saksun Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°14′56″N 7°10′33″W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Streymoy
Municipality	Sunda Municipality
Population  (1 January 2006)
• Total	9
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (EST)
Postal code	FO 436
Climate	ET

Geography

Saksun lies in the bottom of what used to be an inlet of the sea, surrounded by high mountains. The inlet formed a good deep natural harbour, until a storm blocked it with sand. The old harbour become an inaccessible seawater lagoon, only accessible by small boats on high tide.

Facilities

The village has a church and museum. The church was originally built in Tjørnuvík, but in 1858 it was disassembled, carried over the mountains and reassembled in Saksun. The Museum occupies a seventeenth-century farm house called Dúvugarður. The house belongs to the Dúvugarður farm, still an active sheep farm with approximately 710 ewes. The village is suffering from exploitation from the tourist industry.

Gallery

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  Church.
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  Interior of church
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  Church
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  The old farm
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  Saksun, Postverk Føroya
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  Down to the beach
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  Saksun
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  West coast
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  Beach

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

External links

• Faroeislands.dk: Saksun Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.

• Guide to Faroe Islands: Saksun