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Village in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark
Saksun
Village
View of Saksun from the lakeView of Saksun from the lake
Saksun is located in Denmark Faroe IslandsSaksunSaksunLocation in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°14′56″N 7°10′33″W / 62.24889°N 7.17583°W / 62.24889; -7.17583
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Faroe Islands
IslandStreymoy
MunicipalitySunda
Population
 • Total9
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (EST)
Postal codeFO 436
ClimateET

Saksun is a village near the northwest coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy, in Sunda Municipality.

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 heritage farm called Dúvugarðar www.duvugardar.fo and a church. 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.

Gallery

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

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