Saksun

Saksun
Saksun
Village
	View of Saksun from the lake
	Saksun Location in the Faroe Islands
	Coordinates: 62°14′56″N 7°10′33″W / 62.24889°N 7.17583°W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Streymoy
Municipality	Sunda
Population (1 January 2006)
• Total	9
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (EST)
Postal code	FO 436
Climate	ET

Saksun is a village near the northwest coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy, in Sunda Municipality.^[1]

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 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 which is still an active sheep farm with approximately 710 ewes.

Due to a high number of tourists, a fee to visit the lagoon at Saksun was introduced in 2023.^[2]

Gallery

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

References

↑ O'Shea, Ronan J. (2018-09-11). "The enchanting enigmas of Europe's farthest-flung islands". New York Post. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
↑ Ecott, Tim (2023-11-29). "Faroe Islands farmers charge a fee to access beauty spots as visitor numbers soar". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-03-24.

External links

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

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[g767-1] O'Shea, Ronan J. (2018-09-11). "The enchanting enigmas of Europe's farthest-flung islands". New York Post. Retrieved 2026-03-24.

[2] Ecott, Tim (2023-11-29). "Faroe Islands farmers charge a fee to access beauty spots as visitor numbers soar". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-03-24.

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