Saksun

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.

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.

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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

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

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

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