Saksun
Saksun (Danish: Saksen) is a village near the northwest coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy, in Sunda Municipality.
Saksun | |
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Village | |
.JPG) View of Saksun from the lake | |
  Saksun Location in the Faroe Islands | |
| Coordinates: 62°14′56″N 7°10′33″W | |
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| 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.
Gallery
Church.
Interior of church
Church
The old farm
Saksun, Postverk Føroya.JPG)
Down to the beach
Saksun
West coast.JPG)
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.
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