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 / 62.24889; -7.17583Coordinates: 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
Island Streymoy
Municipality Sunda Municipality
Population (1 January 2006)
 • Total 30
Time zone GMT
 • Summer (DST) EST (UTC+1)
Postal code FO 436
Climate ET

Saksun (Danish: Saksen) 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 unaccessible 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 300 ewes.

See also

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