Dalur is a village in the Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...

. Dalur is located on the east-side of Sandoy

Sandoy

Sandoy is a small island that is part of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Denmark. The largest population center on the island is the village of Sandur with a population of six hundred....

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The village lies in the bottom of a relatively large valley. Dalur means valley in Faroese

Faroese language

Faroese , is an Insular Nordic language spoken by 48,000 people in the Faroe Islands and about 25,000 Faroese people in Denmark and elsewhere...

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A little road leads from Dalur to the south-tip of the island. From there it is possible to walk to the bird cliff

Bird cliff

Bird cliffs are steep cliffs with numerous small shelves which serve as nesting locations for bird colonies. Bird cliffs are found on islands in the North Atlantic and Arctic, such as the Faroe Islands, the Svalbard archipelago and on islands off Northern Norway...

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The church in Dalur was built in 1957 and this is the only church that has ever been here.

External links

• Faroeislands.dk: Dalur Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.