Saksun is a village near the north-west coast of the Faroese

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...

 island of Streymoy

Streymoy

Streymoy is the largest and most populated island of the Faroe Islands. The capital, Tórshavn is located there. The name means "island of currents".- Geography :...

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• Population: 34
• Postal code (Zip): FO 436
• Location: 62°14′56"N 7°10′33"W
• Municipality: Saksunar

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 the inlet with sand. This made the old harbour become a unaccesible seawater lagoon (only accessible by small boats on high tide).

The village has a Church and Museum. The Church was originally built in Tjørnuvík

Tjørnuvík

Tjørnuvík is the northernmost village on the Faroese island of Streymoy in the Sunda Kommuna municipality. The 2002 population was 64. Its postal code is FO 445. Its current church was built in 1937.-External links:*-See also:...

, 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 farm Dúvugarður which is still an active sheep farm with approx. 300 ewes.

External links

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