Velbastaður
Sign in to saveVelbastaður () is a village on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. It is a part of Tórshavn Municipality and is considered among the oldest settlements in the islands. There are two schools and one kindergarten in the village, with children coming from the neighboring village of Kirkjubø as well as the capital at Tórshavn.
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Place details
- Locality
- Velbastaður
- Region
- Streymoy
- Country
- Føroyar
- Population
- 252
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Velbastaður
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Velbastaður, Faroe Islands.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Faroe Islands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Faroe Islands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Island
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Streymoy
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Tórshavn Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- September 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 269
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Faroe Islands
- Located in
- Tórshavn Municipality
- Population
- 243
- Image
- Faroe Islands, Streymoy, Velbastaður (1).jpg
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- Velbastaður
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- Velbastaður
- located in/on physical feature
- Streymoy
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Velbastaður () is a village on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. It is a part of Tórshavn Municipality and is considered among the oldest settlements in the islands. There are two schools and one kindergarten in the village, with children coming from the neighboring village of Kirkjubø as well as the capital at Tórshavn.
==Geography== Velbastaður is on Streymoy’s west coast in the south of the island, north of the ferry port of Gamlarætt and about five kilometres from Kirkjubøur. It has a beautiful view across the strait of Hestsfjørður towards the islands of Hestur and Koltur. The islands of Vágar and Mykines can be seen further to the west, and Sandoy further to the south.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Velbastaður” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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