None. Tórshavn is ten minutes by car.
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Kirkjubøur
The country’s historic seat, twenty minutes south of Tórshavn — a ruined cathedral and the oldest inhabited timber house in the world.
Population 70 · 2026 Jul
Kirkjubøur was the religious and cultural centre of the Faroes for centuries. The Magnus Cathedral has stood roofless since the fourteenth century, and the Roykstovan farmhouse next to it has been lived in by the same family for seventeen generations.
It is close enough to Tórshavn to be a genuine option without a car — the old postal path over the mountain is a well-marked two-hour walk, and there is a bus.
One of the few real sights reachable from Tórshavn on foot.
Travelling without a carKnow before you go
Very limited — check ahead.
None.
Bus from Tórshavn, or the marked walking route over the ridge.
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