Tvoroyri
A Suduroy town built round a fjord, with nineteenth-century timber trading houses and a Norwegian church.
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Tvøroyri grew from the 1830s when the Danish trade monopoly ended and merchants set up on the Trongisvágsfjørður, and the town keeps a run of nineteenth-century timber warehouses and merchant houses along the water from that period. Its church was built in Norway in 1907, shipped over in pieces and re-erected here. The town is the main centre of northern Suðuroy and the ferry from Tórshavn lands nearby. Suduroy is the most remote of the main islands and has a character of its own, less visited and more industrial than the north, and Tvoroyri is where that shows most clearly.
What you actually see
- The timber trading houses - nineteenth-century merchant buildings along the water.
- The 1907 church - built in Norway, shipped in pieces and re-erected here.
- The fjord - the long inlet the town is built around.
- The ferry connection - the two-hour crossing from Torshavn.
When to go
May to September is the season. The ferry runs year round but crossings are rough in winter. Fog is common on Suduroy.
Honest expectations
The two-hour ferry each way makes a day trip tight. The town is workaday with limited facilities for visitors. Many of the historic buildings are private.
Nearby
Hvannhagi is northeast, and Famjin is west.
What to pack for Tvoroyri
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Opening times, ticket prices and seasonal closures change - check the official source before you go: official site.