Bøur

Bøur is a village on Vágar, Faroe Islands 4 km west of Sørvágur with 70 inhabitants in 2005 and a hisory back to at least 1350 but maybe the Viking Age.

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  Position map.
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  View from the sea. Faroese Stamp from 2003.
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  Lovely art stamp with village motif from 2005 by Eli Smith.
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  View from above.
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  Bøur and Sørvágsfjørður
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  Bøur
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  The view from Bøur over the Sørvágsjørður to the bizarre islet Tindhólmur (middle) is as magnificent as anywhere in the Faroes.
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  Photo of 1898/99
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  Same view with turf roofed house in the front.
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  Old wooden houses with turf roof.
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  Faroese village idyll at its best.
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  The church dates from 1865.
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  Inside the church.
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  Sheds.
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  Building the basement for yet another shed or a house?
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  Few months later: The finished shed in good old style.
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  Flowers growing on a turf roof.
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  The tunnel to Gásadalur, as seen from Bøur.