Runavík
Runavík | |
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Village | |
| The harbour in Runavík The harbour in Runavík | |
| Location of Runavíkar kommuna in the Faroe Islands Location of Runavíkar kommuna in the Faroe Islands | |
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| State | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country | File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands |
| Island | Eysturoy |
| Municipality | Runavík |
| Founded | 1916 |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (September 2025)[1] | |
• Total | 562 |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
| Postal code | FO 620 |
| Climate | Cfc |
| Website | www |
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Runavík is a comparatively urbanised village in Runavík Municipality, Faroe Islands. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy.
Port
[edit | edit source]Founded in 1916, Runavík has an important port, originally used predominantly by fishing boats but now also a key supply base for the North Sea oil industry as well as a trans-shipment port for freight to and from Europe.[2] The harbour underwent development in the late 1990s[3] and can now accommodate cruise ships.
Eysturoyartunnilin
[edit | edit source]A massive infrastructure project has been mounted to build an 11 km-long sub-sea tunnel between Runavík and Tórshavn,[4] thereby significantly reducing travel times to the capital.[5][6] Construction costs are estimated to be around 1 billion Faroese króna.[7] In 2014 all political parties of the Faroese parliament agreed on how and when to build the Eysturoyartunnilin and the Sandoyartunnilin. The drillings started in 2016 regarding the Eysturoyartunnilin, which opened to the public in December 2020. The work on the Sandoyartunnilin began in 2019. The first step in the projects was to fill out a platform of land in the sea at Saltnes near Runavík for the Eysturoy-tunnel.[8][9]
Sport
[edit | edit source]The local football club is NSÍ Runavík, a men's team who play their home games at the Runavík Stadium. They were Faroe Islands Premier League winners in 2007. In 2020 a women's team was founded.[10]
Sister Cities
[edit | edit source]Runavík is twinned with
- Denmark Hjørring, Denmark
- Iceland Ísafjörður, Iceland
- Iceland Egilsstaðir, Iceland
- Greenland Uummannaq, Greenland
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Population, municipalities and villages Statistics Faroe Islands
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- ^ kvf.fo. Tunlarnir verða lidnir í 2021
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- ^ Aktuelt.fo, Tunnilin skal upp bæði á Strondum og í Runavík
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Faroeislands.dk: Runavík
- Official Tourism Office site
