Saksun is a picturesque village near the north-west coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy.

• Population: 34
• Postal code (Zip): FO 436
• Location:
• Municipality: Saksunar

Saksun lies in the bottom of what used to be an inlet of the sea, surrounded by high mountains. The inlet formed a good deep natural harbour, until a storm blocked the inlet with sand. This caused the river that used to run into the inlet to form a freshwater lake where the inlet used to be.

The village has a Church and Museum. The Church was originally built in Tjornuvik, but in 1858 it was disassembled, carried over the mountains and reassembled in Saksun. The Museum occupies a seventeenth century farm called Duvugardur.

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

External links

• Faroeislands.dk: Saksun Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.

Cities in the Faroe Islands

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