State Kingdom of Denmark Time zone GMT Population 669 (2016) Team EB/Streymur | Zip FO 470 Local time Tuesday 7:52 PM | |
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Eiði [[ˈaiːjɪ]] (local pronunciation: [[ˈɔiːjɪ]]) (Danish: Ejde) is a large village located on the north-west tip of Eysturoy, Faroe Islands.
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Its name means isthmus in the Faroese language. The town has a population of 669 inhabitants. Eiði was settled by vikings in the 9th century AD. In the center of the village there is a large stone church from 1881.
Sports
The village's football team is EB/Streymur. It was founded 1993 as a merger between Eiðis Bóltfelag and Ítróttarfelagið Streymur.
Geography
Within walking distance of Eiði is the 343-meter-high promontory Eiðiskollur, from the top of which a beautiful view can be had over the sea and the islands, including a view down onto Risin og Kellingin, two legendary rocks that rise 75 meters up from the sea.
A couple of kilometers southeast of Eiði is Lake Eiði, a dammed lake. The water from the dam supplies a hydroelectric power station below. At Eiði, there is a LORAN-C station. The mast of the facility may be the tallest structure on the Faroe Islands.