State Kingdom of Denmark Island Eysturoy Postal code FO 530 Local time Saturday 6:50 AM Municipality Fuglafjarðar Municipality | Constituent country Faroe Islands Time zone GMT Climate Cfc Population 1,511 (2011) Team ÍF Fuglafjørður | |
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Weather -1°C, Wind NE at 6 km/h, 64% Humidity | ||
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Fuglafjørður (Danish: Fuglefjord) is a village on Eysturoy's east coast in the Faroe Islands. Its name means "fjord of birds".
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- Map of FuglafjC3B8rC3B0ur Faroe Islands
- History and development
- Sports
- Notable people
- Twin towns Sister cities
- References
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The village is at the edge of a bay and expands into the surrounding steep hills. The town centre is located close to the harbour and contains most of the shops and services. The harbour in Fuglafjørður is busy, as the town's economy is based on the processing of fish and fish meal. There is fishing-industry, a slip, production of trawl and also oil-depots. In the 1970s there was a terrible stink from the fishing-industry but that has since been solved.
In the past years Fuglafjørður has also become famous for its newly established cultural centre in the town centre that has become one of the main cultural attractions in Eysturoy.
History and development
Where the Gjógvará stream meets the sea in the village, archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Viking longhouse, seventeen metres 56 feet in length, with walls 1.5 metres (4 feet 11.1 inches) thick. It was found by removing four or five more recent layers of ruins, showing a continuity of habitation for many centuries.
In the 1840s the small village Hellur in north of Fuglafjørður was established. However this village never grew large and now only approximately 30 of the municipality's inhabitants live there.
In the 1980s the suburb of Kambsdalur was established, and now about 180 of the population in the municipality live here. In Kambsdalur there is also a large industrial cluster, the educational centre of the northeastern Faroes and the regional sportscentre used mainly for handball, volleyball and indoor football.
Sports
The local football team is ÍF Fuglafjørður.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Fuglafjørður include:
Twin towns – Sister cities
Fuglafjørður is twinned with: