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Gøtueiði

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State
  
Kingdom of Denmark

Island
  
Eysturoy

Time zone
  
GMT

Local time
  
Sunday 10:54 PM

Constituent country
  
Faroe Islands

Founded
  
1850

Postal code
  
FO 666

Municipality
  
Eystur Municipality

Gøtueiði

Weather
  
7°C, Wind E at 34 km/h, 87% Humidity

Gøtueiði (Danish: Gøteejde) a town in the Faroe Islands, located deep in the Skalafjordur-inlet on Eysturoy, founded in 1850.

The village has now grown towards its neighbour-village Skipanes. During the 1980s there were religious tent-meetings in Gøtueiði.

Gotueidi consists of the villages/settlements Norðragøta (Northern Gøta), Syðrugøta (Southern Gøta), Gøtugjógv (Gøta's cleft) and Gøtueiði (Gøta's isthmus). They form part of the Eystur municipality.

References

Gøtueiði Wikipedia