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Island in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark
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Streymoy is the largest of the Faroe Islands. The 24,700 inhabitants (2019) make up nearly half of the population of the Faroe Islands.
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Nolsoy is both an island reached by passenger ferry from Torshavn in the Faroe Islands and the name of the village on the island.The island is one of the principal breeding grounds of the storm petrel and there is also a large puffin colony. Whalebone arches are, surprisingly, not common in the islands but there is one forming an entrance to the village from the jetty. There is a cafe near the ferry port, and a The Tourist Information open during summertime. It is located in the harbor, near the ferry port, on top of the boat house of Ove Joensen. Ove Joensen was a famous man from Nólsoy. He managed to row all by himself in an open wooden boat from Nólsoy to Copenhagen in Denmark. The boat of Ove Joensen, which is called Diana Victoria, is now a tourist attraction in Nólsoy. You can ask in the Tourist Information, if you can see the boat, which is located in the basement of the Tourist Information. The building is an old storage house with a boat house on the ground floor. The Boat Museum with Diana Victoria is open in during summertime from 10:00-19:00.
Largest waterfall on the Faroe Islands.
A restaurant operated by Vestmanna tourist centre.
A cafeteria.
A café & pub.
Self-catering
B&B
A camping site
Faroese wool handmade by local craftsperson. You can find gloves, hats, sweaters and yarn. Each product is attached with a label of the person who knitted it, some of them are made by the business owner herself! It also sells homemade cake, coffee and tea. Note that the store doesn't participate in the tax refund process.
Like the rest of the Faroe Islands Streymoy is served by Vágar Airport FAE, located on the island of Vágar which neighbours Streymoy to the west.
Read in the guideSome buses are irregular but it's well worth buying a timetable if you are dependent on public transport. Several settlements listed above are separate islands.
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