Bøur
Bøur | |
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Village | |
Bøur as seen from above, Oct 2005 | |
| Coordinates: 62°5′27″N 7°22′3″W / 62.09083°N 7.36750°W | |
| State | Kingdom of Denmark |
| Country | Faroe Islands |
| Island | Vágar |
| Municipality | Sørvágs Kommuna |
| Population (29 April 2025) | |
• Total | 66 |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
| Postal code | FO 386 |
| Climate | Cfc |
Bøur (Danish: Bø) is a village in the Sørvágur Municipality of the Faroe Islands, 4 km west of Sørvágur, with a population of 75 (2012).
Its location is 62°5′27″N 7°22′3″W / 62.09083°N 7.36750°W and its postal code is FO 386. It is linked to the village of Gásadalur by the Gásadalstunnilin tunnel.
Bøur is a small village on the west-side of Vágar on the north side of Sørvágsfjørður, Faroe Islands. It has views over the sea and the rocky islet Tindhólmur with its many peaks, Gáshólmur and the two "drangar", (tall, pointed clifftops sticking up from the sea). This motif is known on many paintings and photographs.
The old houses in the village are bunched together with narrow lanes between them, and at the western end stands the cosy church, which was built in 1865.
Bøur is an ancient settlement and is mentioned in the so-called Dog Letter dating from 1350 AD, but it is probably older. The village is also mentioned as having a church in a document dated 1710, but it is not known when the first village church was built.