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continued to operate until 1976, the year when the Norðskálatunnilin opened and for the first time offered a road link between
Southern and Northern Eysturoy. A car ferry operated between Strendur, Toftir and Tórshavn until the early 2000s.
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Nearly all of
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ice age. The Við Streymin area constitutes a former glacial
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