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The Art Museum of Sandur is open from May to October every day except for Monday from 14:00–16:00. In wintertime it is open Sundays from 14:00–16:00. The museum and its art works were a gift from Sofus Olsen. It was built in 2005 and handed over to the municipality of Sandur in December 2005, on
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In 1863 while extending the churchyard, a treasure of silver was found consisting of 98 coins from the 11th century, half of them of German origin. Furthermore, in 1989 archaeologists discovered a pagan burial ground from the times of
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one can see a water-mill which originally, in the 18th century, was installed in Sandur. The local museum Sands Bygdasavn is open in summer. It displays objects of everyday life belonging to the ancestors of the local inhabitants.
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The municipality of Sandur consists of the village of Sandur only. It is the most populous place on the "Sand Island", and is situated on a peninsula between the lakes of Gróthúsvatn in the northwest and
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can be reached by bus from Sandur. They are therefore suitable for day trips. Due to the topography of the island walking-tours are suitable for casual strolling and cyclists. Popular trips are to
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occupation. The burial included the well-preserved skeleton of a woman from the Faroe Islands in a grave 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) long. The grave also included three beads of
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of silver coins, dating to the end of the 11th century, attests to the long history of the village. In January 2024, the population stood at 529.
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The inlet Sandsvágur and the sandy beach after which the village is called. This is the only beach on the Faroe Islands with
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from Sandur to the bird rocks on the west coast or to Skúvoy. Boatbuilder Jóan Petur Clementsen himself is rowing.
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The most reliable information of a church in the Faroe Islands is that of Sandur, dating back to the 11th century.
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Sands Bygdasavn, the local museum in Sandur, traditional wooden houses with grass roof.
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is one of the camping sites on Sandoy. The other two camping sites are in Húsavík and
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on the west coast, Skarvanes in the south (with slightly more demanding hiking) and
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from the 11th century, where today there is a typical Faroese wooden church with a
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in the northeast, facing the inlets of Grótvík and Sandsvágur in the south.
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From the Vikings to the Reformation: Chronicle of the Faroe Islands to 1538
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bus service connects the two. All villages on the island except
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In the open-air museum of the Danish national museum close to
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Municipality and village in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark
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Sandur, view from the bay Sandsvágur in the Southeast.
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and Lítlavatn south of Sandur seen from a helicopter.
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