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Gásadalur (Danish: Gåsedal) is a village located on the west side of Vágar, Faroe Islands, and enjoys a panoramic view over to the island of Mykines. The Gásadalstunnilin single-lane tunnel, Oct 2005. Gásadalur is located on the edge of Mykinesfjørður, surrounded by the highest mountains on Vágar.
Set atop a grassy seaside cliff with a tumbling waterfall pouring into the ocean is the tiny village of Gásadalur. Rugged mountains surround it on three sides, the sea on the fourth.
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 ...
Village of Gásadalur with the mountains Heinanøva and Árnafjall (covered in fog) seen behind. Árnafjall is the highest mountain on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands. [1] The highest point is 722 metres (2,369 ft) above sea level. The name Árnafjall translates to the eagles mountain.
It consists of the villages of Sørvágur, Bøur, Gásadalur and Mykines. Originally the municipality only included the village of Sørvágur, but in January 2005 the municipality of Sørvágur agreed to merge with the smaller municipalities of Bøur/Gásadal and Mykines. The new municipality had a population of 1,232 in 2024. [2]
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Another new village, Víkar, was founded in the upland pastures belonging to Gásadalur on the north side of the island in 1833. The area was good for farming, but the settlement was very isolated, and getting to the next village was a difficult business. The last few inhabitants moved away in 1910.
The Gásadalur Tunnel, Gásadalstunnilin, is a 1.4 kilometre long, [1] single-lane tunnel in the west of the Faroe Islands, on the island of Vágar.It connects the villages of Bøur in the east with Gásadalur in the west, which are separated by the Knúkarnir mountain.