Hoyvík

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Jógvan Waagstein: Kýrdalur í Hoyvík 1930 (Village of Hoyvík)
Stamp FO 532 of Postverk Føroya
Date of issue: 19 September 2005

Hoyvík is a town in the Faroe Islands. It has grown in size for many years and is now merged with Tórshavn becoming an eastern suburb of the Faroese capital.

• Population: 2655
• Postal code (Zip): FO 188
• Location: 62°01′32″N, 6°45′32″W
• Municipality: Tórshavnar

Many new houses have been built in Hoyvík, including detached and terraced housing. The purchaser of one of these terraced houses, buys the two outer walls, but then builds the house itself in colours and design of their own choice. The result is an unusual effect of combing terraced housing with the idiosyncratic personal ‘touch’ of the family living in it.

[edit] See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands
• The Hoyvík Agreement, a free trade agreement between Iceland and the Faroes signed in Hoyvík.

[edit] External links

• Faroeislands.dk: Hoyvík Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.

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