Velbastaður
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Stamp FO 533 of Postverk Føroya
Issued: 19 September 2005
Artist: Jógvan Waagstein
Title: Úti á Heyggi, Velbastað 1917
Velbastaður is a village on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands.
- Population: 164
- Postal code (Zip): FO 176
- Location:
- Municipality: Torshavnar
Velbastaður is on Streymoy’s west coast in the south of the island, about five kilometres from Kirkjubøur. It has a beautiful view across the strait Hestsfjørður towards the islands of Hestur and Koltur.
There has been a village here for many centuries, but it was deserted for some time after the Black Death in 1349.
A treatment centre for alcoholics called Heilbrigdið was founded in 1986.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Jón Fossá. Velbastaður. Faroeislands.dk All villages on the Faroe Islands. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.
- Swaney [February 1991] (1999). Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet Publications. ISBN 0864424531.
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