Eiði

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Eiði

Risin and Kellingin
Stamp FR 287 of Postverk Føroya
Issued: 1996 (voted the most beautiful Faroese stamp of 1996)

Eiði is a larger village in the Faroe Islands. Its name means isthmus in the Faroese language.

Population: 669
Location: 62°18′47″N, 7°5′47″W
Postal code (Zip): FO 470
Municipality: Eiðis
Football team: EB/Streymur (Founded 1993 as a merger between Eiðis Bóltfelag and Ítróttarfelagið Streymur)

Eiði is located on the North-west tip of Eysturoy.

In the center of the village there is a large stone church from 1881. It was built in connection with the village's centennial.

Eiði has a hotel; one can also camp there.

Within walking distance of Eiði is the 343-meter-high promontory Eiðiskollur, from the top of which a beautiful view can be had over the sea and the islands, including a view down onto Risin og Kellingin, two legendary rocks that rise 75 meters up from the sea.

A couple of kilometers south-east of Eiði is a dammed lake called Eiðisvatn. The water from the dam supplies a hydroelectric power station below.

[edit] See also

List of towns in the Faroe Islands

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