Velbastaður is a village on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands.
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.
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