Velbastaður

Velbastaður
Village
Velbastaður. At left the island Koltur
Velbastaður Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 61°59′5″N 6°51′2″W / 61.98472°N 6.85056°W / 61.98472; -6.85056Coordinates: 61°59′5″N 6°51′2″W / 61.98472°N 6.85056°W / 61.98472; -6.85056
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Streymoy
Municipality	Tórshavnar kommuna
Population (1 January 2006)
• Total	172
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	EST (UTC+1)
Postal code	FO 176

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.

Velbastaður

Scene in Velbastaður

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Velbastaður.

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands
• Streymoy

References

• Jón Fossá. "Velbastaður". Faroeislands.dk All villages on the Faroe Islands. Retrieved 2006-07-15. 
• Swaney, Deanna (June 1999) [1991]. Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands (3rd edition ed.). Lonely Planet Publications. ISBN 0-86442-453-1.  Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)