Passenger ferry from Tórshavn harbour. The most reliable crossing in the Faroes.
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Nólsoy on foot
- How long
- about 5 hours
- Without a car?
- Reachable
- Weather
- Generally reliable
- Access fee
- None
The easiest island day in the country — a short ferry from Tórshavn and a single village.
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Nólsoy is the island you can see from Tórshavn harbour. One village, a good walk out along the spine of the island, and Europe’s largest storm petrel colony offshore.
For a car-free trip this is the single best day out available.
- Settlement
- Tórshavn
Sources: Strandfaraskip Landsins · OpenStreetMap
We do not know: Food on the island
There is a café but BEST has no opening-hours data. Bring lunch.
Getting there and getting in
No fee.
Year-round, though the walk to the lighthouse is long and exposed.
This sits near Tórshavn, which has its own page.
About TórshavnAlso on Streymoy
Vestmanna bird cliffs by boat
A boat trip into sea caves and under vertical bird cliffs on the west coast.
Tinganes and the old town
Black timber and turf roofs on the promontory where the parliament has met since the tenth century.
Kirkjubøur — cathedral ruin and Roykstovan
A roofless fourteenth-century cathedral and the oldest continuously inhabited timber house in the world.
Saksun lagoon at low tide
A tidal lagoon in a natural amphitheatre, walkable to the sea at low water.
Heimablídni — dinner in a private home
The Faroese tradition of hosting paying guests for dinner in your own house.