The trailhead is at Miðvágur. No practical bus connection to the start.
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Sørvágsvatn — the lake above the ocean
- How long
- about 2.5 hours
- Without a car?
- Not realistically
- Weather
- Can be cancelled or spoiled
- Access fee
- 200 DKK
The optical illusion where a lake appears to hang hundreds of metres above the sea.
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The walk is about 45 minutes each way on a clear path along the lake shore, rising gradually to the cliffs at Trælanípa. The famous perspective — the lake seeming to sit far above the Atlantic — is a trick of the viewing angle, and it works.
- Settlement
- Sørvágur
Source: Umhvørvisstovan
The cliff edge at Trælanípa is unfenced and the drop is around 140 metres. The turf overhangs the rock in places.
We do not know: Current access fee
Set by the landowner and changed without notice. Bring the means to pay what is asked.
Getting there and getting in
Landowner fee, collected at the trailhead. Indicative — verify on the day.
Year-round, but the path is boggy and slippery outside summer.
This sits near Sørvágur, which has its own page.
About Sørvágur