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3 nights

Three days

A long weekend built around Tórshavn and Vágar, without a night wasted in transit.

Do you need a car?
No
Rough cost per person
6.500 DKK 11.000 DKK

Per person, excluding flights. The upper figure assumes a rental car and eating out each evening.

Who this suits

  • A first visit with limited time
  • Travellers arriving late and leaving early
  • Anyone unsure whether they want a longer trip

Day by day

Day1

Land, and settle into Tórshavn

Bus or drive in from the airport, then the old town on foot before dinner.

  • Bus 300 runs from the airport into town and takes about 45 minutes.
  • Tinganes, the old turf-roofed promontory, is a fifteen-minute walk and free.

If the weather turns: The National Gallery and Nordic House both work as indoor afternoons, and both are walkable.

Day2

Vágar — the lake and the waterfall

Sørvágsvatn in the morning, Gásadalur in the afternoon.

Sleep in Tórshavn Car needed Weather-dependent
  • Sørvágsvatn is about 45 minutes walking each way and charges a landowner fee.
  • Múlafossur at Gásadalur is two minutes from the car park — go early or late for parking.

If the weather turns: Both are still worth doing in rain; in low cloud the lake viewpoint shows nothing. Swap to Kirkjubøur and the Nólsoy ferry instead.

Day3

Kirkjubøur, then home

The cathedral ruin and the oldest inhabited timber house, twenty minutes from town.

  • Reachable by bus, or on the marked path over the ridge in about two hours.
  • Leave three hours before the flight — the airport is 45 minutes away.

If the weather turns: The Roykstovan farmhouse interior is the point, and it is indoors.

Where this plan is fragile

  • Three nights means two usable days. Do not add Mykines or Suðuroy to this.
  • Day two needs a car unless you take a tour.

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