Velbastaður

Velbastaður

Velbastaður. At left the island Koltur

Scene in Velbastaður

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

• Population: 164
• Postal code (Zip): FO 176
• Location: 61°59′5″N 6°51′2″W
• Municipality: Torshavnar

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.

See also

• 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.