Faroe Islands
Where to stay in Klaksvík
Klaksvík is a city in Faroe Islands, home to about 5,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Klaksvík, with about 83 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Nearest airport
- FAE40 km · Vágar Airport
- Time zone
- Atlantic/Faroe
- Language
- Danish, Faroese
About
About Klaksvík
Klaksvík is the second largest town of the Faroe Islands behind Tórshavn. The town is located on Borðoy, which is one of the northernmost islands (the Norðoyar).
Klaksvík is the second most populated city in the Faroe Islands and the main fishing port. The town is located on the island of Borðoy and serves as a transport hub for the Northern Islands (also called the Norðoyar region), made up of the six northernmost islands of the archipelago. Borðoy is connected to the main islands by a tolled undersea road tunnel, and by dams/causeways to the islands Viðoy and Kunoy.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Klaksvík
See
- Christianskirkjan
- Kvinna við róðrið
- Vágstún
- Viðarlundin Úti Í Grøv
Do
A simple walk to Mount Klakkur takes around three hours round trip from Klaksvik city centre and gives you the opportunity to see the city from above and see the neighbouring islands of Kunoy, Kalsoy and Eysturoy.
- Mount Klakkur
- Miðfjall
- Háfjall
- KÍ
- Dragin
- Summarfestivalurin
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Klaksvík
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| KG Hotel hotel | 83 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Klaksvík
Klaksvík has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 13 °C; January is the wettest, with about 201 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Klaksvík: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Vágar Airport (FAE), about 40 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting in
There are helicopter flights from Tórshavn (the capital). There is a tolled tunnel (Norðoyatunnilin, Road 70) from Leirvik in Eysturoy, which in turn is easily accessible from Tórshavn and the airport in Vágar. Tolls are only collected when you return back to Eysturoy. All other settlements in the island of Borðoy are connected to Klaksvík by road, and the island's road network also connects to the islands of Kunoy and Viðoy. Ferries to the island of Kalsoy (to Syðradalur) follow a fairly complex schedule, but on average several times a day. The journey takes 20 minutes.
Getting around
You have two options for getting around – walking or driving. The town is small enough to comfortably walk around; the maximum distance you'll likely need to walk to get from one place to another is 3 km, and that's if you go from the north end of one side of the harbour to the other. Otherwise, most points of interest are within 0.5–2 km from one another. Getting around by car is like getting around many other European cities – narrow roads and lots of bends and roundabouts. There are quite a lot of parking lots though, making it rather easy to find a parking spot.
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FAE · Vágar Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Klaksvík
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Questions
Klaksvík: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Klaksvík?
Klaksvík has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 13 °C; January is the wettest, with about 201 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Klaksvík?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Vágar Airport (FAE), about 40 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Are there accessible hotels in Klaksvík?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
Nearby
Destinations near Klaksvík
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.