Faroe Islands
Where to stay in Tórshavn
Tórshavn is a city in Faroe Islands, home to about 14,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Tórshavn, with about 200 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Nearest airport
- FAE27 km · Vágar Airport
- Time zone
- Atlantic/Faroe
- Language
- Danish, Faroese
About
About Tórshavn
Tórshavn, locally referred to as Havn, is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy.
The city was founded in the 10th century and named after Thor, the god of thunder and lightning in Norse mythology. In the early history of the Faroes, Tórshavn became the political centre of the Faroes, and it still is today. The first settlers established their own parliament called "ting" around 800 AD. The main ting was established on Tinganes in Tórshavn and local tings were established in different parts of the islands. Tinganes drew people to trade, to attend court meetings, etc. In 2023, the city had a population of around 14,000, with about 21,000 in the metro area.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Tórshavn
See
The Faroe Islands National Museum and the Outdoor Museum are both in the northern suburb Hoyvik, and are covered by a single ticket. Both are worth seeing.
- Tinganes
- Tórshavn Cathedral
- The Nordic House
- Faroe Islands National Museum
- National Gallery of the Faroe Islands
Do
- Faroese Music Gallery
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Tórshavn
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Hotel Føroyar hotel | 200 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Tórshavn
2 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel Hafnia | 0.0 km | |
| Hotel Tórshavn | 0.1 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Tórshavn
Tórshavn 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 Tórshavn: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Vágar Airport (FAE), about 27 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting in
For most visitors Tórshavn will be the point of entry to the Faroe Islands. Practically everything in that article's Get in section also applies to Tórshavn.
Getting around
Red city buses are free to ride and they operate 7 routes which reach most of the city. Some even take you as far as Kirkjubøur. They run every 15-30 mins from the city centre on weekdays and every 30-60 mins on weekday evenings. A few routes run every 60 mins on Saturdays and Sundays. Parking is free in downtown but you must respect the time limit posted for the parking lot or risk getting a 200 kr fine, which can be paid at the local police station. The times in black (or white if it's on a dark background) are for weekdays' limited time parking period.
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FAE · Vágar Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Tórshavn
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Questions
Tórshavn: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Tórshavn?
Tórshavn 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 Tórshavn?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Vágar Airport (FAE), about 27 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Are there accessible hotels in Tórshavn?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
Nearby
Destinations near Tórshavn
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.