Gjogv Tourist Information
Gjógv lies at the other end of the mountain road. Many travellers succumb to its idyllic scenery with its sea-filled gorge and spend all their holiday time here exploring the countryside. The youth hostel, Gjáargarður, is well equipped and worth visiting. Hiking over the hills to Ambadalur northwest of Gjógv will yield a wonderful vista out over the sea stack called Búgvin. At 188 metres it is the tallest sea stack in the Faroes. The descent to the old Viking village of Funningur and the tour along the deep fiord of Funningsfjørður to Elduvík with its clustering houses protecting each other are an impressive experience of the variety of Faroese scenery and habitation. The area around Oyndarfjørður is wonderful hiking country, but its secret attraction actually lies beneath the sea. Rinkusteinar, or the rocking stones, are two huge boulders just beyond the shore near the village. As the sea ebbs and flows around them, the Rinkusteinar rock gently back and forth. Why these huge stones rock in the sea remains a mystery, but legend has it that an old sorceress in Oyndarfjørður laid a spell on two threatening pirate ships, turning them into boulders which were to stand restless by the water’s edge, rocking forever. In the middle of the village you will find the lovely church, one of the finest churches from the 19th century with an excellent altarpiece by the Danish painter Eckersberg.
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