{"id":28728,"date":"2022-07-10T06:21:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T20:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=28728"},"modified":"2023-01-26T09:55:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T22:55:03","slug":"eysturoy-faroe-islands-%f0%9f%87%ab%f0%9f%87%b4-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=28728","title":{"rendered":"Eysturoy, Faroe Islands \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf4 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 8th July 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 80 kms around Eysturoy, Faroes <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Ei\u00f0i, Gj\u00f3gv<\/strong>, Funningur<\/strong> and Fuglafj\u00f8r\u00f0ur<\/strong>  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Camping Fuglafj\u00f8r\u00f0ur, DKK150, N62.24170, W06.81560<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 44 days @ \u20ac96 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No wonder they chain the caravans down in Tj\u00f8rnuv\u00edk, the wind rocks the Hymer most of the night. Frankly we were so tired it wasn\u2019t really a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back on the road once again turning south we make for the bridge from Streymoy to Eysturoy at Nor\u00f0Skala. Once across Eysturoy we turn north and follow the coast road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you can see from the picture below we get another fabulous view of Foss\u00e1 Falls, this time from the other side of the fjord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our first stop of the day is the town of Ei\u00f0i on the north-west tip of Eysturoy. Famous for its sea stacks, the Giant and the Witch which we saw yesterday from Tj\u00f8rnuv\u00edk. The village sits in the shadow of Slattaratindur, the Faroes highest mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ei\u00f0i\u2018s Monument to lost seaman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Door of the day !<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pam\u2019s been hanging out for a cold and windy day to wear her new jacket, looks a bit spooky in this photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nice view of the stack as we take the tourist route across to Gj\u00f3gv.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More of a sheep track than a goat track.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Despite the narrow road it\u2019s a spectacular drive. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As we drive down into Gj\u00f3gv<\/a> we find a small carpark on the edge of the village and follow the stream into town. Our Princess Mary of Denmark visited Gj\u00f3gv in 2005 sitting on a wooden bench to take in the view. That old bench is now \u2018Mary\u2019s Chair\u2019 and something of a drawcard. Gj\u00f3gv is also unique in that it has the only natural harbour in the Faroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The view from Mary\u2019s Chair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gj\u00f3gv harbour isn\u2019t very big but its natural.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stunning views.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gj\u00f3gv\u2019s Monument to lost seaman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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From Gj\u00f3gv we backtrack along the tourist drive before once again turning south following the east coast of Eysturoy this time. Our tourist booklets recommendation we detour a few kms down to the tiny village of Funningur<\/a>. There not much there except one of the Faroes most photographed churches. The Church of Funningur (circa 1847) is picture below, it was closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Funningur it\u2019s a 20 minute drive on to Fuglafj\u00f8r\u00f0ur. There are only two campsite on Eysturoy and one of them is on the marina at Fuglafj\u00f8r\u00f0ur. It\u2019s been a long drive so where glad to call it a day. Surprisingly a Swiss motorhome joins us for company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fuglafj\u00f8r\u00f0ur is a relatively large industrial town by Faroe standards, certainly not a tourist destination in our opinion, but the stop has good facilities and it\u2019s on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: 8th July 2022 Travelled: 80 kms around Eysturoy, Faroes  Visited: Ei\u00f0i, Gj\u00f3gv, Funningur and Fuglafj\u00f8r\u00f0ur   Stayed: Camping Fuglafj\u00f8r\u00f0ur, DKK150, N62.24170, W06.81560\u00a0 Budget: 44 days @ \u20ac96 per day No wonder they chain the caravans down in Tj\u00f8rnuv\u00edk, the wind rocks the Hymer most of the night. Frankly we were so tired it wasn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":28749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,140],"tags":[143],"class_list":{"0":"post-28728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denmark","8":"category-faroe-islands","9":"tag-the-faroes","10":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28728"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30800,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28728\/revisions\/30800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}