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The only village on the island, where's only one farm, inhabited by two families. Settlement was one of the first place inhabited on the Faroe Islands and it's mentioned in Færeyinga Saga. Brothers Beinir i Brestir from Skúvoy lived there, second of them was father of Sigmundur Brestisson, who's important character in saga, responsible for introducing Christianity on the Faroe Islands. In the Middle Ages at leas seven families lived in the village, there was even church. Ruins of the second one were well preserved around 1920, but currently only footing left.
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Coordinates: 61°41'5"N 6°45'22"W
- Sandur 21 km
- Argir 35 km
- Miðvágur 48 km
- Sandavágur 48 km
- Kollafjørður 49 km
- Sørvágur 53 km
- Skáli 54 km
- Fuglafjørður 63 km
- Eiði 72 km
- Viðareiði 77 km
- Dimunafjørður 2 km
- Suðuroyarfjørður 6.4 km
- Skúvoyafjørður 11 km
- Sandoy 17 km
- Suðuroy 19 km
- Skopunafjørður 26 km
- Faroe Islands 26 km
- Nólsoyarfjørður 33 km
- Hestsfjørður 34 km
- Streymoy 50 km