View of the sea and Kalsoy in the background just before entering the village of Elduvik
Elduvik is at the eastern part of Eysturoy. Inhabited only by 12 souls, it is even in Faroese standard a very small village. Looking east you see out towards Kalsoy, looking west you see towards Funningfjørður. A little river cuts through the village. To the west, the first part we visited, is the old village and the church. To the east is the tiny harbour, the boat houses and the remaining boats. And the path to Oyndarfjørður, the next village. Until the church was built and the churchyard was erected in 1926, the dead bodies had to be carried all the way from Elduvik to Oyndarfjørður over the mountains, a distance of more than 4 km over tough terrain.
The church was built and consecrated in 1951. It stand at the entrance to the village and we parked our car next to the church (I moved it for this image)
The church from two different perspectives
The churchyard with the sea on one side and the mountains on the other. On the other side of these mountains are Oyndarfjørður, which was the parish church until 1951
Two images of the village. In the right image, to the right of the red cottage, the churchyard can be envisaged on the hills in the background
We didn’t see a single human being during our two hour visit to Elduvik, but were met by geese and sheep roaming around freely
Other views of the old village
The boathouses surrounding the miniature harbour were imbedded in the ground with the turf roofs and the green ground looking very similar. In the background the mist swept in through Funningfjørður greying out the distant landscape
Looking west into Funningfjørður and the old part of the village from the boat houses
Looking out towards Kalsoy east of Elduvik
And looking into the fjord, when the mist had cleared up a few minutes later
