Haldórsvik

Haldórsvik with its unique church looking over the small stream of water separating Streymoy from Eysturoy to the left

We drove north from Torshavn on Streymoy along its eastern coast. Next to us on one side the mountains were towering up and on the other we had a sliver of the Atlantic between Streymoy and Eysturoy. Towards the north of the island we came to the village of Haldórsvik, with its unique octagonal church. 

The village had a little harbour, a waterfall cut straight through the village beside the church and a wooden footbridge crossed the stream just before it met the Atlantic. In the old part of the village no cars could enter, but I had a lovely walk with my camera on a very calm day.

The octagonal church photographed from the stony beach at low tide. The footbridge is crossing the little stream just as it enters the harbour. The wet stones get a nearly black colour, contrasting starkly to the newly fallen white snow that covers the stones above the high water level
Looking along the stream you can see Eysturoy beyond the harbour wall. The mountain in the background is Slættartindur, the tallest mountain in the Faroe Islands at 882 metres
A little boat is approaching the beach and is tied up to the shore
The more modern and industrialised area of Haldórsvik in the background and the old original part is from where I took the picture
A footpath between boathouses and stores along the waterfront with Slættartindur in the background
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