Oyndarfjørður

Oyndarfjørður (Danish: Andefjord) is a village on the northeastern coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in the Runavíkar municipality.

Oyndarfjørður
Village
Oyndarfjørður
Oyndarfjørður Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°16′40″N 6°51′4″W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Eysturoy
Municipality	Runavíkar kommuna
Population  (March 2023)[1]
• Total	132
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (EST)
Climate	Cfc

The 2020 population was 143. Its postal code is FO 690. The town's church dates from 1838. It is famous for two rinkusteinar, or rocking stones, located in the sea nearby.^[2]

Rinkusteinar in Oyndarfjørður, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands. The chain is connected to the mainland to make it easier to see the rock's movements.

The name of the village is derived from the man's name Oyvindur (which is Eyvindur in Icelandic). The village was isolated until the road from the south reached the village in 1969.^[3]

There is a hiking trail over old overland postal routes north from Fuglafjørður to Oyndarfjørður (with Youth Hostel), then west to Elduvík, then south to Funningsfjørður and back to Fuglafjørður.^[3]

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

References

1. Population, municipalities and villages Statistics Faroe Islands
2. "Rinkusteinar: Two massive boulders, rocking back and forth with the ebbing of the sea". Atlas Obscura.
3. Brandt, Don (2006). More Stamps and Story of the Faroe Islands (PDF). Vol. 1. Tórshavn: Postverk Føroya. p. 43. ISBN 99918-3-191-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-09-04.

External links

• Personal Danish site with photographs of Oyndarfjordur