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Fuglafjørður
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Fuglafjørður (Dens: Fuglefjord) is a veelage on Eysturoy's east coast in the Faroe Islands. Its name means "fjord o birds".[1]
Fuglafjørður Fuglefjord | |
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Municipality an veelage | |
![]() Fuglafjørður | |
![]() Location o Fuglafjarðar kommuna in the Faroe Islands | |
Coordinates: 62°14′40″N 6°48′52″W | |
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Constituent kintra | ![]() |
Island | Eysturoy |
Municipality | Fuglafjarðar kommuna |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,562 |
Time zone | GMT |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
Postal code | FO 530 |
The veelage is situatit at the edge o a bay an expands intae the surroondin steep hills. The toun centre is locatit close tae the harbour an contains maist o the shops an services. The harbour in Fuglafjørður is busy, as the toun's economy is based on the processin o fish an fish meal. There is fishin-industry, a slip, production o trawl an an aa ile-depots. In the 1970s there wis a terrible stink frae the fishin-industry but that haes syne been solved.
In the past years Fuglafjørður haes an aa become famous for its newly established cultural centre in the toun centre that haes become ane o the main cultural attractions in Eysturoy.