Nólsoy, Nólsoy

Nólsoy (Danish: Nolsø) is the only settlement on the island of Nólsoy in the Faroe Islands. Its population was 227 in 2018.[1]

Nólsoy
Village
Nólsoy Harbour, showing the whale-bone arch
Nólsoy Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°00′33″N 6°40′7″W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Nólsoy
Municipality	Tórshavn Municipality
Population  (December 2018)
• Total	227
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (EST)
Postal code	FO 270
Climate	Cfc

It takes 20 minutes to reach Nólsoy from Tórshavn by boat. The town can be accessed from the port by walking through the jawbones of a giant whale. The small coastal village is made up of colourful homes and buildings, placed extremely close to each other to help shelter each other from storms. It is located on the west coast of Nólsoy island, facing the much larger Streymoy island to the west. Each day, up to 40 inhabitants travel to work at Tórshavn, some taking advantage of the less expensive real estate on the island.[1]

Each year in the beginning of August, Nólsoy holds a civic festival called Ovastevna. It is held to commemorate Ove Joensen, who in 1986 rowed from the Faroe Islands to Denmark in a traditional Faeroese boat, but drowned in 1987.[1]