Þórshöfn () or Thorshofn is a small

fishing village A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres (221,000 ...

in northeast

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...

, located on the northern coast of the Langanes peninsula on the

Þistilfjörður Þistilfjörður (; sometimes anglicised as Thistilfjördur) is a bay in northeast Iceland, between the Rifstangi and Langanes peninsulas, near the town of Þórshöfn (Thorshofn). The name also refers to the region immediately to the southwest ...

bay. The village has a population of 380 people. It is the administrative centre of Langanesbyggð

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and of the neighbouring Svalbarðshreppur municipality. In Þórshöfn there is a year-round service to tourists, and

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connects the village to

Akureyri Akureyri (, locally ) is a town in northern Iceland. It is Iceland's fifth-largest municipality, after Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær and Kópavogur, and the largest town outside Iceland's more populated southwest corner. Nickname ...

and

Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a pop ...

with seasonal flights from Þórshöfn Airport. Þórshöfn is also the Icelandic name of

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...

(capital of the

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Climate

The climate is arctic (Koppen: ET) with cold winters and cool summers.

Sights

Sauðanes, a farm about seven kilometres north of Þórshöfn on Langanes peninsula, has a church built in 1889 and a parsonage (''Sauðaneshús'') dating from 1879 which was the first stone building in the Northeastern part of Iceland. The church doors were made of driftwood, and the

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dates from 1742. The pulpit was created in the 18th century as well.https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4783996/eBooks/Island/island%20-%20osten.pdf The parsonage was renovated from 1991 to 2003 and transformed into a museum.

References

External links

Official website

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