Saksun

Saksun is a hamlet of a few farms at the head of a deep valley in northwest Streymoy, and one of the most photographed places in the Faroe Islands. A turf-roofed church stands on a slope above a lagoon that fills and drains with the tide. At low water a walk leads along the sand to a black beach framed by cliffs, but it floods quickly and needs checking against the tide tables. The Dúvugarðar farm is kept as a small museum of rural life. The landowners charge a fee to enter, and there is no shop or café.