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SelatraĆ° - Oyri
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Easy hike along distinctive basalt columns.
The route starts where there is much parking space, just above SkĆ³tadeplin in SelatraĆ°.
SelatraĆ° is one of the oldest landings in the Faroe Islands, as it goes back to TĆ³rĆ°ur from Strond in Norway, who fled from Harald Fairhair in the year 900 to the Faroe Islands.
SelatraĆ° was the first parliament for the whole island of Eysturoy. Just above, at the high ground below SkĆ³tadeplin, stands Tingsteinur, and down the fjord by GĆ”lga is GĆ”lgasteinur; it is said this is where criminals were hung.
You will walk 1 kilometre west of the highway to the sheep house at the end of the road. Although in the past, there were good relationships between Selatraư and Oyri, this path has not been much used. This would have been for people from Oyri and NorưsklƔla working in Strond travelling north for the weekend.
You walk through the gate below the house by the sheep house at the end of the road. You then walk across the coast diagonal up towards the fence until you reach the path. Out by VeĆ°ranese, you will need to climb over the fence, and just north of VeĆ°ranes in SkriĆ°ugil, the track is used for riding. Therefore, you will need to walk 4-5 meters above to arrive on the north side and then back to the path.
Once you are further north, the route goes diagonally down to the sandy area below HagagjĆ³gv, where there is a quay and the remains of an old fish farm that went bankrupt during the 1990s. Here above you, there is a deep gorge called HagagjĆ³gv. Further up, you can see sizeable columnar basalt going across the gorge. There is a lore that tells of how this was the sheath of a giant who dropped his weapon as he jumped across the gorge.
When you've come further north, you arrive at a sheep house on the southern side of BreiĆ°Ć”. There is no road heading to this field called NorĆ°ur Ć Haga; therefore, a quay for the area and sheep transport has been created.
Just north of the sheep house is a large barrier stream called BreiĆ°Ć”. In the past, there was a bridge, as the river would grow when it rained. In this area, there used to be a large sand beach lining the land, including BreiĆ°Ć”sandur, Sandaleiti, and further north to FĆlasandur. During the summers, some of these beaches were so long. The men in Oyra used to say a rifle couldn't reach its end; these have been about 40-50-meters out from land.
Therefore, this area was quite accessible by boat. During the second half of the 1600s, not of sane mind, PĆ”ll Fangi broke out of TĆ³rshavn prison and took a boat to HĆ³svĆk. He rowed across and pulled the boat into Sandaleit. Then he headed straight to LeirvĆk, where he took another boat and rowed out to Kalsoy, where he fled into a hole called PĆ”lsloft Ć Nesskorum (cracks west of TrĆøllanes).
People from KollafjĆørĆ° used to drag up their boats in this area when they needed to cute peat up on Eysturoya sill, which would be called on KollafjarĆ°arheiĆ°unum. Just above, you can see BreiĆ°Ć”stĆggj and the south of TorvstĆggj, where they would have carried the peat down to the boats.
In the 1960s and 70s, a significant part of sand was taken and used to build houses, which is why no sand is left.
It is peaceful in BreiĆ°Ć”, and the lake has various unique shapes, including a little pool. This is the perfect place to simply enjoy yourself and a cup of good coffee.
After your break, you continue north, walking past several sheep boluses.
When you arrive north towards the large sheep house, where the quarry is just south of Oyra, you walk up towards the fence until you reach the gate opposite the house. Once you enter through the gate, you walk straight towards the house, through the sheepfold, and then continue below the house until you arrive at the cultivating road, which leads north towards Oyri.
SelatraĆ° - Oyri
SSL route 440 SkƔlafjarưarleiưin. There are few connections to Selatraư during the day, and all trips are based on demand; you may request at the latest 20.00 the night before.
https://www.ssl.fo/fo/ferdaaetlan/bygdaleidir/440-skalafjardarleidin/
Parking
Decent parking by the scout centreācite the green lines. From there, follow the blue lines that lead you west to the end of the road. From there, you will walk down east of the sheep house, below the house and continue along the fence.
Bear in mind that there is decent parking in other areas in SelatraĆ°.
Oyri - SelatraĆ°
SSL route 400 KlaksvĆk ā TĆ³rshavn. From the stop by Oyrabakka, it is a 3 km walk to the sheep's house by the quarry, where the route begins.
https://www.ssl.fo/fo/ferdaaetlan/bygdaleidir/400-klaksvik-torshavn/
Parking:
There is decent parking by the entrance on the upper section of the quarry- cite green lines.
If cars are already parked there, you can also park your car further up the quarry. During the summer, cars sometimes park in the parking space south of the sheep's house. Once parked, you must walk along the road below the sheep's house; there is a path on the lower part south of the house, with a gate to walk through. From here, you walk just south through another gate, about 90-meters awayācite blue line
SelatraĆ° - Oyri
Oyri - SelatraĆ°
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