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H.N. Jacobsen's book shop is located within a protected 3-winged building in a beautiful garden. It was built in 1860, and was initially a "realskúli" - a secondary school until 1918. It has been a bookshop since it ceased to be a school.
It is one of the best in town for foreign language publications.
Opening Hours:
Mánadag - Mikudag: 09.30 - 17.30
Hósdag - Fríggjadag: 09.30 - 18.00
Leygardag: 09.30 - 14.00
Fyrsta leygardag í mánaðinum: 09.30 - 16.00
I am sure you have started to understand Faroese by this point!
What to pay: next to the tourist information offices
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Vaglið, 100 Tórshavn
Phone: 00 298 31 10 36
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Clothes store for male and female styles. Staff pleasant, professional and well dressed.
Opening Hours:
Mánadag - Fríggjadag: 10.00 - 18.00
Leygardag: 10.00 - 16.00
This is one of the few city centre shops open later - by that I do mean 16.00.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Niels Finsens gøta 8, 100 Tórshavn
Phone: 00 298 35 46 00
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Good array of knitted goods and a wide range of other Faroese and Nordic gifts. Partipates in the VAT Free scheme. Offers knitwear, Faorese design from Diana Borgnyardóttir, Snældan, Tøting and others.
Mánadag - Fríggjadag: (uml) 08.00 - 17.30
Leygardag: (uml) 08.00 - 14.00
Handlin hevur opið, tá ið ferðamannaskib eru á havnini
The shop is open when cruiseliners are visiting Tórshavn
Written Apr 12, 2008
Address: Vágsbotn, 100 Tórshavn
Phone: 00 298 31 20 40
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This was an ineresting experience, I was surprised by the number of shops the centre contained. It was enjoyable to do the normal saturday thing - going shopping and see what was happening down town. There was a buzz and it was a great atmosphere - seels everything from books to clothes to plants to medicines.
Written Apr 6, 2008
Address: á Trapputrøðni - 100 Tórshavn
Phone: 00 298 31 30 41
Website: http://www.sms.fo/Index.asp?
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Sirri is the Faroese clothing company - and they use organic, all natural dye free yarn from pure Faroese wool.
Their products can be bought in the Faroes as well as Denmark and Norway.
What to buy: Try a wonderfully warm jumper or scarf.
Remember to ask for your VAT free cheque. I think if you spend more than 300 DKK you are entitled to the VAT free offer.
Written Apr 6, 2008
Address: Fútastova, Gongin 5, 100 Tórshavn
Phone: 00 298 32 17 06
Website: http://www.sirri.fo/default.asp
I came across this galerie by accident, I called in and saw an interesting exhibition of the works of Hanni Bjartalið - it was an interesting series of pieces.
Framsýning í Galerie Focus er opin: týsdag til fríggjadag kl. 15 til 18, leygardag kl. 16 til 18
Fernisering er fríggjadag kl. 16 til 18
Again -
Tuesday to Friday - 15.00 - 18.00 Saturday 16.00 - 18.00
Holidays and Fridays 16.00 - 18.00
What to pay: Does art have a price? Yes, it has the value the purchaser precsribes to it.
Written Apr 6, 2008
Address: Gríms Kambansgøta 20, 100 Tórshavn
Phone: 00 298 31 52 51
Website: www.galeriefocus.com
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A big souvenir shop in Torshavn is 'Andreas i Vagsbotn'. It is near the harbour of Torshavn and offers a lot of local craftwork and all other typical Faroese souvenirs. So you will find puffin-stuff, Faroese flags, clothes, cards and much more... We did not find the people of the shop too friendly, when we did not buy much... hahaha..... But I am sure every tourist to the Faroe Islands will love the people, who are usually extremely friendly!
Updated Jul 20, 2007
Address: Vagsbotnur
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The main shopping street in Tórshavn is Niels Finsens Gøta (incidently named after Faroese Doctor Niels R Finsen, who won the nobel prize in 1903)
There are a number of touristy shops along here, as well as the Tourist Information Centre. There's also an excellent bookshop, selling books in English, Faroese and Danish.
Written Aug 29, 2005
Address: Niels Finsens Gøta
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The rather dreary looking SMS Shopping Centre (or SOS Shopping Centre as it's occasionally known) contains Tórshavn's largest supermarket Miklagarður, a few fast food outlets and a few other interesting stores.
Written Aug 29, 2005
Address: á Trapputrøðni - 100 Tórshavn
Phone: +298 31 30 41
Website: http://www.sms.fo
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shop and recording facilities - and of course the Tutl lable!
Shop has a wide range of music from across the Nordic region and elsewhere.
Written Apr 12, 2008
Address: Reynagøta 12, FO 100 - Tórshavn
Phone: 00 298 31 48 15
Website: http://www.tutl.com/pub/index.php?id=1
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shop and recording facilities - and of course the Tutl lable!Shop has a wide range of music from across the Nordic region and elsewhere.
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