Understanding Klaksvík: A Self-guided city tour in KlaksvÍk
This self-guided tour can be done with MP3 offline audio players or the Tell Me North app. Both options allow you to do this tour at your own pace by foot, car, bus, or public transport. You can listen while exploring the stops or do so while sipping your coffee at a local café, thus giving you the freedom to decide on your own, while learning about contemporary Klaksvík, its people, and factors that have impacted the local community through faith, football, fishing hooks and sub-sea tunnels.
The story Understanding Klaksvík gives you an insight previously only known to locals into the local life and culture, history, and power dynamics and will enhance your understanding of the Faroe Islands as a whole.
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Understanding Klaksvík: A Self-guided city tour in KlaksvÍk
What's included in Understanding Klaksvík: A Self-guided city tour in KlaksvÍk
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Visit Nordoy
Stop 1: Betesta church If you have an MP3 player, Fetch it at Visit Norðoy and walk to Betesta church and start when ready If you use the Tell Me North app, walk walk to Betesta church and start when ready. The Betesta Church has had a crucial influence on Klaksvík today.
Djupumyrar Stadium
Stop 2: Football in Klaksvík The news about KÍ Klaksvík's recent results in men's football have shocked the football world. Learn about how that came to be.
Stop 3: The Giant Fishing Hook The story behind this giant fishing hook is captivating and caused an uproar between the fishing capital Klaksvík and the actual capital Tórshavn in more than one way.
Inclusions
- MP3 Player or APP
- All Fees and Taxes
- Headphones
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- If you choose the MP3 Player go to Café Fríða during their opening hours and start when ready. Remember that you have to hand back in the MP3 player at this meeting point when you are done. If you prefer to use the Tell Me North app, you can download the app yourself on App Store or Play Store.