The only church on the island of Fugloy was originally in the village of Kirkja (Kirkja means church in Faroese). However, when the church was near-derelict in the 1830s, it was moved. At that time there was hardly a man in Kirkja who could become a church warden since most of them were lost at sea in a boat accident in 1818.

A new church was therefore built in the other village on Fugloy, Hattarvík. There was no church in Kirkja for 100 years, but in the 1930s the desire to have a church in Kirkja had grown so strong that the villagers made a great effort to build a new one. The church was built in the style of the old wooden Faroese churches and was consecrated on 28 May 1933.

• Destination

  Norðoy

• Country

  Faroe Islands

• Type of experience

  Culture

• Best time to visit

  • Spring
  • Autumn
  • Summer

• Nearby stations

  • Bygdaleidir
  • Vága Floghavn
  • Ferjulega