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Top 10 sights in Faroe Islands

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   Magnus Cathedral

   Magnus Cathedral (Faroese: Kirkjubømúrurin, Magnus-katedralurin, Danish: Magnuskatedralen) is a ruined cathedral in the village of Kirkjubøur on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands.

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   Tórshavn Cathedral

   Tórshavn Cathedral (Faroese: Havnar Kirkja, or Dómkirkjan) is the second oldest received church of the Faroe Islands, on Tinganes in the old town of Tórshavn.

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   Listasavn Føroya

   Listasavn Føroya (National Gallery of the Faroe Islands) is an art museum in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, for mostly permanent exhibits of Faroese arts.

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   Skansin

   Skansin is a historic fortress in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. Skansin is located on a hill beside the port of Tórshavn.

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   Faroe Islands National Museum

   The Faroe Islands National Museum (Faroese: Tjóðsavnið, Danish: Færøernes Nationalmuseum) is the national museum of the Faroe Islands, located in Tórshavn.

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   Saint Olav's Church, Kirkjubøur

   Saint Olav's Church (Faroese: Ólavskirkjan, Danish: Olavskirken) is a medieval church in the village of Kirkjubøur in Streymoy, Faroe Islands.

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   St. Mary's Church, Tórshavn

   The St. Mary's Church (Faroese: Mariukirkjan) is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church located in Mariugøta 4 in the city of Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands, in the Diocese of Copenhagen.

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   Vesturkirkjan

   A modern church in Tórshavn, capital of the Faroe Islands. It belongs to the Church of the Faroe Islands and, at 40.9 metres, is the tallest building in the country.

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   Sands kirkja

   A traditional wooden church on Sandoy in the Faroe Islands. Consecrated in 1839, it burned down in 1988 and was rebuilt exactly as it had been; beneath it lie the traces of five earlier churches, one on top of another.

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    Fríðrikskirkjan

    A modern church at Nes on Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands. It serves the parish founded at Nes in 1541, the oldest Protestant parish in the country, and was designed by the Faroese architect Høgni Wardum Larsen.

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