Sunday, May 24, 2026

Day 6 Tunnel Vision

Today's adventure was also to another island, but one accessible via tunnel. The tunnel to Sandoy has several light based art exhibits. Not entirely sure we're supposed to stop, but as they are at cutouts, we stopped to take a better look: 

Light projection onto the stone wall of a tunnel showing line art of multiple colorful birds and a human figure

Light projection, line art showing a red bird with a knife in it's beak flying over sheep

This was a day of scenic drives with breathtaking views. Best weather we've had the whole trip, so we really got to enjoy the day. Except for the narrow scenic routes, which only I enjoyed while Bill kept us from plummeting to our deaths. We started the day in Sandur, the largest town. Everything is closed today, which we expected. We take a walk to the harbor and then follow a footpath around to do some sightseeing along the coast. 

Panorama of a rocky shore with grass along the sides and a view across the harbor to another coastline of the same island and the coast of Skuvoy, another island.

Bill navigates a narrow stretch between the coastline and a giant rocky hole.



Next up, we drive down a narrow road to a stone beach. There is a boulder that gets covered in knitting part of the year, but we are just a little too early to see it. At the end of the scenic route is Søltuvik and a memorial to a capsized ship: 

Two wooden anchors crossed on the ground forming a memorial

Rock covered beach with a cliff in the background

We then head to the southernmost town on the island, Dalur, which is just an excuse for more scenic roads. They are working on a tunnel for more direct, less possibly fall off a cliff on a one lane road, but it's not an option yet. 

Panorama of a rock covered beach

View of the end of a concrete pier, looking across the harbor to a steep coastline.

View of a cliff and the ocean from inside the car as we drive up a narrow road cut into the cliff.

Next up is the northern most town, Skopun, which has a very cool looking spinnery that was not open. But we did get to stop at this park and walk around a bit: 

Flat stones with carvings of people carrying baskets

View looking down across the town's buildings nestled into the hillside, the ocean in the background

 After a day of driving and gawking, it was time to head back to Torshavn to unwind at a cafe before heading to ROKS for dinner. This was yet another amazing menu, to which we added a bonus snow crab dish. The restaurant was mostly empty, but the neighboring table was a couple from Tennessee and Florida. The art was also pretty great, and the artist does prints through a print shop we'd briefly visited earlier.

Clam shells, razor clam shells, and sea urchin used as serving dishes for courses made from the same sea creatures

View from the table through the corner window where a painting of an octopus happily holds a glass of wine in each tentacle is visible on the glass panes

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