Eiði

Eiði, Faroe Island
—  Municipality and village  —
Eiði, Faroe Island Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°17′57″N 7°5′25″W / 62.29917°N 7.09028°W / 62.29917; -7.09028
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Eysturoy
Population (2004)
• Total	669
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	EST (UTC+1)
Zip	FO 470

Eiði [[ˈaiːjɪ] ( listen)] (local pronunciation: [IPA: [ˈɔiːjɪ]]) (Danish: Ejde) is a large village located on the north-west tip of Eysturoy, Faroe Islands. Its name means isthmus in the Faroese language. The town has a population of 669 inhabitants. In the center of the village there is a large stone church from 1881. It was built in connection with the village's centennial.
The village's football team is EB/Streymur. It was founded 1993 as a merger between Eiðis Bóltfelag and Ítróttarfelagið Streymur.

Geography

Risin and Kellingin

Eiði bay

Within walking distance of Eiði is the 343-meter-high promontory Eiðiskollur, from the top of which a beautiful view can be had over the sea and the islands, including a view down onto Risin og Kellingin, two legendary rocks that rise 75 meters up from the sea.
A couple of kilometers south-east of Eiði is a dammed lake called Eiðisvatn. The water from the dam supplies a hydroelectric power station below. At Eiði, there is a LORAN-C station. The mast of the facility may be the tallest structure on the Faroe Islands.

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

External links

• Media related to Eiði at Wikimedia Commons
• Faroeislands.dk: Eiði Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands
• eiði.com Local link collection
• Municipality of Eiði

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