Tidal lagoon, western Streymoy · Streymoy
How to get to Saksun
No scheduled bus serves Saksun. Here is what that actually means.
Last checked: 19 September 2026
Photo: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- What it is
- Tidal lagoon, western Streymoy
- Island
- Streymoy
- By bus
- No bus stop here
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Open Saksun on OpenStreetMap 62.2478°N, 7.1836°W
Getting there
Arriving from each starting point
The short answer
No bus stop here
No scheduled SSL bus route serves Saksun.
On foot from Tjørnuvík: The mountain path between Tjørnuvík and Saksun is the usual car-free route. Reach Tjørnuvík on weekday route 202 from Oyrarbakki, itself reached on route 400 from Tórshavn.
Source: Strandfaraskip LandsinsRoute 202 Oyrarbakki – TjørnuvíkRoute overview — every scheduled bus and ferry route
From each starting point
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By scheduled bus
No scheduled serviceThere is none. No SSL route publishes a stop in Saksun, so no combination of buses will get you there.
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On foot from Tjørnuvík
The mountain path between Tjørnuvík and Saksun is the usual car-free route. Reach Tjørnuvík on weekday route 202 from Oyrarbakki, itself reached on route 400 from Tórshavn.
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By taxi or tour
A taxi from the main road, a rental car, or a guided tour are the practical options, and for most visitors the honest recommendation.
The part people forget
Getting back from Saksun
Because there is no bus, there is no last bus to miss — but there is also nothing to rescue you. If you walk in from Tjørnuvík you must walk back out, or have a vehicle arranged. Do not set off across the mountain on the assumption that something will be running at the other end.
On foot
Walking and hiking connections
The Tjørnuvík–Saksun crossing is a genuine hillwalk over open mountain: exposed, indistinct in cloud, and with no shelter and no transport at the Saksun end. Allow far more time than the distance suggests, check the forecast, and tell someone your plan.
Checked Sources: Strandfaraskip Landsins
By bus
What the operator publishes
- Route 202, the nearest northern Streymoy service, runs between Oyrarbakki and Tjørnuvík. Saksun is not on it.
- No other route in the SSL network lists Saksun among its published stops.
- This is not a gap in our research: it is the published position of the network, and it is the single most useful thing to know before planning a car-free day here.
Checked Sources: Strandfaraskip Landsins
No signal in the valley? The timetable is already on your phone
Faroe Bus for Android plans SSL bus and ferry trips by place and keeps the timetables on your phone when the signal drops — in the valleys and on the trails, where the tourist board warns coverage can be limited, the bus home is still one tap away.
Once you are there
Saksun in brief
Saksun is a scattering of turf-roofed houses above a tidal lagoon in western Streymoy. It is one of the most photographed places in the country and it has no scheduled bus service at all.
Saksun, and the reason this site says plainly that no scheduled bus reaches it. The car-free way in is the mountain path from Tjørnuvík — a proper hillwalk in exposed terrain, not a stroll between buses.
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The tidal lagoon
Pollurin, the lagoon that fills and empties with the tide beneath the village.
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Dúvugarðar
The historic farmhouse museum above the valley.
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Working farmland
Saksun is private farmland as well as a view. Stay on marked paths and respect access signage.
Good to know
Good to know
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Access to parts of the valley has been restricted in the past. Check locally before assuming a route across the land is open.
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Tjørnuvík's own bus, route 202, does not run at weekends, so the walking option is weekday-only too.
Experiences
Experiences around Saksun
No scheduled bus reaches Saksun, so a guided trip is the honest car-free way in. These are shown after the transport answer, never instead of it.
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The beach village facing the sea stacks — on a weekday bus only.
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