Black-sand beach, northern Streymoy · Streymoy
How to get to Tjørnuvík
The beach village facing the sea stacks — on a weekday bus only.
Last checked: 22 September 2026
Photo: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- What it is
- Black-sand beach, northern Streymoy
- Island
- Streymoy
- By bus
- Conditions apply
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Getting there
Arriving from each starting point
The short answer
Conditions apply
Route 202 serves Tjørnuvík from Oyrarbakki, Monday to Friday only.
From Tórshavn: Bus 400 to Oyrarbakki, then route 202 to Tjørnuvík. Weekdays only, and not on the published holiday dates.
Source: Strandfaraskip LandsinsRoute 202 Oyrarbakki – TjørnuvíkRoute 400 Klaksvík – Tórshavn
From each starting point
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From Tórshavn
Bus 400 to Oyrarbakki, then route 202 to Tjørnuvík. Weekdays only, and not on the published holiday dates.
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At a weekend
No scheduled serviceThere is no scheduled bus. Route 202 does not run on Saturdays or Sundays, so a weekend visit needs a car, a taxi or a tour.
The part people forget
Getting back from Tjørnuvík
Tjørnuvík is a dead end at the top of a valley, served by a schoolday bus. That combination makes the return the whole plan: check the last departure from Tjørnuvík before you board the outward bus, and check that your date is not one of the holiday dates with no service.
On foot
Walking and hiking connections
The path over the mountain between Tjørnuvík and Saksun is the usual way visitors reach Saksun without a car. It is a hillwalk, not a footpath — exposed, unsignposted in places, and entirely weather-dependent. There is no bus at the Saksun end, so plan the whole day around that.
Checked Sources: Strandfaraskip Landsins
By bus
What the operator publishes
- Route 202 runs between Oyrarbakki and Tjørnuvík and is published as Monday to Friday, with no weekend service at all.
- The published timetable runs on a schoolday calendar valid from 12 August 2026 to 18 June 2027, with a long list of holiday dates carrying no service.
- Oyrarbakki is on route 400, the trunk service between Tórshavn and Klaksvík, which is how you reach the connection.
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
Tjørnuvík in brief
Tjørnuvík sits at the end of the road in northern Streymoy, looking out at the Risin og Kellingin sea stacks. It has a scheduled bus, but only on weekdays, and only on a schoolday calendar.
Tjørnuvík sits at the end of the road, at the head of the fjord. Route 202 reaches it on weekdays from Oyrarbakki — and finishes for the day long before a winter sky gets dark.
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Risin og Kellingin
The Giant and the Witch, the two sea stacks off the northern tip of Eysturoy, seen across the bay.
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The black-sand beach
A sheltered bay at the end of the road, ringed by steep slopes.
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The Saksun path
The mountain crossing to Saksun starts here, and is the only realistic car-free route to Saksun.
The story here
The two sea stacks off the north coast are Risin og Kellingin — the Giant and the Witch. The story Visit Faroe Islands tells is that Iceland sent the pair across the sea with orders to drag the Faroe Islands home. The Witch climbed Eiðiskollur and tied a rope around the mountain; the Giant stood in the sea to pull.
The islands would not move. They strained so hard that the mountain itself cracked — and the split is still there to look at. Then the sun came up, and sunlight turns a giant to stone. They have been standing offshore ever since.
Tjørnuvík looks straight out at them, which is the best view of the pair you can reach on a scheduled bus.
Source: Visit Faroe IslandsThe giant and the witch
Good to know
Good to know
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The village is small and residential, with no transport facilities beyond the bus stop.
Experiences
Experiences around Tjørnuvík
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Saksun
No scheduled bus serves Saksun. Here is what that actually means.
No bus stop here
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Photo: Erik Christensen, Porkeri (Contact at the Danish Wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Bird cliffs, western Streymoy
Vestmanna
A half-day trip from Tórshavn on a single bus.
Scheduled service
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Sources for this page
The sources this page cites, each with the date we checked it. Two dates mean the facts that cite it were checked on different days.
Strandfaraskip Landsins
- Route 202 Oyrarbakki – Tjørnuvík Checked
- Route 400 Klaksvík – Tórshavn Checked
Visit Faroe Islands
- The giant and the witch Checked