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- Tórshavn Vágar Airport
Bus 300 runs from the Tórshavn terminal to the airport terminal building.
- Tórshavn Gásadalur
Weekday route 350 runs direct from the Tórshavn terminal to Bøur — one bus, and the nearest published stop. No published service beyond Sørvágur at weekends.
- Tórshavn Klaksvík
Bus 400 all week, or the weekday express 401.
- Tórshavn Vestmanna
Bus 100, with a marked transfer at Effo í Kollafjarðardalur on some trips.
- Tórshavn Gjógv
Bus 400 to Oyrarbakki, then request route 201 — telephone +298 233320 at least two hours before departure, and book the return too.
- Tórshavn Tjørnuvík
Bus 400 to Oyrarbakki, then route 202. Weekdays only — no weekend service.
- Tórshavn Saksun
No scheduled bus serves Saksun. The car-free option is the mountain path from Tjørnuvík; otherwise a taxi, tour or rental car.
- Tórshavn Nólsoy
Ferry route 90 from the harbour in the middle of town, a published 30 minutes.
- Tórshavn Mykines
Bus 300 to Sørvágur, then seasonal ferry route 36. Not covered by the Tourist Travel Card, and weather-dependent.
- Tórshavn Suðuroy
Ferry route 7 on M/F Smyril, a published 2h 05min, then bus route 700 from the ferry berth.
- Vágar Airport Tórshavn
Bus 300 from the terminal building to the Tórshavn bus and ferry terminal.
- Vágar Airport Sørvágur
Bus 300 continues west from the airport to Sørvágur.
- Vágar Airport Gásadalur
Weekday route 350 calls at the airport and continues to Bøur. At weekends there is no published service beyond Sørvágur.
- Vágar Airport Mykines
Bus 300 west to Sørvágur, then the seasonal Mykines ferry.
- Vágar Airport Klaksvík
Bus 300 towards Tórshavn, then route 400. The connection at the Kollafjørður tunnel stop requires prior notification — otherwise change in Tórshavn.
- Klaksvík Tórshavn
Bus 400 all week, or the weekday express 401.
- Klaksvík Gjógv
Bus 400 south to Oyrarbakki, then the request-only route 201.
Guides
Read before you book anything
- How to get around the Faroe Islands by public transport One operator, Strandfaraskip Landsins (SSL), runs the scheduled ferries and contracts the regional bus network. Tórshavn is the hub: routes 300 and 350 go west to the airport and Vágar, route 400 goes north to Klaksvík, route 100 goes to Vestmanna, and route 650 goes south to Sandoy through the subsea tunnel. Ferries fill in the islands the roads do not reach. Tórshavn's own town buses are free.
- Visiting the Faroe Islands without a car Yes, you can visit the Faroe Islands without a car — but the realistic list is shorter than the guidebooks suggest. Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Vestmanna, Sørvágur, Nólsoy, Sandoy and Suðuroy are straightforward on scheduled services. Gjógv needs a telephone booking. Tjørnuvík and the west of Vágar are weekdays only. Saksun has no bus at all.
- Faroe Islands bus and ferry tickets: what things cost SSL sells a Tourist Travel Card at 500 DKK for four days and 700 DKK for seven days for adults, half that for children. It covers buses and ferries without a seat reservation, but it does not cover the Mykines ferry, vehicles, or pre-booked seat reservations. Tórshavn's town buses are free to everyone. Single bus fares are zone-based and published by SSL itself.
- Faroe Islands: buses or a rental car? Take the bus if you are based in Tórshavn, travelling between towns, or visiting Nólsoy, Vestmanna, Klaksvík or Sandoy. Rent a car if Saksun, Gásadalur at a weekend, or several villages in one day are on your list. The network is good at connecting towns and poor at connecting villages, and no amount of planning changes that.
- Getting back: the last bus and ferry in the Faroe Islands Read the return column before you take the outward bus. Strandfaraskip Landsins publishes every route and every ferry on its own timetable page, and that page, read on the day you travel, is the authority for the last departure: SSL reissues seasonal and schoolday timetables several times a year, so a time read anywhere else is only as current as the day it was copied. The branches are where days go wrong. Route 202 to Tjørnuvík and route 350 to Bøur run on weekdays only, route 201 to Gjógv runs only when it has been booked, and the Mykines crossing can be cancelled at short notice in either direction.
- Faroese buses and ferries on Sundays and public holidays The trunk routes keep going and the branches stop. Route 400 to Klaksvík runs all week, and route 300 to the airport is not published as weekday-only, though its weekend pattern differs from the weekday one. Routes 202 to Tjørnuvík, 350 to Bøur and 401, the Klaksvík express, are published as Monday to Friday, and the schoolday calendars behind several branches carry long lists of holiday dates with no service. SSL prints public-holiday deviations on the route page itself, so read the page for your date instead of assuming a Sunday service.
Travel well
Food, access, children, winter and a day ashore
- Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free food in the Faroe Islands Where vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free food is on the menu near the buses in Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Gjógv and Vágar, and what to ask before you order.
- Accessible travel in the Faroe Islands by bus, ferry and plane Wheelchair access on Faroese buses and ferries, step-free help at Vágar Airport, and the Tórshavn venues the tourist board rates as accessible.
- The Faroe Islands with children, without a car Playgrounds, pools, a duck pond and rainy-day ideas the buses reach, from Tórshavn's free town buses to a playground at the end of route 300.
- The Faroese helicopter: can visitors book it? Who the subsidised Faroese helicopter is for, what visitors may book (one way only), when booking opens, and where Atlantic Airways publishes it.
- Kirkjubøur without a car: the free town bus to the medieval village Tórshavn's free village buses reach Kirkjubøur: route 5 on weekdays, route 7 on Saturdays. What is there, the Sunday gap, and the bike alternative.
- The Faroe Islands in winter without a car Short days, snow on the roads and wind: how winter changes a car-free Faroe trip, and where road, ferry and weather warnings are actually published.
- Hiking fees and private land in the Faroe Islands Which Faroese walks charge an access fee or need a guide, how much and how you pay, plus the land, drone, camping and sheep rules every walker should know.
- A cruise day in Tórshavn: on foot and by free bus Ashore in Tórshavn for a day: what is walkable from the harbour, the free town buses and their Steinatún hub, and how far the regional buses reach.
- Luggage and bicycles on Faroese buses and ferries What SSL, Tórshavn's town buses and Vágar Airport publish about suitcases, bicycles and left luggage on Faroese buses and ferries, and what no official page says.
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