A cruise day in Tórshavn: on foot and by free bus

The Port of Tórshavn has 3,500 metres of quays and publishes its cruise-call calendar on its website; it does not say on its front page which quay a given ship uses, and neither do we. Ask your ship. The port office is at Eystara bryggja 34, and Smyril Line's Norröna, the ferry from Denmark, docks right in the heart of town.

Port of Tórshavn: cruise ships

Source: Port of Tórshavn — Port of Tórshavn — cruise ships and port information · Visit Faroe Islands — Getting here by sea

The tourist board's own suggested order works well on foot:

• → Tinganes, the flat rocky point between the two harbours, where the Viking parliament first met around the year 900 and the Faroese Home Rule government still works in the turf-roofed houses. There are no armed guards: visitors are free to wander.
• → The old town, á Reyni, with its black-tarred, turf-roofed houses, then Tórshavn Cathedral.
• → Vágsbotn, the lively harbour square, for a coffee.
• → Skansin, the fort overlooking the harbour, for the view.
• → Viðarlundin, the park, for a quiet walk before you head back.

Source: Visit Faroe Islands — The capital: Tórshavn, Tinganes

Tórshavn's town buses have been free for visitors as well as residents since 2019, and the tourist board suggests a red city bus as a way to see most of the town. Every town route meets at Steinatún square, which is also where Visit Tórshavn has its office — the place to ask which bus goes where. The regional buses to the rest of the islands are a different, ticketed service that starts at the Farstøðin terminal.

Source: Tórshavnar kommuna — Tórshavn by bus — town routes and timetables · Visit Faroe Islands — The capital: Tórshavn

With a long call, the regional network will take you out of Tórshavn: route 100 to Vestmanna for the bird-cliff boats, or a ferry to Nólsoy. But these run on published timetables rather than every few minutes, and a missed bus back is a missed ship. Look up the return on our route or ferry page before you go, and take the one before the one that fits. For anything further, a shore excursion that guarantees your return is the honest choice.

Source: Strandfaraskip Landsins — Route 100 Tórshavn – Vestmanna, Ferry route 90 Tórshavn – Nólsoy