Faroese buses and ferries on Sundays and public holidays

What SSL publishes about Saturdays and Sundays on the routes visitors use most.

• → Route 400, Tórshavn to Klaksvík: all week.
• → Route 300, Tórshavn to the airport and Sørvágur: not published as weekday-only, but the weekend pattern differs from the weekday one and departures are spread across the day rather than frequent.
• → Route 401, the Klaksvík express: Monday to Friday. At weekends, route 400 is the service to check.
• → Route 202, Oyrarbakki to Tjørnuvík: Monday to Friday only. There is no Saturday or Sunday bus.
• → Route 350, Tórshavn to Bøur: Monday to Friday only. At weekends there is no published service west of Sørvágur, which is why Gásadalur needs another plan on a Saturday or Sunday.
• → Route 201, Oyrarbakki to Gjógv: by request on every day it runs, and its table marks trips by day of the week, so check your day before you telephone.

Source: Strandfaraskip Landsins — Route 400 Klaksvík – Tórshavn, Route 300 Tórshavn – Airport – Sørvágur, Route 401 Klaksvík – Tórshavn (Express Bus), Route 202 Oyrarbakki – Tjørnuvík, Route 350 Tórshavn – Vága Airport – Sørvágur/Bø, Route 201 Oyrarbakki – Gjógv

SSL does not publish one national holiday timetable. Each route page carries its own deviations, and they differ. The route 201 page prints a deviation table for the year: on New Year's Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Day, Easter Monday, Great Prayer Day, Ascension Day, Whit Sunday, Whit Monday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Eve it says simply that there is no route, and on Ólavsøka eve and Ólavsøka day, the national holiday at the end of July, the route runs like a Sunday.

• → Route 350 marks some trips in green and withdraws them during the autumn school holiday.
• → Route 202 runs on a schoolday calendar valid from 12 August 2026 to 18 June 2027, with a long list of holiday dates carrying no service.
• → Route 700 on Suðuroy adjusts its holiday timetables around the arrivals and departures of the Smyril ferry.
• → Read the deviation table on the SSL page of your route for the date you travel. A holiday that is a normal day elsewhere in Europe can be a no-service day here.

Source: Strandfaraskip Landsins — Route 201 Oyrarbakki – Gjógv, Route 350 Tórshavn – Vága Airport – Sørvágur/Bø, Route 202 Oyrarbakki – Tjørnuvík, Route 700 Sumba – Vágur – Tvøroyri

The municipality says four of its five city routes run every day of the week, at least once an hour, and that the system is free for residents and visitors. The village routes are different: route 5 to Kirkjubøur and Kaldbak and route 6 to Kollafjørður are weekdays only, and on Saturdays route 7 links the villages on a single route. The municipality's page names no Sunday village service, so ask Bussleiðin before you count on one.

Tórshavn by bus (Tórshavn municipality)

Source: Tórshavnar kommuna — Tórshavn by bus — town routes and timetables

The ferries sail at weekends, but their holiday patterns are published per route.

• → Nólsoy, ferry route 90: sailings are adjusted around holidays and around St. Olaf's Days at the end of July.
• → Suðuroy, ferry route 7: SSL notes you can line up at Krambatangi an hour before departure, and an hour and a half before the Sunday afternoon sailing, which tells you how full that one gets.
• → Mykines, ferry route 36: the days of the week it sails change with the season. In the winter table SSL sails on three days a week; in the autumn table it sails every day. Read the table for your dates.

Source: Strandfaraskip Landsins — Ferry route 90 Tórshavn – Nólsoy, Ferry route 7 Suðuroy – Tórshavn, Ferry route 36 Sørvágur – Mykines

From 2 November to 31 December is hare-hunting season. The tourist board says hunting takes place in the mountains all across the country on any day except Sunday, and advises against hiking in that season. If you hike in it anyway, Sunday is the day the hills are quiet.

Source: Visit Faroe Islands — Guide to safe hiking