Plan your trip
Visiting the Faroe Islands without a car
Last checked: 19 September 2026
The short answer
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.
Source: Strandfaraskip LandsinsRoute overview — every scheduled bus and ferry routeRoute 201 Oyrarbakki – GjógvRoute 202 Oyrarbakki – Tjørnuvík
Straightforward on scheduled transport
These need one bus or one ferry, with no booking beyond a ticket.
- Tórshavn — the hub, with free town buses inside the municipality.
- Vágar Airport and Sørvágur — route 300, which is not published as weekday-only.
- Klaksvík — route 400 all week, or the weekday express 401.
- Vestmanna — route 100, for the bird-cliff boats.
- Nólsoy — ferry route 90 from the middle of Tórshavn, a published 30-minute crossing.
- Sandoy — route 650 through the subsea tunnel, no ferry involved.
Source: Strandfaraskip LandsinsRoute 300 Tórshavn – Airport – SørvágurRoute 400 Klaksvík – TórshavnRoute 100 Tórshavn – VestmannaFerry route 90 Tórshavn – NólsoyRoute 650 Sandoy – Tórshavn
Possible, with a condition attached
These are reachable, but only if you meet the condition — and the condition is usually invisible until you are standing at the stop.
- Gjógv — route 201 from Oyrarbakki is request-only. Telephone +298 233320 between 07:00 and 20:00, at least two hours before departure, and book the return at the same time.
- Tjørnuvík — route 202 from Oyrarbakki runs Monday to Friday on a schoolday calendar, with no weekend service and a long list of holiday dates with none.
- Bøur and the west of Vágar — route 350 is weekdays only, with a small number of trips each way, some on schooldays only.
- Mykines — ferry route 36 in season only, excluded from the Tourist Travel Card, and cancellable in bad weather in either direction.
- Suðuroy — reachable, but the ferry is a published 2h 05min each way, which is four hours of a day return.
Source: Strandfaraskip LandsinsRoute 201 Oyrarbakki – GjógvRoute 202 Oyrarbakki – TjørnuvíkRoute 350 Tórshavn – Vága Airport – Sørvágur/BøFerry route 36 Sørvágur – MykinesFerry route 7 Suðuroy – Tórshavn
Not reachable on scheduled transport
Saksun has no scheduled bus. The nearest thing to a car-free route is the mountain path from Tjørnuvík, which is a hillwalk in exposed terrain with no transport waiting at the far end. For most visitors the honest answer to Saksun is a taxi, a tour or a rental car.
Source: Strandfaraskip LandsinsRoute 202 Oyrarbakki – TjørnuvíkRoute overview — every scheduled bus and ferry route
How to build the trip
Base yourself in Tórshavn, treat each day as one destination rather than three, and check the return departure before the outward one. Sørvágur is the other base worth considering if Vágar and Mykines are your priority, because it sits at the end of an all-week route and beside a ferry berth.
Source: Strandfaraskip LandsinsRoute 300 Tórshavn – Airport – SørvágurRoute overview — every scheduled bus and ferry route
Asked before you go
What people search for
- Can you visit the Faroe Islands without a car?
- Yes, if you base yourself in Tórshavn and pick destinations on the trunk routes and ferries. Gjógv needs a booked bus, Tjørnuvík and Bøur are weekdays only, and Saksun has no bus at all.
- Is hitchhiking a way round the gaps?
- We cannot tell you. None of the official sources we read — the tourist board, the municipality, the road agency or the airport — publishes any guidance on hitchhiking, so this site gives none. Plan the day on scheduled transport, a tour or a booked taxi.
- Where should I stay without a car?
- Tórshavn: every regional route starts at its terminal and the town buses are free. Sørvágur is the alternative if Vágar and Mykines are the point of the trip.
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.
Checked – 2026 Sources: Strandfaraskip Landsins
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 overview — every scheduled bus and ferry route Checked
- Route 201 Oyrarbakki – Gjógv Checked
- Route 202 Oyrarbakki – Tjørnuvík Checked
- Route 300 Tórshavn – Airport – Sørvágur Checked
- Route 400 Klaksvík – Tórshavn Checked
- Route 100 Tórshavn – Vestmanna Checked
- Ferry route 90 Tórshavn – Nólsoy Checked
- Route 650 Sandoy – Tórshavn Checked
- Route 350 Tórshavn – Vága Airport – Sørvágur/Bø Checked
- Ferry route 36 Sørvágur – Mykines Checked
- Ferry route 7 Suðuroy – Tórshavn Checked
Next