Runavík

Runavík is a comparatively urbanised veelage in the Faroe Islands. It lees on the sooth hauf o the isle o Eysturoy. The municipality o the same name incorporates 14 settlements includin Æðuvík, Rituvík, Saltangará, Glyvrar, Lambi, Lambareiði, Søldarfjørður, Skipanes, Skáli, Skálafjørður, Funningsfjørður, Funningur, Elduvík an Oyndarfjørður which thegither form a lang, narrae residential connurbation ower 10 kilometre lang follaein the east bank Skálafjørður (a fjord). As o 2010 the municipality haed a total population o 3,797 inhabitants, a rise o ower 100 in five years. This maks it the third lairgest toun in the Faroe Islands.

Port
Foondit in 1916, Runavík haes an important port, oreeginally uised predominantly bi fishin boats but nou an aw a key supply base for the North Sea ile industry as well as a trans-shipment port for freight tae an frae Europe.
The harbor unnerwent development in the late 1990s.

Skálafjarðartunnilin
A massive infrastructur project haes been mootit tae build an 11km-lang sub-sea tunnel atween Runavík an Tórshavn bi 2016 therebi significantly reducin travel times tae the caipital. 

Sport
The local fitbaa team is NSÍ Runavík.

 Sister Ceeties 
Runavík is twinned wi
 Hjørring, Denmark
 Ísafjörður, Iceland
 Egilsstaðir, Iceland
 Uummannaq, Greenland

See an aw
 Leet o touns in the Faroe Islands

Freemit airtins
Faroeislands.dk: Runavík
Municipality Homepage
Offeecial Tourism Office steid

References

Category:Populatit places in the Faroe Islands
Category:Ports an herbours o the Faroe Islands