Velbastaður

Velbastaður is a village on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands.

• Population: 164
• Postal code (Zip): FO 176
• Location:
• Municipality: Torshavnar

Velbastaður is on Streymoy’s west coast in the south of the island, about five kilometres from Kirkjubøur. It has a beautiful view across the strait Hestsfjørður towards the islands of Hestur and Koltur.

There has been a village here for many centuries, but it was deserted for some time after the Black Death in 1349.

A treatment centre for alcoholics called Heilbrigdið was founded in 1986.

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands
• Streymoy

References

• Jón Fossá Velbastaður. Faroeislands.dk All villages on the Faroe Islands. Retrieved on 2006-07-15..