Runavík

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title: "Runavík" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-faroe-islands", "ports-and-harbours-of-the-faroe-islands", "eysturoy"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-faroe-islands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runavík" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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map_captionLocation of Runavíkar kommuna in the Faroe Islands
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pushpin_map_captionLocation of Runavík village in the Faroe Islands
subdivision_typeState
subdivision_nameKingdom of Denmark
subdivision_type1Constituent country
subdivision_name1Faroe Islands
subdivision_type2Island
subdivision_name2Eysturoy
subdivision_type3Municipality
subdivision_name3Runavík
established_titleFounded
established_date1916
population_as_ofSeptember 2025
population_footnotes
population_total562
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Runavík is a comparatively urbanised village in Runavík Municipality, Faroe Islands. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy.

Port

Founded in 1916, Runavík has an important port, originally used predominantly by fishing boats but now also a key supply base for the North Sea oil industry as well as a trans-shipment port for freight to and from Europe. The harbour underwent development in the late 1990s and can now accommodate cruise ships.

Eysturoyartunnilin

Main article: Eysturoyartunnilin

A massive infrastructure project has been mounted to build an 11 km-long sub-sea tunnel between Runavík and Tórshavn, thereby significantly reducing travel times to the capital. Construction costs are estimated to be around 1 billion Faroese króna. In 2014 all political parties of the Faroese parliament agreed on how and when to build the Eysturoyartunnilin and the Sandoyartunnilin. The drillings started in 2016 regarding the Eysturoyartunnilin, which opened to the public in December 2020. The work on the Sandoyartunnilin began in 2019. The first step in the projects was to fill out a platform of land in the sea at Saltnes near Runavík for the Eysturoy-tunnel.

Sport

The local football club is NSÍ Runavík, a men's team who play their home games at the Runavík Stadium. They were Faroe Islands Premier League winners in 2007. In 2020 a women's team was founded.

Sister Cities

Runavík is twinned with

References

References

  1. [https://hagstova.fo/en/population/population/population Population, municipalities and villages] Statistics Faroe Islands
  2. "Atlantic Supply Base". Runavíkar Kommuna.
  3. (23 February 2016). "Eysturoyartunnilin verður liðugur í 2019". Sjóvar Municipality.
  4. (25 April 2010). "Maritime & Related Optimism at Port of Runavík". Faroes Business Report 2010.
  5. "Tunnel development group". Skalafjardartunnilin.fo.
  6. [http://kvf.fo/netvarp/uv/2014/02/02/tunlarnir-standa-klrir-2021 kvf.fo. Tunlarnir verða lidnir í 2021]
  7. [http://kvf.fo/netvarp/uv/2014/02/02/tunlarnir-standa-klrir-2021 kvf.fo. Tunlarnir verða lidnir í 2021]
  8. [http://aktuelt.fo/tunnilin+skal+upp+baedi+a+strondum+og+i+runavik.html#.UvX022Sovoo Aktuelt.fo, Tunnilin skal upp bæði á Strondum og í Runavík]
  9. (27 October 2020). "NSÍ kvinnur leika fjórðingsfinalu í morgin {{!}} Nsí.fo {{!}} NSÍ Runavík FC".

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