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5 unusual facts about Vágur


Beinisvørð

The triangular top of Beinisvørð is visible from many places in Suðuroy, including Lopra, Nes and Marknoyri, the easternmost part of Vágur.

Bjarni Johansen

Bjarni Johansen started his football career early, he has been goal keeper for VB Vágur since he was a young boy and after the merging of VB Vágur and Sumba, Faroe Islands in 2005 he continued to be goal keeper for VB/Sumba until the end of the football season 2008.

Jón Pauli Olsen

In 2005 Jón Pauli Olsen was manager for a merged boys team from the island Suðuroy, it was called VB/TB (from Vágur and Tvøroyri), Olsen was manager together with Milan Kuljić.

Pól Thorsteinsson

Pól Thorsteinsson (born 17 November 1973 in Vágur, Suðuroy) is a former Faroese football player, who has been playing football for Faroese and Icelandic football clubs and the national Faroe Islands team.

Símun Samuelsen

Símun Samuelsen (born 21 May 1985 in Vágur) is a Faroese football striker currently playing for HB Tórshavn after playing in Iceland for some years for Keflavik as a right or left winger but can also play as a second striker.


2006 Tour of Faroes Islands

The circuit was the distance between: Tvøroyri – Øravík – Fámjin – Øravík – Hov – Porkeri – Vág – Lopra – Sumba, across Hestin, return to Sumba back to Vágur.

Eggjarnar

Eggjarnar (also called Skúvanes, 200 metres above sea level) is a place south of the village Vágur on Suðuroy island in the Faroe Islands, which is known for its scenic view point to the sea cliffs of the southern part of Suðuroy all the way to Beinisvørð in the south and to Vágseiði and Gjógvaráfjall in the north.

Jens Oliver Lisberg

While a law student in Copenhagen, he devised the flag in 1919 with two other Faroese students, Janus Øssursson from Tórshavn and Paul Dahl from Vágur.

Kirvi

The mountain is visible from the villages Lopra and from Nes, which is between Vágur and Porkeri.

Nes, Vágur

Some of them can be seen in the Ruth Smith Art Museum in Vágur and some in Listasavn Føroya in Tórshavn.

Porkeri Mountains

The Porkeri Mountains are a mountain range near the village of Porkeri in the Faroe Islands near the Porkeri Mountains,just north of Vágur on Suðuroy's east coast.

Sumba, Faroe Islands

In 2005 Sumba and VB Vágur merged into VB/Sumba, which changed their name into FC Suðuroy in 2010.

VB Vágur

10 years later, in 2005, there was a second merger between VB Vágur and Sumba, and formed VB/Sumba, which later was changed its name to FC Suðuroy.

Vesturi á Eiðinum Stadium

Chief Financial Officer for FC Suðuroy is Pól Thorsteinsson, who started his football career in Vágur for VB Vágur and ended his football career in the second best division of VB/Sumba in 2009, the same year as they won the 1.


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