Queen Victoria opens the season at Klaksvik

Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 11:36 by ce-press

On June 26 Cunard Line’s Queen Victoria called Klaksvik for the first time, opening the season.

Captain Inger Olsen, Cunard's first female captain, took her ship home to her birthplace. She joined the company in 1997 as first officer on Vistafjord and rose to the position of captain in December last year.

Passengers took excursions locally and throughout the Faroe Islands.

Call numbers to the Faroese port have doubled this year to 10, including calls from Princess Cruises’ Ocean Princess and Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Eclipse.

Klaksvik is located between two inlets on Bordoy.

Queen Victoria opens the season at Klaksvik

Klaksvik (c) Port of Klaksvik

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Klaksvik

Klaksvik is the second biggest town of the Faroe Island, and the biggest white fish town too. The town is located on Bordoy, which is one of the northernmost islands. Klaksvik is located between two inlets lying back to back. It is an important harbour with fishing industry, and a modern fishing-fleet. Originally four farms were at the location where Klaksvik is now. By time they grew into four villages that finally merged to what now is called Klaksvik. What really kicked off the development towards a town was the set up af a centralised store for all the northern islands on the location. The church Christians-kirkjan dates from 1963. Its architecture is unconventional with a detached bell-frame. It is made of Faroese basalt and wood. Inside the church a Faroese rowing boat is hanging down from the ceiling. The font is made af a 4000 years old heathen sacrificial bowl originating from Denmark.