Towns and Villages
The other important towns include: Vestmanna, the former ferry port in the West, Kollafjørður at the centre and the picturesque villages of Saksun and Tjørnuvík in the North. From a historic point of view the village of Kirkjubøur near the Southern tip of the island is very important as it was an episcopal center during the Middle Ages.
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