Elduvík

The church in Elduvík was inaugurated in 1951, although the churchyard has been used since 1926 to avoid the hassle of carrying dead bodies along the old village path to Oyndarfjørður.

The magnificent gorge to the east of the village is popular with divers, who are treated to a spectacular undersea landscape with a rich population of crabs on the bottom of the sea.

Elduvík is a heavy surf area, and visitors are advised to beware of big waves crashing on the shore.

He would tease fishermen by eating their bait, then attaching their hooks to the sea bed so that they would break their fishing lines.

Anfinnur kept Marmennil for a long time, but one day the sea was so rough that they forgot to make the sign of the cross.

Marmennil - The Little Merman
Stamp FR 310 of Postverk Føroya
by William Heinesen , 20 May 1997