Víkar, Faroe Islands

Víkar (pronounced [ˈvʊikaɹ]) is an abandoned village in the Faroe Islands on the north coast of the island of Vágar.

Víkar was founded in 1833 and belonged to the village of Gásadalur farther south.

Even though the landscape was very favourable, Víkar had already been abandoned by 1910, because it was too difficult to reach.

It shared this fate with its former neighbouring community of Slættanes, which had also been founded during the same period.

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Stamp by the Faroese painter Eli Smith, 2005.