Við Áir

Við Áir (Faroese pronunciation: [viː ˈaiːjiɹ]) is a former whaling station on the east coast of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands, near the village Hvalvík.

[1] In 1936 it was taken over by the Faroese company P/F Sperm, and was rebuilt and modernized a bit, at this point there were only two whaling stations left in the country, Við Áir and Lopra.

In their first year the two boats Falkur and Heykur only managed to shoot 17 whales for the station Við Áir.

In 1937 the hunt went better and the two boats shot 43 whales each, while a decent catch, it wasn't enough to make things run smoothly.

P/F Sperm continued after the war, but whale stocks had by now diminished so much that it was hard to make the economy work.

In 2008, a group of people were chosen by the Faroese government to deliver a "Provisional report on the conservation of the whaling station as a maritime museum", which is available in English too.

The school is called Dugni; it is for young people and adults who have a disability, have psychological or sociological problems.