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Nick in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

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Produced and featured by Nick Lido's Travel Journal. Tórshavn  is the capital and largest town of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the North west of the town lies the 347-meter (1,138 ft) high mountain Húsareyn, and to the Southwest, the 350-meter (1,150 ft) high Kirkjubøreyn. The city proper has a population of 13,000 (2008), and the greater urban area a population of 19,000. The Vikings established their parliament on the Tinganes peninsula in 850 CE thus Tórshavn was made capital of Faroe Islands and has remained so ever since. After the Protestant Reformation in 1539, the Torshavn's area started to built-up. In 1856 the islands were left open to free trade. The town has grown rapidly ever since the turn of the 20th century into the undisputed administrative, economic and cultural center of the Faroes.
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