Válur

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.1558,Lat: 62.1495
Elevation	147 meter above sea level
Local time	11:18:44am
At island	Streymoy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Streymoy
Wiki-website Kommuna (Kommuna)	Kvívík

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vestmanna	0.8 km	North
2 Kvívík	5.1 km	SouthEast
3 Stykkið	6.4 km	SouthEast
4 Leynar	6.6 km	SouthEast
5 Hvalvík	7.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	25 km	SouthEast
2 Glasgow	Scotland	726 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	766 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Válur lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Fjallavatn (1.1 km² at a distance of 8.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 38%, hill: 59%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised).
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 694 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 12 km in SouthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Válur in country Faroe-islands

Válur at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	411 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	491 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	550 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Válur
	TikTok
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	Mapquest
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Nesið

Type of weather in Nesið	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 17 August 2026:	15 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:28 Europe/Amsterdam