Transport in Vestmanna - Lonely Planet Travel Information

Getting there & away

Inconveniently timed public buses from Tóshavn (Dkr50, one hour, three to eight daily) require a change from bus No 300 (airport service) to bus No 100 at the Kollafjarðadalur Statoil petrol station (pronounced kotla-furdla). More conveniently, Øssur Christiansen private buses (217752; Dkr120 return; variable) and Tora tours (www.tora.fo; Wed & Sun, Jun-Aug) collect you from Tórshavn hotels, connect with boat trips and add some sightseeing on the way back.

When travelling by car, choose the starkly barren old mountain road (Rte10) and make brief detours to pretty Norðradalur hamlet and to Kvívík with its 1903 church and minimalist Viking longhouse ruins.