Streymoy with Torshavn Attractions 
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The largest island in the Farøes archipelago is Streymoy (Danish "Strømø"). On its southeast coast lies Tórshavn, the port and capital of the Faroes. It has only 15,000 inhabitants, making it the smallest capital in Scandinavia.
The oldest part of the town, with pretty little wooden houses, lies on a spit of land in the harbor area. At the tip of this peninsula, at Cape Tinganes, the Vikings established their first thingstead (legislative council), probably about 930. Near the peninsula stands a memorial to Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860-1904), who was born in Tórshavn and won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1903.
Also of interest is the fortress of Skansen (ca.
The oldest part of the town, with pretty little wooden houses, lies on a spit of land in the harbor area. At the tip of this peninsula, at Cape Tinganes, the Vikings established their first thingstead (legislative council), probably about 930. Near the peninsula stands a memorial to Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860-1904), who was born in Tórshavn and won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1903.
Also of interest is the fortress of Skansen (ca.
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