Kunoy Travel Guide

​Kunoy is one of the island in the northern part of the Faroe Islands. The island is long and narrow. Due to its steep mountains with kilometres of rock face, there are only two villages on the island: Kunoy and Haraldssund.

There is a quality road connection all the way from Tórshavn to this island. When getting to the steep island from the capital, you drive through tunnels, a bridge, an undersea tunnel and finally crossing an embankment to reach Haraldssund on Kunoy Island.

From Haraldssund there is a tunnel that leads to the village Kunoy. The tunnel through the mountain has one lane only and is very narrow.

The name of the highest peak on the island is Kúvingafjall (830 m). Kunoy translates directly to Woman island.

When in the village Kunoy on the west side of the island, you will have a great view of Kalsoy Island. You will see the Kalsoyarfjørður fjord, where aerial filming of Kalsoy Island were captured in the James Bond movie No Time To Die.

Landscape on Kunoy Island

The picturesqueness of the island is staggering. You will see the regular alternation of steep mountain slopes and round valley formations. These valleys look like a half-bowl scoop out of the mountain mass with immense walls of rocky basalt rising tier upon tier forming its sides.

The walls descend, often in a beautiful even curve, to a small green floor irrigated by a network of streams whose upper reaches are foaming white. Visiting this island will let you understand how steep the mountains in the Faroe Islands can be.

A peculiarity of Kunoy Island, and a source of much of its picturesqueness, is the regular alternation of steep mountain slope and round valleys. The valleys look like deep half-bowl scooped out of the mountain mass.

You have immense rock walls rising tier upon tier forming the valleys’ sides. There are networks of beautiful streams whose upper reaches are foaming white cataracts agains the cliffs.

It is enjoyable watching the island from nearby islands. You will see the splendid grandeur of the deeply cut dales scored in the great hillsides which descend to the low rocks of the coast.