Porkeri Travel Guide

Porkeri is a settlement on Suðuroy Island in the nature-filled Faroe Islands. The settlement has a small harbour as well as a small wooden church painted black.

This settlement is know for a chain of houses made in the same style. These houses were built by captains sailing with Faroese fishing vessels in the 20th Century.

The vast expanse of the North Atlantic Ocean greets you in the settlement. Suðuroy Island is home to several grass-roofed churches and one of them sits in Porkeri. Its black painted facade stands in contrast to the surrounding greenery, whilst the green roof blends seamlessly with the grass fields surrounding it.

You will see the nearby fjord and a collection of salmon farming pens in it. Faroe Island salmon is the main export in the island group and ocean farming is important to the islanders on the southernmost island too.

This wanting to experience the settlement can do so by car or bus. Bus route 700 stops in Porkeri with most departures on weekdays.

Services in Porkeri

Porkeri is a mid-sized settlement on this southernmost of the 18 Faroe Islands. Nevertheless, all services on Suðuroy Island are centralised in the two most populous villages, Vágur in the south and Tvøroyri further north. You will have access to basic services in those two villages while the smaller settlements have very few if any services available. Porkeri is an exception with its own little grocery store!

• Grocery store: Yes
• Café: No
• Public toilet: Yes
• Parking lot: Yes

Nearby attractions

When standing at the waterfront in Porkeri, you will see a spiky mountain when looking southwest. This is the peak of Beinisvørð Promontory.

With its 470 m (1542 feet) vertical elevation from sea level, Beinisvørð Promontory is the highest cliff on Suðuroy Island. It takes only 15 minutes to drive from the settlement further south before you reach the top of the mountain where views are spectacular.

Beata Leifsdóttir Skaalum

Beata Leifsdóttir Skaalum is born and raised in Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands. She now lives in Sandavágur on Vágar Island located near the only airport in the archipelago. Before becoming the manager at the enchanting Fiskastykkið restaurant in Sandavágur, she did her internship with Guide to Faroe Islands in Tórshavn. Beata holds a degree in Marketing Management from Glasir Tórshavn Collage.

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