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A kilometer-long underwater tunnel with an underground roundabout opens in the Faroe Islands. Following the latest safety tests, the more than ten-kilometer-long tunnel between the capital, Tórshavn and the island of Eysturoy will be opened to traffic on Saturday.
A festive opening ceremony with Finance Minister Jørgen Niclasen is scheduled for 12 noon, as the director of the responsible construction company, Teitur Samuelsen, told the German Press Agency in Scandinavia in advance.
In 36 instead of 68 minutes
With the help of the toll tunnel, the travel time between Tórshavn and the towns of Runavík and Strendur will be reduced from 64 to 16 minutes. After Klaksvík, the second largest city in the Faroe Islands, you should get there in 36 minutes instead of 68.
For German Faroese vacationers, the underwater roundabout in the center of the tunnel network should be an experience: the roundabout designed by Faroese artist Tróndur Patursson and implemented by architect Eydun Eliasen is permanently illuminated in various colors. It is made of natural rock.
The Faroe Islands with its 50,000 inhabitants and spectacular landscapes are located in the North Atlantic about 500 kilometers southeast of Iceland. They are largely autonomous, but politically belong to the Kingdom of Denmark. (SDA)
