Torshofn

Þórshöfn lies on Þistilfjörður, beside the Langanes peninsula on Iceland's northeastern coast. The bay opens onto northern waters, while the long peninsula projects into the sea to its east. At nearby Sauðanes, a farm and church preserve a reminder of the district's older religious life: an altarpiece dates from 1742, and the pulpit also belongs to the eighteenth century. The coast and the cold northern climate shape the setting of the farms around the fjord.