Viðarlundin í Kunoy

View from the village to the forest

View of the Myllá stream and the forest

Viðarlundin í Kunoy is a forest not far from the village of Kunoy on the Faroese island of Kunoy . It consists mainly of ash, birch and spruce and is located around 1 km northwest of the town center on the Myllá stream . The Faroese word viðarlund literally means "wood" and describes a park or forest in the Faroe Islands , of which only 0.06% is forested.

The first trees in the area of ​​today's Viðarlundin í Kunoy were planted back in 1914. In 1949 the area was transferred to the Kunoy Municipality to create a forest. The original plan was to plant trees in an area of ​​17,000 m². Today, however, the Viðarlundin í Kunoy wood on the Corridor 31 property only covers an area of ​​7,829 m², making it one of the smallest forests and parks in the Faroe Islands.

With their cool, humid climate, the Faroe Islands are poorly suited for trees to thrive, because the topsoil is relatively thin and tree roots offer little support. It is not uncommon for strong winds to blow, which can uproot trees, and it happens that the trees fall out in a mild January or February and are surprised in spring by suddenly falling frost. The Viðarlundin í Kunoy is one of the attractions of the village Kunoy because here shows that in the Faroe Islands may well exist a forest or a park. Like all forests and parks in the Faroe Islands outside the capital Tórshavn , Viðarlundin í Kunoy is also fenced in to protect the trees from sheep foraging.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Højgaard, Andrias: Træplanting í í Føroyum eina Old 47. Tórshavn 1989th
2. ↑ Højgaard, Andrias: Træplanting í Føroyum í eina øld , p. 43 f. Tórshavn 1989.
3. ↑ Gorsemann, Sabine: Färöer , p. 21f. Cologne 1999.

Coordinates: 62 ° 17 ′ 32 "  N , 6 ° 39 ′ 47"  W.