entral Kirkjubøur, with St Olav's Church (Ólavskirkjan) at the right:



This church dates from the 12th century, with occasional updates:



This is pretty much what the interior of most village Faroese churches look like:



A cool stained glass gate to Ólavskirkjan:



This building is partly a museum now, but it's been a residence since the 1100s, and continuously occupied by generations of the same family since 1550.

Originally an episcopal residence for the nearby church and (unfinished) cathedral, this is also the location where, in 1298, the future Haakon IV of Norway set forth the "Sheep Letter" which governs the raising and slaughter of sheep on the Islands to this very day: