Haraldssund

Village in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark
62°16′20″N 6°36′7″W / 62.27222°N 6.60194°W / 62.27222; -6.60194State Kingdom of DenmarkConstituent country Faroe IslandsIslandKunoyMunicipalityKunoyarPopulation
 (1 November 2020)
 • Total69Time zoneGMT • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (EST)Postal code
FO 785
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Haraldssund (Danish: Haraldsund) is a settlement in the Faroe Islands, situated on the island of Kunoy.

Haraldssund is located on the east coast of Kunoy and is connected to the village of Kunoy on the west coast by a tunnel. To the east, it is linked to the town of Klaksvík on Borðoy by a causeway. The tunnel and the causeway were built in the late 1980s.

Causeway from Borðoy

Two kilometers south of the village is a small ruin.

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