A Viking chief named Havgrímur established his farm on this flat stretch of land along Suðuroy's east coast. His grave lies at a place called undir Homrum, marking the only chieftain burial site ever discovered in the Faroe Islands.
Workers dismantled the structure piece by piece in 1942 after it had been built there originally in 1862. A promise made back in 1914 finally came true as the building traveled from one village to another over twenty-eight years.
The tunnel stretches 2.5 kilometers or about 1.55 miles through solid rock beneath the mountain ridge. It connects the villages of Hov and Øravík while linking the southern and northern parts of Suðuroy island.
They built a dam located half a kilometer west of Foldarafossur waterfall to convert water power into electricity. This infrastructure project altered the natural flow of Hovsá river which runs from Vatnsnes.
Basalt columns march up the hillsides like ancient sentinels since the 1980s when salmon sea farming began in these waters off the village coast. The basalt formations provide a striking backdrop to the modern aquaculture activities taking place below.