Fine Facilities on the Faeroes (2)

Routes, Times And Maps

Above is a bus waiting at the southern terminus of the cross-town route 1, show in a list (yesterday's blog) as running every 15 minutes, Monday to Friday, every 30 minutes evenings and Saturdays and every hour on Sundays. 

What fbb has not yet revealed is that Torshavn town buses are completely free to everyone.

So now, an attempt by your investigative blogger to follow route 1 from terminus to terminus, beginning with a view over the Haven of Thor.

Here is the first part of the route as indicated on the 2020 route diagram in RED.

We are in the general area of the community of Argir.

Once a village south of Tórshavn, Argir has grown and is now merged with Tórshavn. In 1997 it joined the municipality of Tórshavn.

In recent years more houses have been built in Argir and the village, or quarter, has grown upwards into the hills. This area has views over the sea and the capital.

There is a boat harbour with boathouses in Argir and a church which was built in 1974.

At this roundabout, service 1 meets service 3 ...

... but then turns back on itself to serve the stop at Albert Hall.

We then turn back again at Argjavagur to make our way into town. 

Everything looks very clean, very tidy and free from any sign of vandalism.

Here, a very simple bus stop without shelter does reveal a frame with a timetable. of which more later.

We are soon at the busy, noisy and over trafficked city centre ...

... with horrific hold-ups at the string of traffic lights!

And on to the next map extract.

There is another busy road past the "SMS" shopping "mall" ...

... and the overbearing gloom of yet another busy factory.

Thankfully, we move out of the busy city centre and off into the northern suburbs and the third section of the service 1 map.

Our terminus will be a loop at Hoyvik; but first we need to turn left at the Scania dealership ...

... then right at the athletics stadium ...

... and up the hill to the terminal loop.

Once again we are on the edge of open country and much of the property is new-build.

Here is a service 1 returning to the city centre etc.

In the newer part of Hoyvik, we have a supermarket ...

... and a sportswear shop, both with opening times in the 24 hour clock.

Very impressive - but early starts do not seem to be a feature of life in Torshavn! 

The church at Hoyvik is spectacular.

The timetable on-line and at the bus stops is minimalist in design but simple to remember once you sort out how it works.

Note that the running time is identical seven days a week with no peak hour variation.

The schedule shows every stop and runs from Hamrin (Argir) to Hoyvik and back. The table across the top of the times shows the three day-sets in white on red and the times between which a particular journey will operate.

click on the graphics for an enlargement

It takes a bit of getting used to, but fbb's agile mind had worked it out in four or five hours!

Tomorrow, fbb will look at the country (blue) buses and a couple of ferry journeys.

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"NOT the Advent Calendar", but ...

     The      

  CHRIST -mas 

  Criss-muss  

   Confusion  

 Critique  3  

Part of the Christmas Story ...

... but Later.

Like the "Find The Fault" quiz in earlier blogs, we ask, "What is wrong with this traditional stylised picture?"

Almost everything!

Perhaps we should remind ourselves of what Matthew actually wrote.

Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, during the time when Herod was king. Soon afterward, some men who studied the stars came from the East to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the baby born to be the King of the Jews? We saw his star when it came up in the east, and we have come to worship him.”

The narrative continues ...

And so they left, and on their way they saw the same star they had seen in the East. When they saw it, how happy they were, what joy was theirs! It went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. They went into the house, and when they saw the child with his mother Mary, they knelt down and worshiped him. They brought out their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and presented them to him.

So if the Wise Men, a k a Magi, a k a "Some Men" did not offer gifts most rare to the baby in a stable, a k a cattle shed, a k a cave ...

... when did they do the deal?

The best estimate is to look at Herod's infanticide whereby the age 2 years is critical. So the infant Jesus would be around two years old when the Wise Men rocked up.

Whatever his age, the presents were particularly crummy - totally unsuitable for a toddler!

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 Weekend Variety : Sat 4th Jan