1912 — Attraction in Klaksvik

There is quite a problem to get in. They have weird opening hours, see picture. Not just me was wondering, how the opening hours work, even the well informed staff at tourist information was commenting their attitude. And even despite the official hours, we failed to get in three times (!) before we finally succeeded. The kindness of the shop assistant was poor, not not interested in selling the (advertised) yarn, not supportive in letting to know the price. Do not know why. We left. I do not recommend to put effort in gettting in for anything. There are better shops in Klaksvík: e.g Hjá Vimu just round the corner on Nolsoyar Pals gota, the lady there is...

Congratulations! Your the first Faroese person who is rude and grumpy in my 4 week stay. This shop is a handmade knitted jumper/ souvenir store. I never thought the shreddies knitting granny’s were like this. I bought a PVC poncho, I then decided I didn’t need it and asked to return it...Unused of course. Her body language was foul, she simply wasn’t interested in helping a student travelling out! It was around £10, yes not a huge amount but why? Just trying to rip tourists off. Avoid this shop, not to be confused with the tourist information next door who...

Super friendly staff, I wanted a locally made sweater and the two ladies working today were so kind and helpful in finding what fits me best and talking about some of the different traditional patterns. They also had a wide variety of hats, mittens, gloves, and fun things like wine bottle covers and...