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Faroe Islands: Harbours, bridges and formalities for sailors

25 harbours · 1 bridge or lock

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Faroe Islands: 25 harbours, 1 bridge or lock, clearing in, papers and fees. Plan your trip with weather, tides and route.

Formalities

outside the EU customs unionCurrency: Faroese króna (Danish krone)

Clearing in: Not in the EU, Schengen or the EU customs union. At least 24 hours before crossing the 12-mile limit, or at the latest one hour after leaving the last foreign port, call customs (TAKS, +298 35 27 00, around the clock) and send forms T26 (dutiable goods), T27 (crew list) and T28 (customs declaration) to [email protected] before arrival; anyone who goes ashore without reporting must do so immediately. From Denmark, Greenland, Iceland, Norway or another Schengen state there is no passport control. Entry and exit across the border with a non-Schengen country (United Kingdom, Ireland) only via an approved border crossing point (harbour) during its opening hours, with police checks; if the boat comes from there, the skipper hands a crew list for the police to the harbour master on mooring.

Documents: Passport or identity card (a provisional identity card is not enough, no visa), boat papers, insurance, crew list. Pets may not be imported temporarily.

Fees: Harbour dues; duties on alcohol and tobacco above the allowances.

Fairway: Very strong tidal streams in the sounds between the islands, eddies and overfalls at the capes, frequent fog and strong winds: passages only with a tidal stream plan.

Nature: Bird cliffs (Mykines, Vestmanna) with breeding colonies, keep your distance.

Emergency: 112; MRCC Tórshavn, VHF channel 16 and DSC.

Sources: TAKS: customs rules for pleasure craft, Visit Faroe Islands: passport and visa, Order under the Aliens Act for the Faroe Islands (§ 38 and § 39: no checks to Greenland and the Schengen states, otherwise only via approved border crossing points), Executive Order 636/2010 on entry into the Faroe Islands (§ 8, § 9 and § 11: border crossing points, crew list for pleasure craft), Løgting: legal opinion on Schengen and the Faroe Islands (Denmark's Accession Agreement, Art. 5(2)), Auswärtiges Amt: Denmark (with the Faroe Islands and Greenland), travel and safety advice (as of 2026-10-20)

Harbours by cruising area

Faroe Islands (Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Runavík, Vestmanna, Sørvágur)

Southern Faroes (Suðuroy: Tvøroyri, Vágur)

Bridges and locks

Fixed bridges (1)

Frequently asked questions

Faroe Islands: Do I need to clear in?

Not in the EU, Schengen or the EU customs union. At least 24 hours before crossing the 12-mile limit, or at the latest one hour after leaving the last foreign port, call customs (TAKS, +298 35 27 00, around the clock) and send forms T26 (dutiable goods), T27 (crew list) and T28 (customs declaration) to [email protected] before arrival; anyone who goes ashore without reporting must do so immediately. From Denmark, Greenland, Iceland, Norway or another Schengen state there is no passport control. Entry and exit across the border with a non-Schengen country (United Kingdom, Ireland) only via an approved border crossing point (harbour) during its opening hours, with police checks; if the boat comes from there, the skipper hands a crew list for the police to the harbour master on mooring.

Faroe Islands: Which documents do I need on board?

Passport or identity card (a provisional identity card is not enough, no visa), boat papers, insurance, crew list. Pets may not be imported temporarily.

Faroe Islands: What fees apply?

Harbour dues; duties on alcohol and tobacco above the allowances.

Faroe Islands: What is the emergency number at sea?

112; MRCC Tórshavn, VHF channel 16 and DSC.

Faroe Islands: How many harbours does Sailseer cover?

Sailseer covers 25 harbours with harbour info, weather and route planning. Plus 1 bridge or lock with opening times and clearances.