Klaksvík sits on a narrow isthmus where Borðoyarvík (south) and Borðoyarvík's north counterpart almost cut the island in two. About 5,000 people live here — the largest town in the Faroes outside the Tórshavn area — and the place is unmistakably a working fishing port. Large pelagic trawlers tie up at the harbour, and the headquarters of several of the Faroes' biggest seafood companies, including JFK and Bakkafrost, are in the town.
The walk along the harbour from the church to the Föroya Bjór brewery takes about twenty minutes and is essentially the whole tourist circuit. Christianskirkjan, the modernist cruciform church on the hill behind, is the obvious sight. Beyond that, Klaksvík is a base — for the hike up Klakkur, the drive north to Viðareiði, the ferry to Kalsoy, or the bus across the subsea tunnel to Tórshavn.