Gl.Kgl. Handel Pub/
Tvøroyri - Suðuroy - Faroe Islands
The first house to be built in Tvøroyri was the old shop, which the Royal Trading Monopoly built in 1836. Since 1856 this building has been known as ”Krambuðin hjá Thomsen” (Thomsens’ Grocery Shop)
Since the 22nd of June 2005, this building has housed Gl.Kgl. Handil-pub/café. The company is now licenced to run a restaurant and a pub. At the moment, the menu is limited to fast food such as pizza and toast due to a lack of proper cooking facilities. Every morning the baker arrives with freshly baked bread and cookies and this is served with tea, coffee and cocoa. This is offered at a very reasonable price in order to entice customers to come and enjoy the cosy atmosphere in the old rooms.
The grocery shop was only closed for four days before reopening as a Pub and Café. The interior has only undergone minor changes and still has the appearance of a grocery shop from the old days with shelves and drawers and the original ”National” cash register from 1872.
The old Thomsens kept all the written material, books and letters, both private and business-related and a lot of this, along with other memorabilia, is on display in the rooms.
Anna Kirstin Thomsen is the mastermind behind the scheme and is also responsible for the daily running of the Gl.Kgl. Handel Pub.
www.tfthomsen.com/index_files/Page896.htm
Monopoly shop: 1836 to 1856
Private shop: 1856 to 2004
Pub/café:. 2005 -
When the monopoly was abolished in 1856, private companies were founded on Tvøroyri.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tv%c3%b8royri
Anna Kirstin Thomsen is the manager of the Pub/Café in the harbour of Tvøroyri. She won a price last year and the year before because of her achievment by bringing life and culture back to old historic buildings. Besides for the old shop, which now is a café and pub, she also took the initiative to restore the Sail Loft - Seglloftið - and other storage buildings in the harbour, which have belonged to her familily for 5 generations since 1856. On this photo Anna Kirstin is showing some old books and documents from the 19th century along with other interesting items. So the Café and Pub is a kind of living museum also.
Gl.Kgl. Handel Pub/
Tvøroyri - Suðuroy - Faroe Islands
The first house to be built in Tvøroyri was the old shop, which the Royal Trading Monopoly built in 1836. Since 1856 this building has been known as ”Krambuðin hjá Thomsen” (Thomsens’ Grocery Shop)
Since the 22nd of June 2005, this building has housed Gl.Kgl. Handil-pub/café. The company is now licenced to run a restaurant and a pub. At the moment, the menu is limited to fast food such as pizza and toast due to a lack of proper cooking facilities. Every morning the baker arrives with freshly baked bread and cookies and this is served with tea, coffee and cocoa. This is offered at a very reasonable price in order to entice customers to come and enjoy the cosy atmosphere in the old rooms.
The grocery shop was only closed for four days before reopening as a Pub and Café. The interior has only undergone minor changes and still has the appearance of a grocery shop from the old days with shelves and drawers and the original ”National” cash register from 1872.
The old Thomsens kept all the written material, books and letters, both private and business-related and a lot of this, along with other memorabilia, is on display in the rooms.
Anna Kirstin Thomsen is the mastermind behind the scheme and is also responsible for the daily running of the Gl.Kgl. Handel Pub.
www.tfthomsen.com/index_files/Page896.htm
Monopoly shop: 1836 to 1856
Private shop: 1856 to 2004
Pub/café:. 2005 -
When the monopoly was abolished in 1856, private companies were founded on Tvøroyri.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tv%c3%b8royri
Anna Kirstin Thomsen is the manager of the Pub/Café in the harbour of Tvøroyri. She won a price last year and the year before because of her achievment by bringing life and culture back to old historic buildings. Besides for the old shop, which now is a café and pub, she also took the initiative to restore the Sail Loft - Seglloftið - and other storage buildings in the harbour, which have belonged to her familily for 5 generations since 1856. On this photo Anna Kirstin is showing some old books and documents from the 19th century along with other interesting items. So the Café and Pub is a kind of living museum also.