Streymin nature park reaches 140,000 square metres

The nature park at Streymin has reached 140,000 square metres, with its first trees now more than two metres tall, KVF reports. The first trees were planted 10 years ago.

Edmund Joensen, a former politician, has been the driving force behind the project since its start. The park is managed by a self-owning association with members.

Joensen said the project had received strong support from the beginning. Planting and other work have been carried out by volunteers, while the association has received 15 million Danish kroner from the Aage V. Jensen Nature Foundation to fund the main work on the land.

“I am proud that I can no longer see over the oldest trees. They are now more than two metres tall, and they are growing quickly,” Joensen said.

The association has bought the former net factory at Oyrabakki, in the park area south of the bridge on the Eysturoy side. Work to prepare the building for teaching is nearly complete, and Streymin School will be responsible for the building.

The plan is for schoolchildren from across the country to be able to visit and receive lessons about nature and in nature.

Joensen said he was pleased that people were already using the park. Many walk there, while others run for exercise.