Norðragøta is also just referred to as Gøta. The municipality Gøta (Gøtu kommuna) consists also of the villages Gøtueiði, Gøtugjógv and Syðrugøta. The village lies on Eysturoy\'s east coast at the bottom of the inlet Gøtuvík. There is a museum called Gøtu Fornminnisavn with the famous house Blásastova. The wooden church in the centre of the village is from 1833.
Gøta is a place of great importance in the history of the Faroe Islands. One of the key figures
in the Icelandic saga, Faereyingasaga, called Tróndur Gøtuskegg lived here.
Trondur (also called Tróndur í Gøtu) was a heathen Viking-chief who ruled all of the islands for a period of time. In the saga Tróndur is represented as the "bad guy" while the "good guy" is Sigmundur Brestisson. Sigmundur Christianised the Faroe Islands for the King of Norway.
