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Faroe Islands Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Faroe Islands
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Hvalba Still Has Active Coal Mines
... narrow in Hvalba, that the west coast is very near the east coast. Coal mines Coal is only found in Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands, and only in the nothern part of the island. Earlier there were active coalmining in Fámjin, Trongisvágur and in Hvalba, ...
We Sailed Into Winter
... between 9 and 12 feet high. It really made for good sleeping. This morning we cruised into Torshaven, capital of the Faroe Islands. On tour this afternoon we were told the cruise ship scheduled to see Torshaven yesterday was unable to enter the harbor ...
It's a Faroe day
... an Icelandic pay as you go sim for my smart phone giving me access to the internet and data for free. We approach the Faroe Islands in bright sunshine but a freezing wind. The towering cliffs are impressive, the barren landscape reminds me of Shetland and ...
Trongisvágur has a nice park
Trongisvágur is a village in Suðuroy. The neighboring village Tvøroyri is situated along the same fjord as Trongisvágur. The municipality is The Municipality of Tvøroyri with around 1800 people. There is a nice park further east towards the tunnel ...
Islands We Never Knew
... but with a special relationship with Denmark. (Denmark we were learning is the regional powerhouse with relationships with the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland similar to those the United Kingdom enjoys with some of their former colonies.) We ...
Sandvík, Faroes - A Viking Village
Sandvík is the northernmost village in the island Suðuroy in the Faroes. The population is around 100. Sandvík has a Viking history. Sigmundur Brestisson, a Viking chief, was swimming from the island Skúvoy to Sandvík, where he was killed by ...
Sea Weed Eating Sheep in Akar
Akrar is a charming little village on the eastern coast of the island Suðuroy, only 2 km away from Lopra and 7 km from Vágur. The road ends in Akrar, so the only cars that come here, come here because the people either live here, wish to visit someone ...
Don't get up!
The ferry docked at Torshavn at 02:30am BST, The ship ran on BST! Anyway I didn't get up to see it though it would have been light of course. Fortunately they also did not announce the landing or give wake up calls over the ship's PA ...
Porkeri has a Charming Old Church
I took some photos from the village Porkeri, which is located on the east coast of Suduroy, 5 km east of the town Vágur. The population of Porkeri is around 350. The Church of Porkeri There is a beautiful and charming old wooden church which was ...
Faroes farewell
... in the battle between the head and legs, the head won and we were rewarded with an amazing view of Koltur and the surrounding islands. In true faroese hiking tradition, the regular rest points along the way were a great excuse to warm the body with a shot ...
Tórshavn with its Sod Rooftops
... stand out in what is often a drab, colorless weather background. Tórshavn is the capital and the largest town of the Faroe Islands boasting a population of about 15,000. It was also founded by the Vikings and currently associated with Denmark. ...
A lighthouse at the end of the world
Akraberg is the southernmost place in the Faroe Islands and of course in Suðuroy, which is the southernmost island. You can drive all the way to Akraberg and all the way to the edge, where a vertical cliff starts. There are two red houses there and a ...
Sumba - Experience the Power of The North Atlantic
... Munkurin is situated on this position: 61° 10' 30".85 N, 6° 40' 23".77 V and is the southernmost point of the Faroe Islands. Akraberg Akraberg is around 2 km south of Sumba. Akraberg is a beautiful place with rich birdlife. There is a lighthouse there ...
The Faroe Islands
... . It brings a new meaning to the saying "If only the walls could talk", the house is 900 years old. The Faroe Islands means "sheep islands", and after walking across Gilli's cousins farm we found out why. Most of the island can only be accessed by sheep, ...
Tvøroyri - The Largest Town in Suðuroy
I visited Tvøroyri at the Midsummer Festival and took many photos there. I have uploaded some of them here. Tvøroyri is an interesting village with many different things to see. Museum and Art Gallery There is a museum near the harbor in the centre of ...
Viking Grave and Basalt Formations
Hov is a small village on the east coast of Suðuroy, it has around 110 inhabitants. The houses are on the northern side of the bay of Hov. There are salmon farm rings on the fjord. Hov is connected with Porkeri and the southern part of the island with a ...
Exploration des Iles Feroe, chapître II
Au petit matin de notre première nuit à Gjogv un éclairage superbe nous met en forme pour la journée. Le stade international des Féroé qui accueille les plus grandes équipes de foot d’Europe !!! Occasion ...
Fámjin - Home of the Faroese Flag
Fámjin is a nice little village on the west coast of Suduroy. The population is only around 100. There is a white church in the centre of the village, which is well visited by tourists and Faroese people, because of the prototype of the Faroese flag, ...
torshavn
vid logdum af stad fra reykjavik, iceland sidasta midvikudag. ferdin austur a seydisfjord var vidburdarrik, mikid af lelegum vegum en gott vedur bjargadi deginum. vid stoppudum a klaustri og notudum goda vedrid til ad hoppa i stjorn. tad var mjog ...
In the Heart of the Island Suðuroy
Øravík is located in the heart of Suðuroy, 3 km south of the ferry port, 9 km east of Fámjin, 12 km north of Vágur and 7 km south of Tvøroyri. There is a hotel with a restaurant, Hotel Øravík, website: www.oravik.com. The restaurant serves steaks ...
Vágur - A Nice Place to Visit
Vágur is one of the larger villages in Suðuroy. The population is around 1400. The village is located on the eastern coast of the island, around the fjord Vágsfjørður. Most of the village is on the northern side of the fjord. There are several ...
Cozy atmosphere in Frodba
The old part of Froðba is very nice and cozy. It is so peaceful there, that one can relax and just enjoy life. There is a monument for the late poet Poul F. Joensen, who lived in Froðba, in a black house, which is on one of the photos. Froðba is an ...
In the Faroe Islands now
Cold and raining here, but the scenery is incredible! The hotel is nice, but the internet is slow and they put loads of mayonaise on all the food (gross)! Going to drive all over the islands ...
Exploration des iles Feroe, chapître I
... ! Dixit Verner et les Danois ! Verner, this statue we saw in Thorshavn remembered us the famous story about Feroe islands. As you asked us, we will do it tomorrow!! Maxence Une autre trace très nette montre que la ...
3 dagen op de Faeröer eilanden.
3 dagen op de Faeröer eilanden. Donderdag 21juli: Gisteren zijn we op de camping in Seyðisfjørður gaan staan en het werd er erg druk want iedereen had waarschijnlijk hetzelfde idee. Vanmorgen begonnen de eerste geluiden rondom ons al om 05.00 uur ...
Faroe Islands
... SQUEEZED ORANGE JUICE! I sat alone at a big table on the port side of the ship. We were still traveling to the Faroe Islands but would be there soon. There was a rainbow outside the window and I took it as a good sign. Dave ...
First Sea Day
We woke up early to go to the breakfast buffet before the first lecture. The speaker was a criminal profiler for the FBI for many years, and gave a talk about the homicidal mind. Heavy stuff. We stayed for the second lecture, as I had ...
Exploring the Faroe Islands
... their journey back to the UK and then onto New Zealand where they now reside. It had been a very interesting day exploring the Faroe Islands and we had only just seen a small fraction of what has been called "the world’s most appealing ...
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