Faroe Islands – A Hidden Gem in the North Atlantic Ocean
The Faroe Islands are a cluster of 18 mountainous islands in the North-Atlantic Ocean. An autonomous territory of Denmark, the small country...
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A Special Relationship
Iceland and the Faroe Islands share strong cultural and business interests
The Faroe Islands and Iceland have enjoyed a close relationship ...
Connecting the Faroe Islands
Atlantic Airways sees growth opportunities in Iceland
Atlantic Airways, the national carrier of the Faroe Islands celebrated its 30th anniv...
The Cultural centre of Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Iceland
The cultural centre of Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Iceland
Nordatlantens Brygge is a cultural and museum building for Greenlandic, Far...
Music in the Faroes
Music holds an important position in Faroe society. It has always been so, but the trend in recent years has shown a widening spread in mus...
Popular Festive Traditions in Faroe
Many and not least great festivals in a mix of the traditional and the modern are a characteristic of Faroe folk culture in our time. They f...
Sports in the Faroes
Historically there has always been much interest in sport in the Faroe Islands. In the old sagas and legends there are tales of heroes and...
Faroese Food
Other countries are so easily famed for their great riches, namely several precious stones and metals, minerals, pearls, wine and corn, bu...
The Faroe Economy
With 48.000 inhabitants spread over 18 islands in the North Atlantic the Faroe Islands are the world's smallest independent economic entity....
Faroe Constitutional Affairs
The Faroe Islands have an ancient constitutional history. Norse settlers established here their own parliament called "thing" around the y...
Vágar and Mykines
Inhabitants: 2935 Area: 188 km2
Vágoy is the westernmost of the major islands in Faroe. Vágar has everything that the hospitable Faroese ca...
The Faroe Islands: A Globalised Micro Society
In a European context the Faroes are a young nation with a known history of just over a millennium. Irish monks came to Faroe at the time wh...
A History of the Settlement of the Faroe Islands
A History of the Settlement of the Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands were colonized by Vikings in the late 9th century. The main historical s...
The Weather
If you cannot find other subjects of conversation, you can always talk about the weather. The difference between the Faroes and so many oth...
Sandoy, Skúvoy and Dímun
Population: 1443 Area: 122 km2
Villages: Skopun, Sandur, Skálavík, Húsavík, Dalur, Skúvoy. Besides there is Dímun with one farmstead.
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