The Status of the Church in the Faroes
About the year 1000 Sigmund Brestisson introduced Christianity in Faroe. He is said to have had a church built on his farm on Skúvoy, and no doubt other chieft...
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Tourism in Faroe
Tourism in Faroe
We in the Faroes have something which is in short supply in all cities: namely peace, timelessness and spontaneity." Thus spoke Elin Heinesen,...
Literature and Art in Faroe Islands
Heroic Ballads and National Romanticism
The Faroe Islands are known for their ancient heroic ballads, still preserved in the Faroe chain dance, which is of So...
That Island Feeling – The Faroe Islands
That Island Feeling – The Faroe Islands
It might have been the fertile green hillsides, or the rich fishing grounds that enticed settlers some 1500 years ago t...
Tórshavn may be the smallest capital in the world
Tórshavn may be the smallest capital in the world
Once upon a time a giant and his wife, the witch, were sent from Iceland to the Faroe Islands to steal the co...
