Iceland Discovered EditorialIt will forever remain unknown who was the first man to step on the shores of the island...
Music in the Faroes EditorialMusic holds an important position in Faroe society. It has always been so, but the trend in recent...
Sports in the Faroes Lydia DanisHistorically there has always been much interest in sport in the Faroe Islands. In the old sagas and...
The Faroe Economy EditorialWith 48.000 inhabitants spread over 18 islands in the North Atlantic the Faroe Islands are the world’s smallest...
Faroe Constitutional Affairs EditorialThe Faroe Islands have an ancient constitutional history. Norse settlers established here their own parliament called “thing” around...
Vágar and Mykines Lydia DanisInhabitants: 2935 Area: 188 km2 Vágoy is the westernmost of the major islands in Faroe. Vágar has everything...
The Faroe Islands: A Globalised Micro Society EditorialIn a European context the Faroes are a young nation with a known history of just over a...
Suðuroy EditorialPopulation: 4922 Area: 166 km2 (2016) Of the 18 Faroe Islands, Suðuroy is the southernmost, as its name...
Tórshavn: the Friendly Capital EditorialTórshavn, or Havnin – the harbour – as we usually call it, is the capital of the Faroes...
The Weather EditorialIf you cannot find other subjects of conversation, you can always talk about the weather. The difference between...
Sandoy, Skúvoy and Dímun EditorialPopulation: 1443 Area: 122 km2 Villages: Skopun, Sandur, Skálavík, Húsavík, Dalur, Skúvoy. Besides there is Dímun with one...
Streymoy, Nólsoy, Hestur and Koltur EditorialPopulation: 22.000 Area: 392 m2 Streymoy is the biggest of the 18 Faroe Islands. It is located in...
The Faroes: In Brief EditorialWhen looking at the 18 small Faroe Islands, alone in the wide open ocean, 300 km to the...
The Status of the Church in the Faroes EditorialAbout the year 1000 Sigmund Brestisson introduced Christianity in Faroe. He is said to have had a church built...
The Environment EditorialThe Faroe Islands are known for their spectacular landscape. Whether one experiences the islands on a good summer day...
Literature and Art in Faroe Islands EditorialHeroic Ballads and National Romanticism The Faroe Islands are known for their ancient heroic ballads, still preserved in...
That Island Feeling – The Faroe Islands Dagmar TrodlerIt might have been the fertile green hillsides, or the rich fishing grounds that enticed settlers some 1500...
Tórshavn may be the smallest capital in the world EditorialOnce upon a time a giant and his wife, the witch, were sent from Iceland to the Faroe...
