Blogs from Faroe Islands, Europe - page 2

Heute musste ich leider wieder früh aufstehen und zwar um 07:00. Denn um 08:00 begann schon unsere Rundfahrt auf den Färöerinseln. Ich war kurz vorher im Bus aber leider zu spät um meinen Platz zu verteidigen, der in meiner Abwesenheit besetzt war. Aber ich glaube, das Thema konnten wir an dem Tag noch zu meiner Zufriedenheit klären. Wir hatten zwei wichtige Ziele: Das Dorf Tjornuvik auf der Hauptinsel Streymoy und das Dorf Gjogv auf der Nachbarinsel Eysturoy. Beide Inseln sind durch eine Brücke verbunden. Dazwischen machten wir noch eine Reihe von Stopps für Fotos. Es war schon sehr interessant und die Landschaft erinnert ein wenig an die schottischen Highlands. Am Ende sind wir noch ein bisschen auf dem Rückweg durch die Hauptstadt Torshavn gefahren, aber so richtig war dafür keine Zeit mehr. Das Wetter war, wie ... read more

That's Thor's Harbour as in 'Torshavn', the diminuitive Faroese capital city (or town, to be more precise). It appears logical enough for a city break to the Faroe Islands to base yourself in Torshavn, as this is the only real built-up area on the island network which is likely to offer anything of a selection of restaurants, shops and hotels. The choice of hotel was the Hotel Streym, a pleasant place to stay on the harbourfront, a short hop from the main bus station, and a budget guest car rental service, which, as the other two days went to roundly illustrate, proved invaluable. Being such a compact-natured town made for easy tourist-route planning which was an effortlessly simple route to follow without straying too far off course. The harbourfront fortress known as Skansin is best characterized ... read more

Day 2 of the Faroe Islands It was Saturday 12 July and at about 9.30am we headed west to the village of Eiði, another lovely little willage with multi-coloured houses. We then drove on every other road on the island of Eysturoy, admiring the multiple harbour towns along the 7 fjords that the island had.....and this was on the very cloudy day. Several highlights of the day was viewing the 140m waterfall Fossa, on the other island across the fjord. The river cascades over several rocky ledges into the sea. We could hardly see it but fortunately, the last day on Faroe the sun shone and we were able to get some great pics. Another highlight was seeing Rinkusteinar (the rocking stones) - a strange natural phenomenon at Oyndarfjørður, where two very large boulders which permanently ... read more

Day 3 and departure day We woke to sunshine...hooray! We said our goodbyes to the GB group who were also parked the same spot as we were at Skala. We then crossed back over the bridge between the 2 large islands and travelled along the east coast of Sreymoy Island to see the Fossa waterfall, up close and personal. That was pretty good. We then drove to a little village at the northern tip of Streymoy - Tjornuvik and had lunch. There were a couple of children having a swim in the fjord - how could they!!!! It was freezing!!! Good on them. We then drove back to Torshavn and visited the Nordic House which is the main cultural institution on the islands. A Faroese member of the Nordic Council, raised the idea of a Nordic ... read more

The Faroe Islands are one of the West Nordic countries, and I'm thrilled to chalk up number three in this amazing part of the world. Having already visited Iceland and Greenland during this memorable trip, I've been impressed by the stunning scenery on offer in the Arctic region. Although the Islands are a part of Denmark, there is a unique feel to the Faroes that makes visitors instantly aware you have arrived in a different country. Faroese is a distinct language, and closer to Icelandic than it is to Danish. The culture and traditions of the people on these beautiful islands also stand apart from the Danish, and this out of the way spot makes for a rewarding travel destination. It's less than three hours flight on the plane from Copenhagen to Torshavn, but once you ... read more