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5 Pictures that will make you want to visit the Faroe Islands
One of Europe’s best kept secrets, the Faroe Islands are a quiet retreat right in the middle of the North Atlantic ocean. If you really need any excuses to visit the Faroe Islands here are 5 Pictures that will make you want to visit the Faroe Islands! 5 Pictures that will make you want to visit…
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The Faroe Islands: revisiting some favourite places and discovering new ones
For my last two days on the Faroe Islands there are a few specific places I want to see outside of bus times or without buses. So after I explored Trøllanes on Kalsoy, I got a car from 62°N car hire and headed around Vágar to redo a hike near Midvagur to see a waterfall over…
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The Faroe Islands: adventures in the northern islands
Some of the places I wanted to see on the Faroe Islands like Saksun, either aren’t on a bus route or the buses are infrequent so I hired a car for a couple of days from 62°N at the airport. My intention was to camp at Vestmanna but when I got there there was only…
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Faroe Isles: Around Tórshavn, Vágur and Mykines
Around Tórshavn I spent the next few days walking around Tórshavn, exploring the old town with its pretty sod roofs, and heading on beyond to Kaldbak, where there is a nice 18th century church, and also a supposedly warm pool but I didn’t investigate that. It’s about 20km and I forgot the food I had intended…
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Hiking to Kirkjubøur and Ólavsøka
Despite what I said I got the it’s-not-raining-now-you-should-be-outside guilts so I headed over to Kirkjubøur, an easy 2-hour hike from Tórshavn. At the far end of the town you can see a path up the hill by a farm and the path is clear all the way as this used to be the main route…
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To the islands of rain and wind: The Faroe Islands, Ólavsøka and Tórshavn
I’m leaving the land of fire and ice for the islands of wind and rain, and getting the ferry from Iceland to the Faroe Islands. I left Seydisfjordur mid-morning yesterday. There was a huge number of passengers aboard the Smyril Line ship to Tórshavn. Which by the way is not pronounced like that, Faroese, a…