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28/03/2024
Inside The World's Most Remote Infrastructure Project
The Incredible Infrastructure of Europe’s Tiny Island Nation Fred Mills discovers the incredible infrastructure of the Faroe Islands.Skip the waitlist and invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up f...
01/12/2023
Article in The Guardian.
A tourism boom to the North Atlantic islands, fuelled by social media, has resulted in some landowners taking measures to get a share of the revenues.
Link https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/nov/29/faroe-islands-farmers-charge-tourists-to-visit-hotspots-as-visitor-numbers-rise?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR11xiYeqiZycekqW6jpyJTyW3VZ5EfLcwkRhLoKF6EIcoDhOQ3fVkJKtjY
The National Anthem of the Faroe Islands is “Tú alfagra land mítt” ("Thou fairest land of mine"). "Sports version"
Tú alfagra land mítt
Tú alfagra land mítt, mín dýrasta ogn!
á vetri so randhvítt, á sumri við logn,
tú tekur meg at tær so tætt í tín favn.
Tit oyggjar so mætar, Guð signi tað navn,
sum menn tykkum góvu, tá teir tykkum sóu.
Ja, Guð signi Føroyar, mítt land!
Hin roðin, sum skínur á sumri í líð,
hin ódnin, sum týnir mangt lív vetrartíð,
og myrkrið, sum fjalir mær bjartasta mál,
og ljósið, sum spælir mær sigur í sál:
alt streingir, ið tóna, sum vága og vóna,
at eg verji Føroyar, mítt land.
Eg nígi tí niður í bøn til tín, Guð:
Hin heilagi friður mær falli í lut!
Lat sál mína tváa sær í tíni dýrd!
So torir hon vága - av Gudi væl skírd -
at bera tað merkið, sum eyðkennir verkið,
ið varðveitir Føroyar, mítt land!
My Fairest Land
My land, oh most beauteous, possession most dear,
Thou drawest me to thee, embracing me near;
becalmed in the summer, in winter snow covered,
magnificent islands, by God named beloved.
The name which men gave thee when they thee discovered,
Oh, God bless thee, Faroes my land.
Bright gleam, which in summer makes hill-tops so fair;
rough gale, which in winter drives men to despair;
oh life taking storm, oh conquest of soul,
all making sweet music uniting the whole.
Each hoping and trusting, inspiring us all,
To guard thee, O Faroes my land.
And therefore, I kneel down, to Thee God, in prayer,
may peaceful my lot be, and do thou me spare,
my soul cleansed; in glory; I ask Thee to bless,
when I raise my banner and venture the stress.
The sign of my task, be it lifted on high,
To guard thee, O Faroes my land.
22/03/2022
James Bond was in the Faroe Islands. But he never returned home. Now the islanders have decided to commemorate him.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsFklYiAO74&t=16s
10/03/2022
The Wool Islands ❤
The Wool Islands The Wool Islands is a celebration of wool and knitting in the Faroe Islands.ProductionProducer: Sissal Kjartansdóttir KristiansenDirected by: Beinta á Torkil...
10/04/2021
Mikladalur’s Kópakonan on the Faroe Islands
The statue commemorates myths about selkies and in particular two well known myths about the Seal Wife on the Faroe Islands.
https://hikewithpol.fo/?_l=en
Selkie stories are traditionally romantic tragedies, with the Selkie in most stories returning to the sea after several years as a Seal Wife to a human, leaving behind the husband and children.
https://mermaidsofearth.com/mermaid-statues-mermaid-sculptures/public/mikladalur-mermaid-kopakonan/
One well known story is about a beautiful Selkie trapped by a fisherman on the island of Kalsoy, who hides her seal skin while she is on land one night. Trapped, she becomes his wife and they have 2 children. One day however, he goes fishing and she finds her seal skin hidden in a chest in their home. She escapes back to her Selkie family after ensuring the children are cared for until the fisherman's return.
She leaves behind a message to not follow her and to not harm her Selkie family. The fishermen however ignore the warning and end up killing both her Selkie husband and Selkie children.
In revenge she curses the men of the island to die in frequent accidents until as many have perished as can link arms around the whole island.
02/04/2021
Faroese labor force remains Europe’s most active.
With more than 84 percent of the nation’s working-age population part of the labor force, the population of the Faroe Islands still has the highest activity rate in Europe.
According to a recent labor force survey published by Statistics Faroe Islands, the activity rate in the island nation is measured at 84.3 percent averaged over both sexes, or 86.1 pc. for men and 82.4 pc. for women.
Link to Article.
https://local.fo/faroese-labor-force-remains-europes-most-active/
15/01/2021
Johan Sundstein (born 8 October 1993), better known as N0tail was born and raised in Denmark to Faroese parents; former Faroese prime minister Jógvan Sundstein is his grandfather. Sundstein first began playing video games when he was two years old. Sundstein left high school early to fully devote himself to esports.
Johan 'N0tail' Sundstein: Inside the world's richest e-sports player's mansion
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-55668397
Wikipedia Link.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N0tail
12/12/2020
Faroe Islands: Inside the undersea tunnel network.
Video about the Tunnel.
https://www.facebook.com/201134319908344/videos/1473542066000890/
The Faroe Islands are set to open an under-sea roundabout following more than three years of construction.
The underwater tunnels connect the islands of Streymoy and Eysturoy in a network some 6.8 miles (11km) long. The network is scheduled to open on 19 December.
The tunnel network will come as a relief to residents, cutting down the travel time between the capital Torshavn and Runavik, from an hour and 14 minutes to just 16 minutes.
Link to Article.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55195390?fbclid=IwAR2ENUBe66tOU7mHgAPRYt6Po39J07pH0oTxnOygJuBKSq1RQT96P-b0bBA
30/09/2020
Klaksvik: The tiny Faroe Islands team on brink of Europa League group stages.
In the small Faroe Islands fishing town of Klaksvik, talk among the population of about 5,000 concerns only one thing at the moment: football.
Link to Article.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54345231
24/05/2020
The Faroese song Kanst tú siga farvæl, now sung in German :-)
Asta Kannst du sagen lebewohl Asta Kannst du sagen lebewohl Text und Musik: Steintór Rasmussen Deutscher Text: Martin Schürholz Hauptstimme: Asta Højgaard Weitere Stimme: Pætur við Keldu ...