Føroyar/Faroes
Vagar, Mulafossur
The Faroe Islands is a North Atlantic archipelago 320 kilometres northwest of Scotland, and about halfway between Norway and Iceland. It is an autonomous country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Their total area is about 1,400 square kilometres with a population of 51,783 . (from Wikipedia)
I spent a week on these amazingly beautiful islands . Vagar is the name of the island, Mulafossur the one of the fall.
Mykines: solitary picnic
Mykines is the westernmost of the 18 main islands of the Faroese Archipelago.It has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because of its significance as a breeding site for seabirds,among which Atlantic puffins.
05 Aug 2019
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Mykines: puffins
Mykines is the westernmost of the 18 main islands of the Faroes. It has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because of its significance as a breeding site for seabirds,among which Atlantic puffins.
Sorry for the quality of the video ( I used my IPhone). I hope you will enjoy puffins all the same!
Please let me know if you could see the video, since Jeff has told me he could not. Thank you!
Eysturoy, Gjógv
Gjógv ( literally: gorge) is a village located on the northeast tip of the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands .
The village was named after a 200-metre long sea-filled gorge that runs north to the sea from the village.
I had a great time there, walking up and down steep slopes leading to mossy cliffs, inhabited by birds only...
Eysturoy, Funningur
About 70 people live in Funningur on both sides of a cascading stream in a compact cluster of houses around a small bay. The wooden turf-roofed church stands at the water's edge.
a room with a view at Leynar, Streymoy
Streymoy,Tjørnuvík: Giant and Witch
Accordind to the legend the two distant sea stacks Risin & Kellingin (Giant and Witch) are fossils of an old woman and giant who tried to drag the Faroe Islands back to Iceland. The rising sun suprised them and they were turned into stone.
Streymoy, Tórshavn
Named after the Norse god Thor , Tórshavn is one of the world’s smallest capitals, although over a third of the Faroese live there.The Norse established their parliament on the Tinganes peninsula in AD 850.Tórshavn thus became the capital of the Faroe Islands and has remained so ever since.
The weather was amazingly good when we were there.
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