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WELCOME TO THE FAROES THE UNSPOILT GREEN ISLANDS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC
18 ISLANDS AREA 1399 Km2 POPULATION JUST UNDER 50,000 PEOPLE (36 PER Km2) SHEEP POPULATION 60,000 (43 PER Km2)
THE FAROES ARE A SELF GOVERNING OVERSEAS ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION OF DENMARK BUT THEY ARE NOT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
THE CAPITAL, TORSHAVN, IS THE WORLD'S SMALLEST CAPITAL CITY WITH A POPULATION OF 12,000. KLAKSVIK, THE NEXT LARGEST TOWN HAS 5,000
WHERE ARE THEY?
THE FAROES ARE NEAR------WELL NOWHERE ACTUALLY. THEY LIE IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC ROUGHLY HALFWAY BETWEEN ICELAND AND NORWAY.
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IT IS MANY YEARS SINCE WE DROVE TO ICELAND VIA THE FAROES. THAT WAS A TRUE ADVENTURE. AT THE TIME WE WENT FROM ABERDEEN TO LERWICK IN THE SHETLANDS OVERNIGHT ON ONE FERRY. WE THEN SPENT A DAY ON THE SHETLANDS BEFORE WE CAUGHT THE OLD SHIP NARRONA (THERE IS A NEW VERY MODERN 36,000 TONNE ONE NOW) FOR ANOTHER OVERNIGHT TRIP TO TORSHAVN IN THE FAROES.
UNFORTUNATELY YOU CAN NO LONGER DO THIS. THE NARRONA NO LONGER STOPS IN THE SHETLANDS. TO GET TO ICELAND YOU MUST FIRST TRAVEL BY DFDS FERRIES OVERNIGHT TO ESBJERG IN DENMARK AND THEN CATCH THE SMYRIL LINES SHIP NARRONA TO THE FAROES. FROM THE FAROES IT IS THEN POSSIBLE TO TRAVEL ON THE NARRONA TO SEYDISFJORDUR ON THE EAST COAST OF ICELAND.
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WHY GO TO THE FAROE ISLANDS?
BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT.
THEY ARE NOT BIG, THE TOTAL LAND AREA OF ALL 18 ISLANDS COMBINED IS LESS THAN THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF THE ISLE OF MAN.
THEY ARE GREEN AND VERDANT WITH VERY INTERESTING SCENERY AND CULTURE.
LIGHT SUMMER EVENINGS WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE MID TEENS (CENTIGRADE.THAT IS NOT FARENHEIGHT)
YOU CAN SOMETIMES EXPERIENCE ALL FOUR SEASONS WITHIN ONE DAY.
THE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY.
THERE IS VERY LITTLE CRIME. SERIOUS CRIME IS VERY RARE.
IT IS EASY TO GET AROUND BY CAR. THE ISLANDS ARE LINKED BY UNDERSEA TUNNELS OR FERRIES AND THE ROADS ARE GOOD.
GOOD HEALTH SERVICE WITH THREE HOSPITALS FOR THE 50,000 POPULATION.
YOU CAN CARRY ON TO ICELAND FROM HERE.
ALMOST EVERYBODY CAN SPEAK ENGLISH.
VERY FEW PEOPLE IN ENGLAND KNOW WHERE THEY ARE--YOU CAN AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS WITH YOUR UNIQUE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE.
YOU HAVE FOUR HOTELS TO CHOOSE FROM. COMPARE PRICES AND CHOOSE YOUR HOTEL BY CLICKING BELOW.
PLEASE ENJOY YOUR TRIP TO THE FAROE ISLANDS IT IS AN INTERESTING PLACE!
NOTE: YOU CAN FIND A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON THE FAROES AT www.visitfaroeislands.com