Imagine: You live in a small house with a sea view on an archipelago in the middle of the North Atlantic, and it's February 2022. Heavy snowfall, then: rain and glassy roads. Find out what weather can do to language …
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How To Read Your First Headline In Faroese
A slipway and boathouses on a Faroese winter’s day. You want to know what the photo is all about? The link will lead you in the right direction. Bonus: After you have browsed my blog post, you will be able to read what is probably your first headline in Faroese ever. Not bad, is it? …
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Eiðisvatn “Picture Puzzle” & The Out Of The Ordinary Pieces
Snowcapped mountains, winding road, ice-blue water. Eiðisvatn and surroundings. The usual setting, according to Faroese standards? Absolutely not. Encircling the out of the ordinary pieces of a picture looked upon as puzzle. Solving of the case, step-by-step. Image foreground: Hairpin bend. Background: …
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The Road Is The Reward: Oyndarfjarðarvegur & Á Klettum
Tiny, curvy, narrow, ring, fjord, single-lane, asphalt, bumpy, gravel, coastal, steep hill. Without question. The Faroe Islands are packed with fabulous roads. Oyndarfjarðarvegur, the long and winding mountain road that leads to the villages Oyndarfjørður and Hellur, is one of my all-time favorites …
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The imaginative universe of Rakel Helmsdal
A fake feathered parrot. Little bells, strung on a braided cord. Cut out paper figures. Artificial sunflowers. Nail polish, transparent. Shelves full of clothes. Document files. Swarming butterflies, in the shape of stickers. A double meter stick. Piles of books. Pictures and a postcard-mobile. At the heart: Rakel Helmsdal’s study. Rakel, writer, puppeteer, artist …
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A Change Of Plans In Hvannasund
Each time I get into my car in the Faroe Islands, there are two possible scenarios. Either: I know where I’m going. Or: I have no idea what I’m up to, but feel the urgent need for an adventure, encounter or discovery. That particular day started with an unpleasant incident. And ended with a fantastic ferry ride alongside Svínoy and Fugloy …
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A Sign On Mykines Raises Questions
Do you like my picture? I have taken it on Mykines, the westernmost island of the Faroe archipelago. Mykines belongs to the oldest part of Faroe Islands, it was formed about 60 Million years ago, and it is one of the outer islands. The most common method of getting to this remote beauty is to take the ferry …
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