The church of Elduvík and My Faroe Islands’ Season’s Greetings. As for me, I find it extremely difficult to choose the right words this year. Initially, I wanted to tell you a story about Faroese Christmas trees. Solid, resilient and vigorous, fearlessly braving the weather. That was before a truck crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin …
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Icing sugar on mountain tops and upside down waterfalls
Winter can be harsh on the Faroes – but yet exceptionally beautiful. Evidence: The picture I took during a walk, 10:34 a.m. that day, on the road that leads from our village to Funningsfjørður. Our long and winding road: Whenever I’m out here, I am amazed at what I see. Giant slices of tiered basalt, rocky cliffs and, on windy days, upside down waterfalls …
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Winter is on its way
A sheer veil made of snowflakes covering the top of the mountains in the course of this week, before it started raining again: Winter is heading for the Faroe Islands, with rapid strides. A time of year I have a thing for, maybe because I’m a child of the winter. It is incontestable that those months can be harsh on the islands …
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Video: This year’s first fall storm. Essence: Intense
Imagine waking up in the morning, because of that sound. Gusts of wind shaking walls, full tilt. Your neighbor’s tree and bushes troubled. Blessedly, you are prepared. The day before you have done all the shopping in the supermarket. Right after you heard about the gale warning …
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I’m wishing on a star …
Half an hour ago. Eysturoy. Elduvík. Magic. Northern Lights. What a beautiful way to say „Goodnight“. Never can get enough of these Northern Lights. Hard to find, not easy to chase. Make you feel very small in this world. But also somehow connected to everything that surrounds us day after day. Earth. The planet we all live on …
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Northern Lights: Dancers in the dark
It’s a rare phenomenon. But it does happen, even in the month of August. Beautiful Northern Lights, dancing across Faroese skies, right on our doorstep, in our bay. I have always been fond of the Northern Lights, way before I actually saw them for the very first time – in full strength, way up north in Norway. Now: Northern Lights above the Faroes …
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Our house wears a shiny new outfit – a grass roof
How did you spend your Monday afternoon? I have been watering the lawn, hose skywards, pointing at the crest. Now that the deed is done, I can share my excitement. Our house wears a shiny new outfit – a grass roof, perfectly matching the stunning 50-shades-of-green Faroese landscape. Driving around the islands, you will come across many sod roofs …
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