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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Ocean rower Livar Nysted: „No time for babysitting out there“
No one to help. Nowhere to stop. Only the other side. Ocean rowing. One of the hardest sports in the world. Many say: the hardest of all. More people have been to space than have rowed the Atlantic Ocean. I’m just about to meet up with one of them. Livar Nysted (45). Faroese ocean rower and painter …
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Whaling: The Corresponding Questions And 2021-Update
Again and again, the “Red Seas of the Faroe Islands” are a hot topic (social media, news headlines), on a global scale - and also among islanders themselves. Latest, September 2021: The government has decided to start an evaluation of the regulations on the catching of Atlantic white-sided dolphins, says Prime Minister Bárður á Steig Nielsen …
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Conquering Stóra Dímun, Viking-style: Sail, climb and feast!
Standing on top of Stóra Dímun, looking down. We have just climbed up an almost vertical 150 meters sea cliff, a rough path of ladders, grassy slopes and ropes. „It’s a rare occasion“, Birgir Enni, skipper of the schooner Norðlýsið, has told me on the phone. „You’ll never forget that day”. Absolutely right …
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Tutorial: How to make conversation with certain neighbors
Let's get one thing straight, right off the bat: With some of my neighbors, making conversation is rather challenging. When it comes to Faroese sheep, they are either uncommunicative or scandalmongers – exceptions prove the rule. Depending on the season, I meet them everywhere …
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Cliff and waterfall: A walk to Trælanípa and Bøsdalafossur
No one else around, just us. Jógvan K. Henriksson (39) has taken me for a walk along the largest lake of the Faroe Islands, Leitisvatn, Sørvágsvatn or simply Vatnið. Overcast sky, water surface barely moving. The only sounds: bird calls and our feet on grass. Trælanípa and getting close to the waterfall Bøsdalafossur, video link included …
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Fishing with Steintór: Angry langoustines and Kalsoy's cliffs
Are you ready for angry langoustines and Kalsoy’s fantastic cliffs? Dress code: Rubber boots, rubber pants and work gloves. In the harbor of Funningsfjørður, I meet Steintór Debes (55). We get some boxes out of his van, board his vessel M/B Irdi and put out to sea. Which, in our case, means: we are on our way to Steintór’s buoys …
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