Life’s moving forward and another year comes to an end, unswerving, unstoppable, sceptered, just like winter waves in our bay, as seen from our living room window. Tick-tock, life time running. My Faroe Islands says: Gleðilig jól og gott nýggjár! Take care, and may all your dreams come true …
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The Shortest Nólsoy Hike Ever
Actually, we had intended to go on a hike (lighthouse Borðan direction), but winter weather spoiled our plans, like already the very first hillside outside the village being completely covered with ice. Time to turn around and realize: Better safe than sorry. There’s always tomorrow …
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A Glorious Winter Day at Eiði Beach
Driving through the narrow village roads of Eiði, passing the lake Niðara Vatn, arriving at Mølin and getting out of the car close to the former soccer ground that by now serves as a campsite. No cocktail glass sunburn all inclusive palm-lined beach down here, but a perfect North Atlantic from boulder to boulder bouncing course in the north of Eysturoy …
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Viðarlundin í Kunoy: A Walk Through a Faroese Wood
Trees in the Faroe Islands: Rare, but they do exist. In the late 1800s, groves were planted in some places, the Viðarlundin í Kunoy in 1914. Large variety of trees, located above the village. Ashes, spruces, birches, with Eggjarsteinur, a giant rock, at the center. Picnic table, trails and bubbling brook …
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Abandon Ship! The 1707 New Year's Eve Drama of Lambavík
A walk in Lamba, lost in thought. On New Year’s Eve 1707, the Danish ship Norske Løve sank close to the village, after having been blown off course on its way to India. Just a few steps from here, the Norske Løve was driven onto Eysturoy's rocky shore and relentlessly dashed to pieces …
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Ingi Sørensen: An Aquanaut Rising from Another World
Science fiction setting. An aquanaut rising from another world, enveloped in odd-looking cloud formations, strange colors and surreal light. That day, commercial diver and photographer Ingi Sørensen is just about to return from another Tjørnuvík dive. Submerged? Ingi: „A magnificent and peaceful place” …
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Catching the North Pole Train from Viðareiði
An intense moment of happiness in Viðareiði. Standing on the northernmost island Viðoy, frolicking around the waterside with a friend, watching the waves come in, Svínoy and Fugloy within sight. Bright day, sunshine illuminating kelly-green algae, seawater-filled puddles and weirdly shaped rocks. On top of the world. Faroes. So much in love, still …
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