Føroyar Winter 2007
Long time without updates... so long job for me now to tell what happened here since December...
A trip in the Faroe Islands was planned since long by me but nobody wanted to join me. By coincidence other people I know had planned that on their side. We therefore decided to go together and planned that few days before the sailing. Smyril Line is a Faroean Company who sail with its boat Norröna making a loop Hanstholm (DK) - Bergen - Shetlands - Iceland... the boat is supposed to leave Bergen on Sundays and to end the loop - In Bergen - on sundays.
Because of the Christmas Schedule, the boat had to came back the next wednesday. We left on Sunday morning, arrived early monday morning in Tórshavn. We left the same city Wednesday in the afternoon. Whoch makes 2 days and a half on the islands. I took my car, it was a good decision because it only cost us 150 kr for each person + gas (shared fees), and because without it we would not have seen many things...
The first day was spent in Tórshavn the capital, Kirkjubøur and on Sornfelli.
In Tórshavn, we visited the city, the fortress, took photos, put our stuff in the Youth Hostel (Bládýpi).
Kirkjubøur is an old settlement approx. 10 kilometers south of the capital there you can find ruins of an old cathedral and the oldest inhabited wooded building in Europe.
Sornefelli is a mountain (approx 700masl) with a NATO Radar station on the top. We just drove there to enjoy the nice and well keeped local roads.
Then we went back to Tórshavn, ate at Burger King and went to the Youth Hostel.
The second day was time-counted.We headed up in another island, Esturoy. Before reaching Eiði, we stopped at and old whaling station abandoned in 1984, Við Áir. astonishing remains and low-orange sunlight.
Nice country, nice people (wondering why the hell tourists are coming at this period), nice sheeps and sheepdogs, roads in perfect status (Norway should learn on this side...).
Other pictures in the Flickr Føroyar folder. You can access it by clicking on one of the pictures above.
A trip in the Faroe Islands was planned since long by me but nobody wanted to join me. By coincidence other people I know had planned that on their side. We therefore decided to go together and planned that few days before the sailing. Smyril Line is a Faroean Company who sail with its boat Norröna making a loop Hanstholm (DK) - Bergen - Shetlands - Iceland... the boat is supposed to leave Bergen on Sundays and to end the loop - In Bergen - on sundays.
Because of the Christmas Schedule, the boat had to came back the next wednesday. We left on Sunday morning, arrived early monday morning in Tórshavn. We left the same city Wednesday in the afternoon. Whoch makes 2 days and a half on the islands. I took my car, it was a good decision because it only cost us 150 kr for each person + gas (shared fees), and because without it we would not have seen many things...
The first day was spent in Tórshavn the capital, Kirkjubøur and on Sornfelli.
In Tórshavn, we visited the city, the fortress, took photos, put our stuff in the Youth Hostel (Bládýpi).
Kirkjubøur is an old settlement approx. 10 kilometers south of the capital there you can find ruins of an old cathedral and the oldest inhabited wooded building in Europe.
Sornefelli is a mountain (approx 700masl) with a NATO Radar station on the top. We just drove there to enjoy the nice and well keeped local roads.
Then we went back to Tórshavn, ate at Burger King and went to the Youth Hostel.
The second day was time-counted.We headed up in another island, Esturoy. Before reaching Eiði, we stopped at and old whaling station abandoned in 1984, Við Áir. astonishing remains and low-orange sunlight.
Then Eiði, walking on cliffs, and looking at Risin og Kellingin (The Giant and the Witch), nice sea stacks in the sea. We then went to Gjógv, Funningur, Saksun, littles villages isolated at the end of isolated roads. And headed to Vágar where we slept a little bit west from Sandavagur.
The third day consisted on Gásadalur, Bøur and then back to Tórshavn to buy some souvenirs, beer, and eat to Burger King (again). We had a lot of fun at the beer depot and got commercial stuff/merchandise for free.
The third day consisted on Gásadalur, Bøur and then back to Tórshavn to buy some souvenirs, beer, and eat to Burger King (again). We had a lot of fun at the beer depot and got commercial stuff/merchandise for free.
Nice country, nice people (wondering why the hell tourists are coming at this period), nice sheeps and sheepdogs, roads in perfect status (Norway should learn on this side...).
Other pictures in the Flickr Føroyar folder. You can access it by clicking on one of the pictures above.