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Blogs Or Personal Websites About The Faroes
Tollakkur Hansen's Blog
Everything About The Faroe Islands

Tollakkur Hansen from the village of Sandavágur on the island of Vágar is a very dedicated Faroe Ambassador. Lately he has put most of his efforts into the Faroe Islands Podcast, so he's not been just as active on his blog about the Faroes as he was earlier, but there is still lots of interesting stuff to be found in his blog.

Read more at:
faroe-island.blogspot.com

Matthew Workman and Thomas Storesund at the Witche's Finger in Vágar
Faroe Friday

Matthew Workman - a journalist from Oregon - stumbled upon the Faroe Islands one day by chance and his curiousity drove him to investigate the place. His interest just grew and grew the more information he got. It led to the creation of a blog, he named Faroe Friday. Later Workman created the Faroe Island Podcast with Tollakkur Hansen, mentioned above, and some other people living in the Faroes. This work eventually brought him to the Faroes in the summer of 2009 when he set foot on Faroese soil for the first time in his life. Nowadays Workman is one of the most active and enthusiastic Faroe Ambassadors you can find on the surface of planet earth.

Read more at:
workman.blogspot.com

Jennifer Henke: Green Fields 
 Jennifer In The Faroe Islands

For the past several years Jennifer Henke has spent part of each year living in the Faroe Islands. In 2005–2006, she lived for 14 months in the small town of Fuglafjørður, her father's home town. Jennifer is a very active blogger and has written a lot of interesting blogs about life in the Faroes. She has also taken a lot of interesting pictures in the Faroes - often pictures of details many other people mostly don't notice. The photos can be viewed at her blog.

Read more at:
www.jenniferhenke.com

Copyright: Elin Domiel 
Life In The Faroes

Røskur and Elin run this blog together. They gather information about the Faroes and postit in their blog - everythng is written both in Faroese and in English. Here's lots of interesting material. Check it out.

Read more at:
roskur.blogspot.com

Allen Bogg's Blog 
Faroese American

Allen Bogs - alias Ogie - is half Faroese, half American. He has a blog  where he picks up and posts everything that has something to do with the relation between the Faroe Islands and USA.  Check it out.

Read more at:
faroeusa.blogspot.com

An Indonesian in the Faroes 
The Viking Way - An Indonesian living in the Faroe Islands

Shinta, the owner of this blog, writes about her own blog: "An exile living in the land of the vikings, life has definitely been amusing. The Lord has blessed me with the most gentle, loving, and caring man whose heart is as big as the mountains of his homeland, with whom I'm sharing this adventure on earth with. If you want to know how life in freezing Atlantic treats this girl from the tropical land of Indonesia, grab a cup of coffee, keep reading and enjoy!"

Read more at:
hansshinta.blogspot.com

Blogs Or Personal Websites About The Faroes In Other Languages Than English
 
German Blog About The Faroe Islands

Visit:
arne-list.blogspot.com

El Cuaderno Del Feroés
Blog en Español: El Cuaderno Del Feroés

Un Blog dedicado a la difusión de la cultura Feroesa en Castellano. Mariano González Campo (Murcia, 1968) es licenciado en Filosofía Pura por la Universidad de Murcia, B.Ph.Isl. en Filología Islandesa por la Universidad de Islandia y titulado en lengua y cultura feroesas por la Universidad de las Islas Feroe. Ha realizado estudios de Antropología y Arqueología en las Universidades de Murcia, Granada, Gotlandia e Islandia.

Visite su blog aquí:
cuadernoferoes.blogspot.com

 
Polish Blog About The Faroes

Visit:
havnar.blogspot.com

Polish Blog About The Faroes By Maciak
Another Polish Blog About The Faroes

View the interesting photos of people and daily life in the Faroes.

Visit:
marvelinforoyar.blogspot.com

Blogs Or Personal Websites About Trips To The Faroe Islands
 
A Journey To The Faroes In Sept 2009

"One of the reasons I booked this trip was that the ship docked at this remote group of 18 islands just below the Arctic circle"...."They (Edit: the stacks) are Risin and Kellingin who in mythology were an Icelandic giant and his wife who thought the Faroes were so beautiful they tried to pull them home to Iceland but sun up turned them to stone".... "It was cold, windy and dramatically, beautifully wild. Hundreds of waterfalls everywhere falling to the sea from the interior mountains."
Visit:
rimare.blogspot.com

Threes Anna, Dutch writer and director
Dutch Writer Reseaerches In The Faroe Islands

Threes Anna is a writer and director from the Netherlands who works in three fields; literature, film and theatre. In September 2007 her debut film 'The Bird Can’t Fly' premièred on the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The film won several prices (among others: 'Best First Director's Film' at the Dutch Film Festival, the 'Stimulus for Succes Prize' 25.000 euro, best film and best director at the Zimbabwe IFF and best film at Rome IFF, fabrica dei progetti selection). In February 2008 her fourth novel 'Vogel kan niet vliegen' ('The bird can't fly') was released. Currently she is working on the film adaptation of her novel The Silent City and a new novel 'Wachten op de moesson' (Waiting For the Monsoon) playing in India. In January and February 2010 she's in the Faroe Islands to do a research for a new novel. You can follow this trip in a series of weblogs.

Read more at:
www.threesanna.com

Sebastian Anthony in the Faroe Islands 
A Long-awaited Holiday to the Faroe Islands!

Sebastian's blog: "Along with sheep, and by far their richest resource, they have the North Atlantic (which happens to be one of the cleanest bodies of water in the world). It’s positively stuffed full of fish and whales, both of which have been farmed for hundreds of years. They also eat seabirds, like puffins — but don’t worry, they’ve been sustainably hunted for 300 years and there are millions of them up there."

Read more at:
blog.mrseb.co.uk/tag/faroe-islands

Russ Taff in Jákup Zachariassen's studio 
Faroe Islands Hospitality
This is Tori Taff's blog. She calls it BabyBloomr Blog. Tori is Russ Taff's wife - the famous christian music artist. Here's a quote from the blog comment about the Faroes:
"It dang near killed Madi to not be able to go with her dad this time, but we are hoping we can travel there again as a family before too long. It really is a magical place - Madi says it looks like Narnia".

Read more at Tori's blog BabyBloomr.
Amanda Rheaume band at the G! Festival 
A Musical Trip To The Faroe Islands

Amanda Rheaume is a canadian music artist. She has made a photo and video diary from a trip to the Faroes in the summer 2009. She says: "We were booked to play at The G!Festival in the village of Gøta on Saturday July 25th. Stu and I decided to hire a Faroese drummer (Brandur Jacobbsen) and make one of the most amazing treks of our lives. I had absolutely no idea what to expect but fell completely in love with the Faroese people, Gøta and The Faroe Islands themselves. I hope you enjoy my pictures and videos of this incredible part of the world." This blog gives a different view of the Faroes and the young culture there. Absolutely recommendable.

Read more at:
 www.amandarheaume.com/blog/faroes/faroes.htm

Café Natúr at the harbour in Tórshavn 
Ten days in the Faroe Islands

In the summer of 2007, Dave spent ten days in the Faroe Islands with his little sister. This blog comment and the pictures in it are the results.

Read more at:
 www.cantrell.org.uk/david/photos/faroe-islands-200407/

By the brigde between the islands Streymoy and Eysturoy 
The Faroe Islands In Winter

Maria Shipley's blog Wednesday, January 13th, 2010:
"A Faroese friend sent me these pictures after I had mentioned I would like to see what the Faroe Islands look like when covered in snow."

Read more at:
 www.maria-shipley.de/index.php/category/travel-log/the-faroe-islands/

Imagine what heaven looks like 
Dreams Do Come True

My Soul's Palette: Dreams do come true - by Nur Elsa Abdullah
This blog is all about a muslim's magical journey to the Faroe Islands. Quote: "It is truly magical. When I was going around, looking at the mountains and seas, one thought accompanied me the entire time. Just imagine what heaven looks like..."

Read more at:
 mysoulspalette.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/dreams-do-come-true/

Blogs Or Personal Websites About Other Faroese Matters
Shetland Times March 10, 1972
Funny Story About Faroese Drunken Sailors in 1972

Shetland Times March 10, 1972:
"Faroese terrify Unst families. A detachment from the RAF station at Saxa Vord rushed to the aid of Unst lightkeeper's families in the early hours of friday morning when three drunken Faroese fishermen created havoc at the shore station at  Burrafirth."

Read the
whole article in Shetland Times here. 

Read an
article in Scottish Daily Express about the same incident here.

Read a blog about the incident here:
ahistoryofrafsaxavord.blogspot.com

Jan Pattison with one of her own paintings
A Scottish Painter In Love With The Faroes

Jan Pattison is from Scotland and a Graduate from the painting school of the famous Glasgow School of Art. She has developed a love of the unique atmosphere and scenery in the Faroes. Jan and her half Faroese husband Peter have a summer house in Eiði where she has a studio and can fulfil her dream of frequent visits to the Faroes working on her paintings.

View more of Jan's paintings here:
www.janpattison.co.uk 

The Stadium in the village of Eiði on the island of Eysturoy
Spectacular Stadiums of the Faroe Islands

29 Jan 2010: "The Faroe Islands Premier League (Vodafonedeildin) is home to some of the most spectacular stadium settings in the entire world. Here are a few scenic stadium pictures and videos from the first and second divisions of the Faroese leagues."

Read more at:
www.thebesteleven.com

 

Orka, or the beauty of instruments found in a Faroese barn
Sointula Blog - Quote: "How many musicians from the Faroe Islands do we know? If we think very hard, we might come up with Teitur, the singer, the king of melodic singer-songwriter quirkyness. But there´s more. There´s Orka. Who started making music with objects they found in a barn."

Read more at:
Sointula Blog
William Heinesen
William Heinesen, The Writer's Birtday

Peter Anderson at Pete Lit, 15 Jan 2010:
"It's the birthday of Faroe Islands' most famous writer, Andreas William Heinesen."

Read more at:
www.petelit.com

Other Non-Written Comments
The Faroes by "humon" on ArtDeviant 
Poor, poor Faroes!

A comic cartoon about the poor Faroes! View this cute little story about the relationship between the Faroe Islands and Denmark - by humon (the artist) OBS! When you click on the link, then click on the cartoon to view a bigger version in higher resolution.

 Read more at:
 ArtDeviant

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OBS!

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