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A Fascinated American:
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 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 face of
the planet.
Read more at:
workman.blogspot.com
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Strong Bonds:
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
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Blog In Faroese - And English:
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
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Family Bonds:
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
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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
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Anina's blog:
A blog about… about many things
... the Faroe Islands, for instance. Here is how Anina
describes herself: "Hi, I’m Anina. I grew up in Denmark – a
small country in Scandinavia.. northern europe ... The thing is
– I love nature, I love mountains, valleys and hiking in such
wilderness. There’s not much of that in Denmark! So I’ve moved
away, and settled in an even smaller and remote part of the
world – the Faroe Islands – and I love its rough climate, to
hike in the mountains and learn this “high” and very difficult
language. The reason why I live there, is that I met a wonderful
man from that country."
Read more at:
aninaholbek.wordpress.com
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Blogs Or Personal Websites About The Faroes In Other
Languages Than English
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German:
Blog About The Faroe Islands
Visit:
arne-list.blogspot.com
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Spanish:
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
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Polish:
Blog About The Faroes
Visit:
havnar.blogspot.com
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Polish:
Another Polish Blog About The Faroes
View the interesting photos of people and daily life in the
Faroes.
Visit:
marvelinforoyar.blogspot.com
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From the National Geographic Explorer Cruise:
Medieval Viking Field System
May 16, 2010:
Quote from Blog by David Barnes, Historian: "Having spent the night alongside in
the Faroese capital of Torshavn, a compact little town named after the Norse god
of war, we awoke early eager to explore. Boarding busses after breakfast we
spent the morning visiting the Historical Museum in town before making a journey
across the island to Vestmanna while the ship repositioned. A few guests opted
to stay on board for what promised to be a very scenic cruise."
Read more here:
www.expeditions.com
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Cruise Travel:
The National Geographic Explorer in Torshavn
May 15, 2010:
Quote from blog by Dennis Cornejo, Naturalist: "It is
morning at sea as we approach the Faeroes, calm and almost
sunny. We are being accompanied by a squadron of hopeful
fulmars: gray with a dash of white, soaring, rarely flapping,
one eye always watching, turned our way, looking out for
fish-scraps. “Sorry guys, we are not that kind of ship!”"
Read more here:
www.expeditions.com
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The Faroe Islands (May 11 – May 15, 2006)
Where In The World Are The Faroe Islands?
By Anida Yoeu Ali, May 15, 2006
"Once upon a time I said I would never travel anywhere that
was colder than Chicago. It’s just not right to leave Chicago
when it’s just warming up. But of course how often do I get to
go to a remote place like The Faroe Islands – let alone share
performance work with a completely different audience –
everything paid for and then some!"
Visit:
atomicshogun.com
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Thursday, 8 April 2010:
Faroe Islands: First Impressions
"As we approached, the plane had to wait for ten minutes
while they defrosted the (super-short) runway so we could land.
That was when a group of Faroese teenagers started to sing, a
mixture of local folk songs and badly-remembered English
refrains. They burst into cheers the second the wheels touched
the runway, and I wondered whether some of them were new to
flying."
Visit:
blog.rachelcotterill.com
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The Dream Of The:
Faroe Islands And The Sweetness Of Seclusion
"I’ve had my eye on the Faroe Island chain for what seems
like years now. You know, those weather beaten isles in the
Norwegian Sea? This small chain of 18 islands with its rolling
hills, fluffy placid sheep, and thatched roofs seems like the
perfect place to linger for a few contemplative months. To
perhaps write that book or complete some other lengthy project.
Most European backpack aficionados are well familiar with the
islands, but a surprising amount of people seem gloriously
unaware of them."
Visit:
www.vagablogging.net/faroe-islands.html
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Cruise Ship Journey:
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
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Working Trip:
Dutch Writer Researches 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
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Holiday:
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
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A Musical Trip:
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.
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A Musical Trip:
Playing at the G! Festival
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
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Holiday:
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/
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The Faroe Islands In Winter:
Winter Pictures
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/
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Dreams Do Come True:
Imagine What Heaven Looks Like
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/
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Portuguese philatelist:
Blog about Faroese Stamps
This is a blog about Faroese stamps to share the blog owners
collection with the viewer. The blog provides quite extensive
information.
Read more at:
http://faroesestamps.blogspot.com/
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Funny Story:
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
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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
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Footballing Nation:
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
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Music:
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."
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Litterature:
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
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Illustrations:
Life Drawing Reportage From The Faroes
Olivier Kugler is an illustrator who loves to
draw on location. He has travelled around the world and made
drawings of the places and people he has seen. His drawing
journey has also brought him to the Faroe Islands.
View his amazing drawings here:
www.olivierkugler.com
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Cartoon:
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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Faroese Ambassador:
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
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