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Tuesday 27 July, 2010:
Interview with the band Týr at the G! Festival
On a tiny group of islands between Scotland and
Iceland, a music festival takes place each summer in
the most beautiful landscape imaginable. Viking
Metal band, TYR, explain their homeland, their folk
customs and the G!festival to us outsiders. Watch
the video:
current.com/entertainment
Monday July 26, 2010:
Exploratory Well Spudded In The Faroe Islands
By OGJ editors, July 26, 2010:
HOUSTON, July 26 – A group led by operator Eni
Denmark BV has spudded an exploratory well on the
Anne Marie prospect off the Faroe Islands on the
Atlantic margin. The Seadrill West Phoenix
semisubmersible is drilling the 6004/8a-1 commitment
well in 1,106 m of water 190 km southeast of
Torshavn. It targets an oil prospect in a structural
trap of Eocene and Paleocene age. Read more at:
www.pennenergy.com
Faroe Petroleum Spuds Anne Marie Prospect
Scandinavian Oil & Gas Magazine, Jul 26,
2010:
Faroe Petroleum says that drilling operations have
commenced on the Anne Marie prospect (Faroe
Petroleum 12.5%), located offshore, the Faroe
Islands. The commitment well (6004/8a-1) is located
in 1,106m of water depth, 190km South East of
Torshavn, targeting potentially oil bearing
sandstone of Eocene and Palaeocene age in a
structural trap. The well is being drilled by the
Norwegian semi-submersible rig Seadrill West
Phoenix, which is expected to remain in operation
for about 75 days. Read more at:
www.scandoil.com
Friday July 16, 2010:
Dana Petroleum Provides Drilling & Exploration
Programme Uodate
Offshore Energy Today, July 16, 2010: Dana is pleased to report that the West Phoenix
rig has been released from its recent well offshore
Norway and will shortly be mobilising for the Anne
Marie well in the Faroe Islands. The well is
expected to spud within the next two weeks. Dana
holds a direct 25% interest in the Anne Marie
prospect. In addition, Faroe Petroleum plc (“FP”),
in which Dana is the largest shareholder with a
27.5% stake, has a 12.5% interest in Anne Marie.
Read more at:
www.offshoreenergytoday.com
Music News:
Arch Enemy Comments On Upcoming Tour Dates In
The Maldives And Faroe Islands
Arch Enemy vocalist Angela Gossow has checked in
with the following statement about the band's
upcoming shows in the Maldives and Faroe Islands:
"This weekend we are playing two very remote and
exotic places: Faroe Islands and the Maldives. Both
places have not seen many international acts - In
fact we are the first international metal band ever
to play the Maldives. We are very curious about the
fans and the atmosphere in both places! Read more
at:
www.metalunderground.com
Thursday July 15, 2010:
Fantastic Faroes
Nordic Visitor: The Faroe Islands is a paradise for nature
lovers and perfect for walking without a guide.
Experience up close the birdlife, the green nuances
of the mountains, the colourful villages, beautiful
deep fjords and the nearby islands that rise
majestically. Maybe you will feel as though you are
part of a fairytale world.
Faroe Islands Podcast Episode 57 is out! In this
first special edition from the Faroe Islands,
Matthew Workman and Tollakkur Hansen take a
trip to Oyrargjógv on the island of Vágar to
remember the day when the ferry used to stop there -
and talk about the abandoned village Slćttanes. As
always, you can listen on iTunes or download the
show directly here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_57.mp3
Animals:
The Faroe Pony
The bloodlines of the ponies on the Faeroe
islands are one of the oldest and purest equine
breeds on the planet and they have not been
influenced by outside blood. Also called the Faeroes
Pony & the Faeroe Island Horse, The only other breed
comparable in age & purity of the Faroe Pony is the
Icelandic Horse.
Read more at:
www.theequinest.com
Tuesday, July 13 2010:
Turkey's Besiktas to take on Vikingur
of Faroe Islands for UEFA Europa
Turkey's soccer team Besiktas will take on
Vikingur of Faroe Islands on July 15 in the second
round of qualifying games for the 2010-2011 UEFA
Europa League. Read more at:
www.worldbulletin.net
Tamworth Run Rule Over Claus Jřrgensen
Coventry Telegraph, Jul 13 2010:
FAROE Islands international Claus Jorgensen will
feature for Tamworth in their first pre-season
friendly tonight. The one-time Coventry City
midfielder, who worked with Lambs boss Gary Mills at
the Sky Blues, linked up yesterday for training and
will go into the line-up for tonight’s match at
Leamington, reports the Birmingham Mail.
Faroe Petroleum Appoints Hanne Harlem As
Independent Non-Executive Director
Offshore Energy Today, July 12, 2010:
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company
focusing on exploration, production, appraisal and
undeveloped field opportunities in the Atlantic
Margin, North Sea and Norway, announced that Hanne
Harlem (age 45) has been appointed to the Board as
an Independent Non-Executive Director, effective
immediately. Read more at:
www.offshoreenergytoday.com
Friday July 9, 2010:
Dana Farms into Faroes Permit
Offshore, July 9, 2010: TORSHAVN, Faroe Islands -- Dana Petroleum (E&P)
has joined the list of companies exploring offshore
the Faroe Islands. Johan Dahl, the islands’ Minister
of Trade and Industry, approved a 25% assignment of
ENI's equity share in License 005 to Dana Petroleum
(E&P). The drilling rig West Phoenix is preparing to
spud an exploratory well on the Anne Marie prospect.
Read more at:
www.offshore-mag.com
Thursday July 8, 2010:
Land of the Faroes
Inn Travel, By Jonathan Clark, Holiday
Operations Team, July 8, 2010: What an amazing place! What extreme landscapes!
What a dramatic coastline! Where am I talking about?
Well, it’s somewhere new to me - the Faroe Islands,
where I’ve just enjoyed a walking and camping
holiday. I decided to go by boat, catching the ferry
from Esbjerg in Denmark - and I think I made the
right choice. Arriving by sea is definitely the most
exciting way of approaching some places, especially
when the ‘place’ in question is a group of seemingly
isolated islands in the middle of the North
Atlantic.
Fish Update, July 8, 2010:
THE European Union has conceded that tough talks lie
ahead to bring Iceland and the Faroe Islands into
line over mackerel fishing. These two 'rebel' states
are currently on collision course with the EU block
and Norway, which is not a member, because they have
unilaterally set themselves large mackerel quotas.
Ash from Eyjafjallajokull volcano has been found
in the snow on Sornfelli mountain on the Faroe
Islands, about 670 km (420 miles) sourtheast of
Eyjafjallajokull. Jarđfeingi (The Faroese Earth and
Energy Directorate) has been collecting ash samples
over the past week for further studies. Watch the
video here:
www.volcanofacts.org
The Press and Journal, by Stephen Kasiewicz,
July 6, 2010:
Ross County can count on the backing of fellow Faroe
Islanders, says new staggie Gregersen. Central
defender Atli Gregersen aims to make a name for
himself after earning a move to Ross County. At 28,
Gregersen was a late starter to international
football, winning all eight caps under national team
manager Brian Kerr and played against France,
Serbia, Austria and Lithuania in the Faroes’ World
Cup qualification campaign for South Africa. After
two years at Vikingur, Gregersen who has also played
for GI Gota, IF Skjold Birkerod and BK Frem in his
homeland, is ready to meet the challenge of
full-time football.
In connection with the drawing of the Faroese
Budget for 2011, the Faroese Governmental Bank
(Landsbanki Fřroya) has made an assessment of the
economy and the economic outlook for the Faroese
economy in 2009, 2010 and 2011. The report is as
usual limited to an account of the economic trends
as well as a projection of the key figures in the
national accounts of 2009, 2010 and 2011 based on
the economic model of the Governmental Bank.
Read more at:
www.landsbankin.fo
Tuesday June 29, 2010:
The Missing Son - A Faroe Island Saga
Faroe Islands Podcast Episode 55 is out! In 1917,
Hans Jacobsen took job on a boat sailing out of
Torshavn and never returned. In time, he would start
a new life in the United States and cut off all
contact with the family and fiancee he left behind.
Some 80 years later, his daughter, Jennifer Henke,
returned to the Faroes to try and find the lost side
of her family. Henke describes her experience in her
new book, "The Missing Son: A Faroe Island Saga."
And she also sat down to talk with Matthew Workman.
As always, you can listen on iTunes or download the
show directly here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_55.mp3
Saturday June 26, 2010:
A Music Festival in the Faroe Islands
Financial Times, By Paul Sullivan, June 26
2010:
"I remember the chairman of the local football club
saying that he would eat his old hat if I could ever
get 5,000 people to turn up at the beach to hear
music. But we met that mark within three years.”
Says Jón Tyril founder of the G! festival. For me,
the chief appeal of G! is the location. Gřta is on
the island of Eysturoy, a 40-minute-drive north from
the capital Tórshavn, and its combination of green
mountains, coruscating blue sea and cute,
turf-roofed houses is idyllic. The main stage is
constructed right on the beach, an armada of yachts
and fishing boats bob rhythmically out in the bay,
and tents are scattered all around the village. Read
more at:
www.ft.com
Friday June 18, 2010:
Dancing in the Faroe Islands Fjords
Compass Cayman, By Joe Shooman (joe@cfp.ky)
June 18, 2010:
Every year, however, several thousand people descend
on this undulating melange of fields, sheep and
cliffs to celebrate music, brotherhood and
musicianship, whether camping out in tents or – like
myself – bunking down with one of the locals who
open out their houses to visitors in a typically
gruff and friendly way. There is a beauty to the
matter-of-fact acceptance of strangers into these
people’s homes that speaks volumes for a land where
crime is virtually unheard-of and doors are unlocked
everywhere. Word quickly gets around of any
transgression and it’s just not in the national
character to be anything other than honest.
Read more at:
www.compasscayman.com
Friday, Jun 4, 2010:
G! Festival
- one of Top 10 Music Festivals on the Beach
If you are someone who loves your festivals, but
would like to get off the beaten track, then think
about heading to G! Festival this summer on the
Faroe Islands. At least 150 miles from the nearest
other piece of and, this is the ultimate secluded
beach festival spot. Read more at:
www.easyvoyage.co.uk
Wednesday, June 2, 2010:
Anna Faroe: Walking On Fire
Anna Faroe - a.k.a. Anna Nygaard - participated in the Danish X-Factor Show
2010. She was predicted as the winner but surprisingly she was sent out of the competition just before the finals. Some say lucky
for her. Watch the video to her first single
Walking On Fire.
Interview with Alisa Hentze about Live aRt
Faroe Islands Podcast episode 54 is out! In this
podcast, Matthew Workman speaks to Alisa Hentze, the
creator of Live aRt. The event seeks to create
connections between Faroese artists and their
counterparts in other countries. Also we stay out
late on St. Olaf's Wake. As always, you can listen
on iTunes, or download us directly here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_54.mp3
Friday, May 28, 2010:
Etika - Japanese Food From The Land Of The
Faroes
Read Articles:
IN & OUT GUIDE, review by Julie Fjeldstad - Etika is
a new restaurant in the centre of Copenhagen. The
name is made up of Eti, which means ‘to eat’ in the
Faroe Islands (there is another Etika restaurant in
the Faroese capital of Torshavn), and Ka, which is
what the Japanese put at the end of a sentence to
form a question. So, if you speak both languages and
score well in Mensa tests, you might translate Etika
into ‘Do you eat?’ Read more at:
www.cphpost.dk
Wednesday May 26, 2010:
A Fine Mess.fo
Listen to Podcasts:
Faroe Islands Podcast Episode 53 is out! On this
week's podcast, atthew Workman talks to the editor
of Mess, a free magazine aimed at the Faroe's youth
culture. Also we attend church services at the
Torshavn Cathedral. As always, you can listen on
iTunes, or download us directly here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_53.mp3
Wednesday May 19, 2010:
Swede is the Word
Listen to Podcasts:
Faroe Islands Podcast Episode 52 is out! In this
podcast, Matthew Workman speaks with Erik Klint who
set up an official information office about the
Faroe Islands in Sweden. We also stay up late and go
out dancing at Sct. Olav's Wake. As always, you can
listen on iTunes or download us directly here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_52.mp3
From the National Geographic Explorer Cruise
Read Blogs:
Quote from Blog by Karen Copeland, Natural History
Staff: "Flexibility and adaptation are what
explorations are all about. When the road is blocked
or wicked winds divert us from our goal we often
find something better than we might have found had
we been able to follow the path more traveled on.
Glaciers have gouged the thick basaltic plateau of
the Faroe Islands into narrow fingers pointing to
the north and east. We slid from fingertip to
fingertip in the early morning light. Steep cliffs
face the fierce northern seas that have carved
stacks and arches along the edges." Read more here:
www.expeditions.com
Tuesday May 18, 2010:
Shhh! Don't Tell Criminals That Islands' Police
Are On Holiday
Read Articles:
Independent.ie - DON'T tell the criminals -- that
was the running joke as half of an entire police
force descended on Dublin for a busman's holiday.
More than 50 members of the Faroe Islands' police
force were in town to meet their garda equivalents
and enjoy the sights over the weekend. Members of
the force, which is a subsidiary of the Danish
police, traditionally take an international trip
every year. But to get to Dublin they had to rent a
jet as there were no direct flights. "We didn't know
much about Dublin, so when we got an opportunity to
rent the plane, we went for it," said traffic
officer Karl Leonsson (37). They also took the
opportunity to teach the Irish a little about the
Faroe Islands, including joining a trad music
session. Read more here:
www.independent.ie
From the National Geographic Explorer Cruise:
Medieval Viking Field System
Read Blogs:
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
Monday May 17, 2010:
Faroes Susceptible To Deadly Illness
Read Articles:
RC NEWS - Islanders suffer from rare genetic
illness in far greater numbers than people in the
rest of the world. A deadly genetic disease that is
normally very rare is apparently hitting people on
the Faroe Islands hard, according to new research.
The illness is called carnitine transporter
deficiency and typically affects only around 1 in
50,000-100,000 people. In Denmark only two Danes
have been diagnosed with the disease in the last 30
years. But on the Faeroe Islands health authorities
have already found nearly 100 people with the
condition in just the past few months. Read more
here:
www.cphpost.dk
Cruise Travel:
The National Geographic Explorer in Torshavn
Read Blogs:
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
Friday May 14, 2010:
High Fashion Photography Trip To The Faroes
Read Articles:
ABC - One of our New York correspondents, Gabrielle
Fitzgerald, recently returned from a trip to the
Faroe Islands in Scandinavia. Gabrielle is also a
director on photographic fashion shoots, and this
was certainly a remote location she visited. The
task was to take photos for Faroe Islands most
famous fashion company Guđrun & Guđrun. She writes:
"The Faroe Islands are extraordinary in every way -
historic, stunning landscape & the most generous
hospitality I have ever experienced. We shot under
waterfalls, on beaches with black volcanic sand, in
a cathedral from the 12th century and in the
ever-present company of sheep..." Read more here:
blogs.abc.net.au
Volcano News:
Ash Cloud Clears, Sparing Europe
During Holiday Rush - Except The Faroes
Read
Articles:
Bloomberg Business Week - Volcanic ash that’s
disrupted air travel in Europe for almost a month is
clearing as the eruption in Iceland loses power and
winds change course, keeping airports open at the
start of one the region’s busiest travel periods.
Europe should be able to relax over the weekend,
with the exception of the Faroe Islands and
Scotland, which have to be on guard. Read more here:
www.businessweek.com
Thursday May 13, 2010:
Care To Take A Faroese Language Lesson?
Watch Videos:
Now it's easy to learn Faroese. Just watch this
video and you will learn basic Faroese in an
instant.
Watch the vid.
Saturday May 8, 2010:
Iceland's Volcano Sends More Ash Towards Europe
Read
Articles:
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano
threatened European skies with a new ash cloud
Friday raising the risk of more flight
cancellations, officials said. The cloud caused
Ireland to shut its airspace from 2300 GMT on
Thursday to 1200 GMT Friday, the third closure in as
many days.
The Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, also shut
airspace from Thursday night until at least 0000 GMT
Saturday. Read more here:
www.kilitsky.info
Fish News:
Canada Gets Warrant To Seize Faroese Ship
Read Articles:
CBC News - Gus Etchegary, a vocal advocate for
Canada's fishing rights, doubts a fishing vessel
from the Danish-owned Faroe Islands accused of
illegal fishing in Canadian waters will ever be
caught. A warrant was issued in a St. John's
courtroom for the seizure of a European vessel
accused of illegal fishing in Canadian waters, even
though a skeptical fisheries advocate doubts it will
ever be executed. The federal government alleges
that the fishing vessel Enniberg, based out of the
Danish-owned Faroe Islands, was inside Canada's
boundary in October 2009. Read more here:
www.cbc.ca
Friday May 7, 2010:
Faroese FA president visits UEFA
Read Articles:
The president of the Faroe Islands Football
Association (FSF), Christian Andreasen, has welcomed
UEFA's assistance towards the country's football
development. The president of the Faroe Islands
Football Association (FSF), Christian Andreasen, has
visited UEFA's House of European Football in Nyon.
Mr Andreasen and the FSF general secretary Virgar
Hvidbro held discussions with UEFA president Michel
Platini, general secretary Gianni Infantino and
national associations director Theodore Theodoridis.
Read more here:
www.uefa.com
Wednesday May 05, 2010:
Faroese Police Chief Stabbed At Courthouse
Read Articles:
RC NEWS, MAY 05, 2010 - Prosecutor and deputy police
commissioner Finn Ougaard was stabbed on Tuesday at
the Faeroe Islands’ state courthouse in Torshavn by
a 40-year-old ex-criminal, reported Ekstra Bladet
newspaper. Ougaard, 59, was on his way out of the
courthouse when he was accosted by the man, who said
something to him before stabbing the prosecutor in
the left thigh with a 10cm-long knife. Read more
here:
www.cphpost.dk
Politics:
Danish Fear Faroese Constitution Proposal
Read Articles:
RC NEWS, May 05, 2010 - Danish politicians fear that
a new proposal from the Faroese to change the
country’s constitution goes against the tenets
established through the kingdom. Prime minister Lars
Lřkke Rasmussen has given a serious warning to the
Faroe Islands that the small island country is
playing with fire in their efforts to author a new
constitution, reports Berlingske Tidende newspaper.
The proposal, entitled ‘Parliamentary Law on the
Faroese Constitution’, was submitted by a
parliamentary committee in March. In the text, it
states that ‘all power in the country lies with the
Faroese people, and there is no reference whatsoever
to the commonwealth constitution or to Denmark. Read
more here:
www.cphpost.dk
Football:
A Podcast Episode All About Gunnar Nielsen
Listen to Podcasts:
Faroe Islands Podcast Episode 51 is out!
He's the first Faroese athlete to play in the
English Premier League, even if it was only for 17
minutes.This week, our podcast host tells the story
about Gunnar Nielsen and the improbable series of
events that led to him taking to the pitch as
Manchester City's goalie in front of an Arsenal
crowd that numbered more than the entire population
of the Faroe Islands. Guest in the Podcast is David
Scally, the Man City fan who once tried to hire a
fishing trawler to see his beloved Blues play in the
Faroe Islands.
Read Articles:
FAROES/UK/NORWAY: Faroe Petroleum, the independent
oil and gas company focusing principally on
exploration, appraisal and undeveloped field
opportunities, has announced a gas and condensate
discovery on the Fogelberg prospect (Faroe 15%),
located in PL433 in the Norwegian Sea. Read more
here:
www.bluepulz.com
Thursday Apr 29, 2010:
Adventure Race On The Faroe Islands
May 11-16, 2010 - Still Time To Sign Up!
Read Articles:
Participate in the NACC - North Atlantic CoastZone
Challenge 2010. Experience the unique surroundings
on Faroe Islands in the first adventure race on the
islands. The race takes the teams on a journey to
the most facinating places on the Faroe Islands -
for instance he world's highest foothill "Enniberg"
with 650 meters of vertical cliff. Read more here:
http://uk.coastzone.fo/nacc/
Register your team >>
Click HERE Info Facts: Date: May 11th 2010 - May 16th 2010
Form: Stage race over 4 days, aprox. 300 km
Teams: Mix teams of 3 persons
Disciplines: Orienteering, running/trekking, MTB,
sailing, swimming, rapelling, via ferratta and
others.
Wednesday Apr 28, 2010:
Night Clubbing, Volcano And Football
Listen to Podcasts:
50th episode of the Faroe Islands Podcast is out!
This week, Matthew Workman continues the
conversation with Sunneva Háberg Eysturstein about
club culture in the Faroe Islands. Also, the
listener learns how the Icelandic volcano affected
life on the Faroes, and gets an update on Gunnar
Nielsen's status as Manchester City's goalie. As
always, you can listen on iTunes or download the
podcast episode directly here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_50.mp3
Music:
One To Watch : The Ghost
Music News: Female First Magazine, Apr 27, 2010: Sunday Best signings - The Ghost explode on to
the UK music scene with the release of their debut
single ‘City Lights’ on May 31, 2010. The single is
taken from their energetic and highly anticipated
album ‘War Kids’ released shortly after on June 14,
2010. The Ghost, Filip Mortensen on vocals and
Urbanus Olsen on electronics, play a compelling mix
of vintage electro pop and indie rock, showcased
brilliantly by ‘City Lights’, which also contains
strong contemporary pop sensibilities: a perfect
combination that results in this catchy anthemic
summer debut. Read more here:
www.femalefirst.co.uk
Football:
Old friends Reunited In The Faroe Islands
Read Articles: Irish Times, Apr 28, 2010: Former St Patrick's Athletic manager Johnny
McDonnell has been appointed as assistant-coach of
the Faroe Islands. McDonnell will work alongside
former Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr in the
north Atlantic outpost. Read more here:
www.irishtimes.com
McDonnell To Team Up With Kerr Again As
Assistant With The Faroe Islands
By Emmet Malone, The Irish Times Apr 28,
2010: INTERNATIONAL NEWS: FORMER ST Patrick’s
Athletic manager Johnny McDonnell will head out to
the Faroe Islands this weekend in order to meet some
of the national team’s players and officials after
being recruited by Brian Kerr to work as his
assistant. The 45-year-old was in buoyant form
yesterday as he contemplated the prospect of
starting his new job, announcing he was “looking to
learn a bit of Faroese off the internet”. Read more
here:
www.irishtimes.com
Tuesday Apr 27, 2010:
Brand New Website For Tourists
About The Faroe Islands Launched Today
Links:
Quote from the presentation of the new site: "We are
thrilled to present the new visitfaroeislands.com.
Our goal for the website is that it is the place for
relevant, inspiring and updated information about
the Faroe Islands. This is only the first phase of
the new visitfaroeislands.com. In the coming weeks
and months we will further develop the website
especially with the press and professional part.
Also we will continue to bring you new impressions
and facts about our country". Go to:
www.visitfaroeislands.com
Football:
Gunnar Is The Beckham Of The Faroes
Read Articles: By Stuart Brennan, Manchester Evening
News, Apr 27, 2010:
Gunnar Nielsen's dad missed his son's historic debut
for City by just five minutes. And now proud Finn
Nielsen is hoping that the ash cloud from the
Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull does not stop him
from seeing his first start against Aston Villa on
Saturday. Read more here:
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Food:
The World's Best Restaurant Is: NOMA!
Read
Articles:
Raving Ravens, Apr 26 - NOMA, a restaurant located
in Bryggen, the North-Atlantic culture center in
Copenhagen, was just chosen the world's best
restaurant. The British magazine "Restaurants"
chooses every year World's 50 Best Restaurants and
today, the list for the year 2010 was made public.
Restaurant number 1, the World's Best restaurant is
NOMA. NOMA stands for "NOrdisk MAd" or Nordic Food
and specializes in Nordic food heritage, using
mainly ingredients from Greenland, Iceland and the
Faroe Islands... Read more here:
www.ravingravens.com
Faroe Petroleum:
Third High Impact Exploration Success In A Row
Read Articles:
Oil Barrel, Apr 25 - This time in The Norwegian Sea.
Faroe Petroleum started life just ten years ago to
capitalise on the opportunities in what was seen as
a potentially very prospective but virtually
untouched frontier oil and gas province -- the
waters around the Faroe Islands. Read more here:
www.oilbarrel.com/
Monday Apr 26, 2010:
Faroes Boss Kerr Confident Of Gunnar Nielsen's
Ability
Read Articles:
BBC - Nielsen faces a stiff examination against
Aston Villa and Spurs. Faroe Islands manager Brian
Kerr believes that goalkeeper Gunnar Nielsen would
be able to rise to the challenge of playing for
Manchester City. The 23-year-old played the last 17
minutes of Saturday's 0-0 draw with Arsenal after
first-choice Shay Given dislocated his shoulder.
City have asked for permission to bring in a keeper
on an emergency loan but Kerr is confident of
Nielsen's ability. "I believe he will grasp the
chance if he is given it," he told BBC Sport. "He
has prepared a long time for this and I 'm confident
that he would handle the situation well. It is a big
opportunity for him." Read more here:
news.bbc.co.uk
More football:
Given Injury Thrusts Unknown Nielsen Into The
Spotlight For City's Charge For Fourth
Read Articles:
The Independent - The history of goalkeeping in the
Faroe Islands is dominated by one man, or rather one
woolly bobble hat. Jens Martin Knudsen, a fork-lift
truck driver at a fish factory, famously wore the
ridiculous headgear in 65 international appearances.
Now Gunnar Nielsen, 23, has a chance to give his
homeland a little more credibility as he takes
centre stage in Manchester City's bid to reach the
Champions League. The club's owners made a top four
finish the minimum requirement this season, but for
all the many millions they have spent in the past
two years their chances of reaching the Champions
League could now depend on a goalkeeper not even
rated the best in the Faroe Islands. Read more here:
www.independent.co.uk
Stranded in India:
Gordhan Rajani - The good samaritan
Read Articles:
Mumbai - Unable to return home in the
Faroes Islands because of the chaos caused by
volcano Eyjafjallajokull, Gordhan Kanayalal Rajani,
the first doctor of Indian origin in the history of
the remote Danish colony near Iceland, has turned
personal misfortune into a blessing by alleviating
pain and suffering in Mumbai. Read the whole article
here:
www.mid-day.com
Sunday Apr 25, 2010:
Manchester City's Champions League Hopes Rest
With Unknown Goalkeeper
Read articles:
The Times Online - (Neil Tingle/PA) Manchester
City’s scramble to finish fourth in the Premier
League may now lie in the hands of a 23-year old
goalkeeper from the Faroe Islands. Gunnar Nielsen,
who came on as a substitute for the injured Shay
Given at Arsenal on Saturday night, had been on the
books at Blackburn and Motherwell without making an
appearance. He has won two international caps and
played five games on loan at Wrexham in the Blue
Square Premier before getting injured. He became the
first player from the Faroes to appear in the
Premier League. Given, far right, has a suspected
disclocated shoulder and his deputy, Stuart Taylor,
is recovering from a knee injury. Read more here:
www.timesonline.co.uk
Saturday Apr 24, 2010:
Signup for Tórshavn Marathon Sept 5
Read Articles:
Tórshavn Marathon Sept. 5 now open for signups.
Rugged and rural, the Faroe Islands make a
spectacular setting for the annual Tórshavn
Marathon. Inaugurated in 2003, the event has rapidly
become renowned, with the islands' beautiful, remote
location attracting an intrepid community of
adventurous runners. Facts: When: 5 Sep 2010 (annual) -
Where: Faroe Islands -Cost: Marathon: DKK400;
Half-marathon DKK300 - Time: Starting time: 1pm -
Signup at:
www.torshavnmarathon.com/uk/
Read more at:
www.whatsonwhen.com
New Release:
Faroe Business Report 2010
Read articles:
Interested in the Faroese Business world? Quote from
presentation of the report: "In tough times, some
tend to be reluctant to engage in any communication
that goes beyond what is considered an absolute
minimum required for normal functioning.... This is
where Faroe Business Report comes in as a tool for
those businesses and organizations that want to
reach out to their most important readers, and make
those points that need to be made. "
Read more at:
www.annualbusinessreport.com
Read the report here:
www.faroebusinessreport.com
Music News:
Deja Vu Has Released New Music Videos
Music
Videos:
A couple of new music videos have been released by
the Faroese band Deja Vu to the tracks "Reckless"
and "I Ain't Home" from Deja Vu's album "A Place To
Stand On". Both videos are produced by Flóvin Evald
Viderř. Watch the vid:
Reckless Watch the vid:
I Ain't Home
Thursday Apr 22, 2010:
A Fun Place To Stay In Tórshavn
Watch Videos:
Have fun in Tórshavn at the brasserie, café and
hotel Hvonn down by the picturesque harbour. Kovboy
Film has released it's latest production about this
little oasis offering accommodation and all kinds of
food and entertainment.
Watch
the video here.
Wednesday Apr 21, 2010:
Naked in Mykines, Faroe Islands
Read Articles:
BootsnAll Travel - "The long day walking, the
camera-melting loveliness of the scenery of the
Faroe Islands combined with the wonderful weather
were obviously too much for me and I was suddenly
overcome by the urge to meditate – naked. Normally,
I am not really one for taking my clothes off in
public places and only a few weeks previously I had
run out of a sauna in Germany when six nubile
Teutonic teenager girls had sauntered in wearing
just dazzling white smiles. The only time I had
actually gone skinny dipping (in Africa) had
resulted in me cavorting naked through a local
village and gate crashing a funeral looking for my
stolen clothes. But, as everyone else had left the
island I felt that it might be fun." Read the
article by Philip Blazdell here:
www.bootsnall.com
Volcanic Ash Cloud Consequences:
Increased Ferry Traffic To And From Iceland
Read
Articles:
IceNews, Daily News - An unusually large number of
people are booked on the Faroese ferry Norrřna to
and from Iceland due to flight restrictions caused
by the Eyjafjalljokull volcanic ash cloud. Many
people who had planned to fly have instead decided
to take the ferry. Some 550 passengers arrived in
Iceland with the Norrřna ferry this morning.
Read the article here:
wdpost.com
Read Articles:
Associated Press - With planes grounded, the
only way the leader of the Faeroe Islands can get
back home is an 18-hour ferry ride (Ed. correct.: 33
hours). Premier Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen was in
Copenhagen Friday to celebrate the 70th birthday of
Denmark's Queen Margrethe, who is also the head of
state of the Faeroe Islands, a small archipelago in
the North Atlantic. Read the article:
www.etaiwannews.com
Thursday Apr 15, 2010:
The Faroese Underground Dance Scene
Listen to Podcasts:
Episode 49 of the Faroe Islands podcast is out! On
this week's podcast, Matthew Workman talks to
Sunneva Háberg Eysturstein, one of the pioneers of
the Faroe Islands' underground dance scene,
Undirbeat. There is also a soundbite from a walk to
the Witch'es Finger by the village of Sandavágur on
the island of Vágar.
Guest: Sunneva Háberg Eysturstein (www.mrsduplo.com) As always, you can listen here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_49.mp3
Ash Cloud Hits The Faroe Islands:
All Flights To And From The Faroe Islands Are
Temporary On Hold
Atlantic Airways announces that all flights today
15. April 2010 and tomorrow morning, are cancelled
due to volcanic eruption in Iceland. It is unsure
how long the airspace will be closed. Atlantic
Airways kindly asks passengers to get information on
the airline's website
www.atlantic.fo
Music News:
FIRST SOLO EUROPEAN DATE FOR ELTON THIS SUMMER.
A European solo concert date has been announced for
Elton this summer. The date is: Tuesday, June 29 at
Tórsvřllur, Torshavn, Faroe Islands. For online
public ticket booking for this concert please visit
this link. This is the only SOLO European
concert to be announced so far this year. Other
European concert dates for Elton and the band have
already been announced and can be found on the
Concerts & Ticket page. Source:
www.eltonjohn.com
A film made by Heiđrik á Heygum:
Waves (Aldur)
Videos:
85 year old Maria á Heygum has the past 45 years
been swimming in the cold sea surrounding The Faroe
Islands. The isolated island group is located in the
middle of the Atlantic sea somewhere between
Scotland and Iceland. Every day, in all kinds of
weather, Maria makes her way down to the shore. This
has become part of her; This is the place, where
she, as she says, found her will to live. Watch the
trailer here.
Sunday Apr 11, 2010:
Prime Minister Of The Faroe Islands Sent His
Condolences To The Poles
Read
Articles:
As wrote Portal.fo, Prime Minister of the Faroe
Islands, Kaj Leo Johannesen, expressed the heartfelt
condolences after a plane crash killed the President
of Poland Lech Kaczyński, his wife Maria and 94
other Polish people, including the army chief of
staff, the navy chief commander, the governor of the
national bank, leading historians, the former
President of Poland in Exile, Humas Rights Defender,
representative of churches, Katyń families, other
associations and eight crew. Read more here:
havnar.blogspot.com
Friday Apr 09, 2010:
Where In The World Are The Faroe Islands?
Read Blogs: The Faroe Islands (May 11 – 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!" By
Anida Yoeu Ali, May 15, 2006 - Visit:
atomicshogun.com
Thursday Apr 08, 2010:
Faroe Islands: First Impressions
Read Blogs:
"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
Killing Giants Of The Sea:
Contenious Heritage And The Politics Of Culture
Read Articles:
"For many, tradition refers to a tangible or
intangible cultural heritage that needs to be
cherished and supported. But there are also
traditions that are heavily contested with strong
pleas from outsiders to abandon them. In both cases,
traditions are usually enmeshed in cultural
politics. This article will focus on the
time-honoured Sicilian tuna catching procedure known
as la mattanza and on the customary tradition of the
grindadráp in the Faroe Islands, a pilot whale drive
that is said to constitute an inalienable part of
the islanders’ culture. This whale drive has met
with international resistance, while the
mattanza has not aroused comparable opposition."
By Rob Van Ginkel, University of Amsterdam, Journal
of Mediterranean Studies, 2005 ISSN: 1016-3476 Vol.
15, No. 1: 71
Read Articles:
EXAMINER.COM - The Viking trail is a path of
settlement followed by farmers, warriors, fishermen,
and herdsmen from Scandinavia. The trail goes from
Scandinavia, through the northern British Isles and
Ireland, to the Faroes and Iceland, Greenland and
finally to Canada. In the seventh century population
pressures and a shortage of arable land began
encouraging people to emigrate from Scandinavia. One
of the places they settled was the Faroe Islands.
Read more here:
www.examiner.com
Faroese Delegation Visits Seafish To Address
Supply Chain Issues
Read Articles:
INTERSEAFOOD.COM - UK processors are facing supply
chain issues with Faroes cod and haddock which are
important stocks for the UK and European markets. To
address these issues, a delegation of seven key
representatives from the Faroes fishing industry
visited the Seafish offices in Grimsby to meet with
Seafish staff and key customers. Due to the
Faroese stocks being at risk of reduced reproductive
capacity, the International Council for Exploration
of the Seas (ICES) has recommended a moratorium on
both cod and haddock catches in Faroese waters
throughout 2010. As a result, Faroes cod and haddock
has now been de-listed by a number of key customers.
Read more here:
www.interseafood.com
Sunday Apr 04, 2010:
Young Performing Art In The Faroe Islands
Read Articles:
VALHALLA-NORDEN: On the last weekend of February
the air in the Nordic House in the Faeroe Islands
was filled with creativity and curiosity. The house
served as the framework of the culture project Ung í
Fřroyum ('Young People in the Faeroes'), which is a
cultural initiative aimed at young people from 13 to
18 years. This year Ung í Fřroyum had 60
participants split up into six workshops. The
workshops were dedicated to dance, design, visual
art, circus, writing and music respectively. Read
more here:
valhalla.norden.org
Thursday Apr 01, 2010:
The Hotel In The Centre
Watch videos:
New video from Kovboy Film: Hotel Hafnia - a four-star hotel in
the heart of the city - a Kovboy Film production 2010.
Watch the
vid.
Wednesday Mar 31, 2010:
ARCH ENEMY To Headline Faroe Islands' G!
Festival
Music News:
ARCH ENEMY will play their first ever show on the
Faroe Islands, at the 2010 edition of the G!
festival. Arch Enemy will headline on July 16th.
Michael Amott comments: "Over the last couple of
years we have been fortunate enough to play a lot of
new exciting territories for the band and we're
extremely pleased to add the Faroe Islands to that
ever-growing list!" Read the announcement at:
www.gfestival.com
Budget Traveler:
A Faroe Islands Vacation For a Truly Unique
Experience
Read Articles: BUDGET TRAVELER - "Have you ever been to the
Faroe Islands? Finding a unique holiday or vacation
destination has become something of a game amongst
those with easy money to spend. The famous where are
you going this year question becomes ever more
competitive year by year. But if you take a vacation
to the Faroe Islands then you really are going to
trump most of your friends."
Listen to podcasts:
Podcast Episode 48 is out! This week, Heri Simonsen
from Rás 2 speaks with Jim Brown, a Scottish film
director, often working in Hollywood, who's been in
the Faroes scouting locations. We'll also take a
walk down Torshavn's busiest street during Olaf's
Wake. Guest: Jim Brown, B4 Films (www.b4films.com)
As always, you can listen on iTunes or download
us directly here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_48.mp3
Monday Mar 29, 2010:
Football On The Net: Matters Of Size
Read Articles:
WSC 213 (When Saturday Comes) - This is a column
written in 2004 but not much has changed: "Ian
Plenderleith trawls the web for minnows and finds
that the smallest European football associations and
their clubs are, like their teams out on the pitch,
willing but not always particularly able. Like it or
not, small and mostly useless European footballing
nations are now an integral part of the game’s
landscape. This month’s column tackles the highly
charged question that many have asked but few have
been able to answer – can countries such as
Luxembourg and Liechtenstein (Ed.: and the Faroe
Islands) compete on the web any better than they do
on the field?" Unfortunately not... Read the column
here:
www.wsc.co.uk
Saturday Mar 27, 2010:
The Times About The Faeroe Isles:
‘Silence. Isolation. It’s breathtaking’
Read Articles:
THE TIMES - "The loudest noise you’ll hear on these
little-visited islands is the squawking of the local
birdlife. It’s pouring down, absolutely streaming.
Wind lashes across the cliffs above the treacherous
Atlantic Ocean. And I’m on my summer holiday. But
I’m loving it because all around us, wings flapping
madly a few feet above our heads, there they are:
squadrons of shiny black puffins. We are in the
centre of a puffin colony on the edge of the island
of Mykines (pronounced Mitchiness) in the Faeroe
Isles, reached by a 45-minute ferry that departs
twice a day from Vagar, another island."
Read Articles: THE PRESS DEMOCRAT - Petaluma-based Faroese
artist Hans Skalagard is an internationally renowned
painter of sailing ships. Passionate and prolific
Petaluma artist Hans Skalagard loves tall-masted
sailing ships, and not in the idealized and
imaginary way that a young boy might. This talkative
old salt knows ships as only a tried seaman and
progeny of generations of Vikings could. The
magnificent oil paintings that fill his and wife
Mignon's little ranch home and that grace galleries
and private collections around the world honor the
ships through accuracy and detail that presents them
as they really are, or were.
Read Articles:
"Why does FIFA refuse to aknowledge Greenland
as a member? In political terms, Greenland has the
same status as the Faroe Islands, enjoying self-rule
within the Danish Commonwealth. In football terms,
though, they do not. The Faroes are a member of both
FIFA and UEFA, Greenland are not, and the only
reason is that they applied later." Book review:
Outcasts! by Steve Menary. Reviewed by Jonathan
Wilson in WSC 253, March 2008.
Read the whole review.
Tuesday Mar 23, 2010:
Interview With TUTL's Founder
Podcast Episode 47 is out! This week, it's part
two of Matthew Workman's interview with Kristian
Blak, the founder of Tutl, the major music label on
the Faroes. Link to Blak's label's site:
http://www.tutl.com . As always, you can find
the Faroe Islands Podcast on iTunes or download us
directly here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_47.mp3
SIC To Record Album "Fighters They Bleed"
Music News:
Hardcore/Thrash metal band SIC (Faroe Islands) will
be entering the prestigious HANSEN STUDIOS in Ribe,
Denmark to record their sophomore album, "Fighters
They Bleed", with producer Jacob Hansen (Volbeat,
Mercenary, Nightrage, Hatesphere, Pyramaze etc) on
May 20th.
Read
more HERE.
Gudrid Hansdóttir in Momo's, Austin
Music News:
THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE - "Gudrid Hansdóttir is a
29-year-old DIY musician from the Faroes' capital of
Tórshavn... Her music is a Lilith Fair-worthy blend
of chamber pop and perky folk-rock. She's the
recipient of an artists' residency here in Austin
known as the House of Songs, a grassroots project
that pairs Scandinavian and American songwriters in
an ongoing creative summit. " Read more at:
www.austinchronicle.com
Monday Mar 22, 2010:
Faroe Islands And The Sweetness Of Seclusion
Read Blogs:
"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." Read
more here:
www.vagablogging.net/faroe-islands.html
Sunday Mar 21, 2010:
Interview With Short Film Director Bjarki
Thomsen
Bjarki Thomsen, director of "En Dĺrlig Dag" (A
Bad Day) interviewed at the ECU European Independent
Film Festival 2010 where he participates in
partnership with G-Technology by Hitachi. His film
is shortlisted for European Dramatic Short.
View the interview
Saturday Mar 20, 2010:
Greenland Vikings Had Celtic Blood
Read
Articles:
RC NEWS - Just like in the Faroes, Norsemen who
settled in southern Greenland carried more Celtic
than Nordic blood – but they were still decidedly
Scandinavian. An analysis of DNA from a Viking
gravesite near a 1000 year-old church in southern
Greenland shows that those buried there had strong
Celtic bloodlines, reported science website
Videnskab.dk.
Read more here:
www.cphpost.dk
Friday Mar 19, 2010:
Faroe Islands and the European Union
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Faroe
Islands, a self-governing nation within the Kingdom
of Denmark, are not part of the EU, as explicitly
asserted by both Rome treaties. The relations with
the EU are governed by a Fisheries Agreement (1977)
and a Free Trade Agreement (1991, revised 1998). The
main reason for remaining outside the EU is
disagreements about the Common Fisheries Policy.
Read more at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands_and_the_European_Union
Thursday Mar 18, 2010:
The Faroe Islands Self-Government Arrangement
Read Articles:
The Faroe Islands Home Rule Arrangement was
established by Act no. 137 of 23 March 1948 (the
Faroe Islands Home Rule Act). In pursuance of
Section 1 of the Act, the Faroe Islands are a
self-governing community within the Kingdom of
Denmark. By Act no. 578 of 24 June 2005 (the
Takeover Act) supplementary to the Home Rule Act, a
new Self-Government Arrangement was introduced in
The Faroe Islands. The act of 2005 expands the
possibilities of the Faroese public authorities to
decide to takeover new affairs and fields of
affairs. Take Over Act entered into force on 29 July
2005. Together with the Danish Constitution, the
Home Rule Act and The Takeover Act, constitutes the
Faroe Islands’ constitutional position in the Unity
of the Realm. Read more at:
www.stm.dk
Wednesday Mar 17, 2010:
US Market Open To Faroese Salmon Farmers
Read Articles:
BOSTON - Now that the International Boston Seafood
Show has come to a close, it's become clear that
favorable market conditions are opening up the U.S.
market to Faroe Islands salmon farmers. They’re
seizing the opportunity. Salmon prices are up,
shipping costs are down and U.S. sushi chefs are on
the prowl for high-quality, sustainably raised
salmon. The result: U.S. imports of Faeroe Islands
salmon were up an impressive 315 percent last year.
Read more here:
seafoodsource.com
Tuesday Mar 16, 2010:
Must Be The Music
Listen to Podcasts:
Podcast Episode 46 is out! He's one of the most
influential people in the Faroese music scene, and
now he's on this podcast. Kristian Blak started out
as a music teacher, but ended up forming several
bands before starting a record label. This week, he
speaks to us about his start in music, and how he
ended up in the Faroes to begin with. As always, you
can listen on iTunes or download us directly here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_46.mp3
Saturday Mar 13, 2010:
Bakkafrost To Be Listed At Oslo Břrs
Read Articles:
Bakkafrost the leading Faroese producer and exporter
of salmon products has announced that will submit an
application for listing its shares on Oslo Břrs in
Norway shortly. The announcement follows the merger
of the Vestlax Group into the Bakkafrost Group
earlier this year. Bakkafrost provides fresh salmon
to the fresh fish market, smokehouses and processors
of ready meals, and frozen value added salmon
portions vacuum packed in catering boxes or in bulk
to the retail and catering markets. Read more here:
fis.com
Travelling:
Life Drawing Reportage From The Faroes
Read Blogs:
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
Music News:
To most peoples' very big surprise it was Anna's
turn to be sent home from the Danish X-factor this
weekend, right before the final X-factor show which
will take place in the biggest football stadium in
Denmark, Parken, March 27. Immediately after the
show 74 percent of Ekstrabladet's (the biggest
newspaper in Denmark) readers agreed on that the
judge Remee made the wrong decision. View Anna
Nygaard's last performance singing the James Bond
theme song Tomorrow Never Dies - and judge for
yourself - here.
Trash Metal News:
SIC Taps HATESPHERE Drummer For New Album
SIC, the hardcore/thrash metal band from the
Faroe Islands, has recruited Danish drummer Dennis
Buhl (HATESPHERE) for the recording sessions of its
sophomore album, "Fighters The Bleed", tentatively
due in the fall. Read more here:
www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net
Wednesdayg Mar 10, 2010:
Interview With Hogni
Music News
Spinner - Hogni is an acclaimed artist from the
Faroe Islands set to make his US debut at this
year's SXSW (South By Southwest music festival in
Austin, US). The singer-songwriter released his
latest album, 'Hogni Hare! Hare!,' on Mahogni Music
in 2008, marking his third release since the end of
his drumming gig with Clickhaze in 2002. Spinner
woke up early to speak to the Denmark resident about
life as a solo artist and his upcoming trip to
Austin. Read the whole interview here:
www.spinner.com
Tuesday Mar 09, 2010:
Sneak Previews Of Future Podcasts
Listen to Podcasts:
Podcast 45 i out! On this week's podcast, we cover
100 years of Faroese music in 100 seconds and check
in on Anna Nygaard's progress on X-Factor. We also
put out a special call for submissions from our
Faroese listeners. As always, the podcast is on
iTunes, or you can download the file directly here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_45.mp3
Hotel For Sale:
Dream Of A Future As Hotel Owner
in the Faroe Islands?
Faroese hotel for sale! If you own 2,5 mio DKK
(that is around 459,000 USD or 336,000 EUR in todays
currency) you can buy yourself a very special hotel
- the Hotel Norđ in the village, Viđareiđi, the
northernmost village and one of the most beautiful
and picturesque places in the Faroes. The 1,100 m2
hotel itself, with 3,600 m2 land and conference
facilites, is in good shape and quite extraordinary
- a perfect hideaway. Right "around the corner" is
the highest bird
cliff in the world facing the sea, Cape Enniberg.
Such an offer is very rarely available. View
pictures
here and read more about the hotel here:
www.hotelnord.fo. The real estate agent handling
the sale can be found here:
www.inni.fo
Saturday Mar 06, 2010:
Anna Still In The Run In Danish X-Factor
Music News:
Anna Nygaard, Faroese singer, performed at Danish
X-Factor 2010 Live Show 4 Friday evening with the big UK
hit American Boy - and won the hearts of
the Danish people again. This week she was the first
to go through to the next round. Watch another amazing performance by Anna
- with rapper Kuku Agami -
HERE.
Travelling to the Faroes:
Sailing with Smyril Line's ferry Norrřna
Faroes On Film
Would you like to experience the Faroes? And would
you like to know how to get there? One of the travel
options is sailing with Smyril Line's ferry Norrřna.
Get an impression of the journey in the new video
from Smyril Line which can be seen here:
Time-lapse photography is a cinematography
technique whereby each film frame is captured at a
rate much slower than it will be played back. When
replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving
faster and thus lapsing. Time-lapse photography can
be considered to be the opposite of high speed
photography.
Interview With Singer/Songwriter
Guđriđ Hansdóttir
Music News:
Spinner - Singer-songwriter Gudrid Hansdottir
has been gracing Scandinavia with her floaty,
soulful blend of pop and folk since her solo debut
in 2007. The Faroe Islands native released her
second album -- 'The Sky is Opening' -- in June
2009, and the record earned her Album of the Year
from the Faroese Planet Awards. Spinner recently
spoke with Hansdottir about her upcoming SXSW
performance. Listen to her music here:
http://www.myspace.com/gudridhansdottir
Read the interview here:
www.spinner.com
Football:
The Premier League in the Faroes
Read Articles: Nordic Football - The Faroes founded their
own Premier League, now known as Vodafonedeildin, in
1942. The league boasts ten clubs and operates off a
system whereby two teams are relegated and promoted
every season. Lets have a closer look at the teams
that compete in this league and face the endless
task of trying to woo bigger crowds away from
watching English football on their armchairs and
into their stadiums. Read the article here:
www.nordicfootball.info
Wednesday Mar 03, 2010:
Row Row Row Your Boat
Listen To Podcasts:
Podcast episode 44 is out! On this week's podcast,
we learn a little about Faroese rowing, check in on
Anna Nygaard's progress on Denmark's X-Factor, and
contemplate the view from Tinganes. You can listen
on iTunes or download the file directly here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_44.mp3
Britain claims Rockall - again
Read Articles:
BBC - Surrounded by rich fishing grounds and oil
reserves, Rockall is about 25 metres wide at its
base and stands 70 feet tall. It is a disputed
territory with three other countries - Ireland,
Iceland and the Faroe Islands - also claiming
sovereignty of the area."We landed [on Rockall] in
1955... We raised the flag and put the Queen's
plaque on there claiming it for Britain and the
disputes been going on continuously ever since,"
said Andy. Andy Strangeway sailing towards Rockall
in 2008."While researching this it came to my
attention that the Queen's plaque is no longer on
there. So we obviously need it back up there as soon
as possible." Read the article here:
news.bbc.co.uk
Saturday Feb 27, 2010:
Anna Rocked At The X-Factor Show
Music News:
Anna Nygaard - the Faroese participant in the
Danish X-Factor show - made it again yesterday
evening! Anna performed on stage with the rock song
'Fighter' by Christina Aquilera. This was the third
Live Show of the Danish song competition and the
voters made sure that Anna made it again to the next
round next weekend - now with only 6 participants
left!
Read Articles:
FIS -CANADA Tuesday, February 23, 2010 -
The Canadian government’s decision last week to ban
Danish fishing vessels from East Coast ports for
overfishing of shrimp has been knocked as
“heavy-handed” and “unacceptable” by the Faroe
Islands, whose fleets were also affected. Faroe
Islands Foreign Minister Jřrgen Niclasen said his
fleets will defy Canada and continue to combat
NAFO’s “unreasonable and unfair allocation” for
Danish fishers in the 3L zone.
Music News:
The Faroese band Budam with the charismatic singer Búi
Dam as the front figure is gaining increasing popularity in
France where the band has been on tour. In
october 2009 they where interviewed by a Franch magazine,
L'oreille ŕ l'envers, which is about the alternative music
scene. The interview was made in English and can be viewed
on the magazine's website in five parts - with a French
translation.
View a video and a live performance by Budam
HERE.
Thursday Feb 25, 2010:
Cross The Atlantic: You'll Get Swamped...!
"You'll Get Swamped" is a trailer to an upcoming
TV-series about the voyage that Bob and Ralph Brown
took in a small fishing boat called a flats boat.
They traveled 8312 miles across the North Atlantic
Ocean by way of the Viking route. The voyage was
made in the "Smallest Power Boat To Cross The
Atlantic". Their trip took them from the US to
Canada, Greenland, Island, FAROE ISLANDS, Shetland
Islands, Orkney Islands, Scottland, England, France,
Holland, and Germany.
www.crosstheatlantic.com is a
fundraiser for the Wounded Hero Foundations. Watch
the trailer here:
Wednesday Feb 24, 2010:
The Story Of The Sunken Ship SS Sauternes -
"Jólaskipiđ"
Read Articles:
"On the late afternoon of Sunday 7th December, 1941,
the Merchant Navy steamship SS Sauternes was lost
off the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and all
25 crew and passengers died ... The December visit
of the ship was eagerly anticipated. It was called
by the locals Jolaskipid , or ‘the Christmas Ship',
because as well as carrying 3,000 gallons of petrol,
garrison supplies, 22,000 Danish Kroner, minted in
Scotland because it was impossible to get coinage
from Copenhagen, it was also on this December trip
carrying Christmas puddings, Scotch Whisky, and
Christmas gifts." Read the
rest of the story as it was told by the Reverend
Canon Dr David Kennedy at the Sermon at Durham
Cathedral, Remembrance Sunday Service, preached on
Sunday 11th November 2007.
Atlantic Airways summer 2010 services:
Twice A Week Between London And The Faroes
Read Articles:
Atlantic Airways, the national airline of the Faroe
Islands, is to operate a twice-weekly service
(Mondays and Thursdays) from London Stansted
throughout June, July and August.
The flights, which actually begin on 3 June and end
on 30 August, will take just over two hours. Read
more here:
www.shephard.co.uk
Tuesday Feb 23, 2010:
Podcast Episode 43 is out!
Two Faroese Musicians To South by Southwest
Festival in Austin, US
There's not really any dancing in this
podcast, but there is a lot of singing. The Podcast
checks in with Hogni and Gudrid Hansdottir, who are
both playing at this year's South by Southwest music
festival in Austin, Texas. And we'll also see how
Anna Nygaard is doing on Denmark's X Factor.As
always, you can listen using iTunes or just use the
link below to get the file.
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_43.mp3
Monday Feb 21, 2010:
Kerr Seeks To Revive Tiny Islands
Read Articles:
It`s hard running a national football team drawn
from a windswept archipelago, marooned halfway
between Scotland and Iceland, with a population that
does not succeed 50,000....
Kerr (Ed.: Brian Kerr, coach of the national
football team) is looking forward to ties with
Northern Ireland and Estonia, especially the former
as his father was born there. The Irishman is well
aware of what goals he has and how he can achieve
them. As one of the six nations in the bottom seeds,
he is aiming to emulate Liechtenstein who have
played their way into the next pot up “The target
would be to be in the second lowest pot next time
around. To do that will be hard, but I feel we can
build on the last qualifiers where we won a game and
pushed France hard at home”. “The under 21`s have
got eight points so far so we have the promise of
some good players coming through” said Kerr.
Read the whole article here: Nordic Football
News
Sunday Feb 21, 2010:
Anna Is Through To Another Round in X-Factor
Music News:
Faroese singer, Anna Nygaard, made it again this weekend at
the Danish X-Factor Show! She is through to another round.
Watch her latest amazing performance singing the Michael
Jackson song "What ever happens" on the
Music News page.
Shrimp war:
Faroe Islands blast Canada’s ports ban in
fishing dispute.
Read Articles: "Canada’s decision last week to bar
Danish-flagged fishing ships from East Coast ports
as punishment for the alleged overfishing of shrimp
has been slammed as “heavy-handed” and
“unacceptable” by the Faroe Islands, whose fleets
were targeted by the measure."
Read more:
http://www.montrealgazette.com
Avantgarde Fashion:
bARBARA i gONGINI Continues To Get Rave Reviews
Read Articles.
Faroese designer, bARBARA i gONGINI, is taking on
the catwalks around the world and continues to
impress style reviewers everywhere .
Read Blogs:
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 more here:
ahistoryofrafsaxavord.blogspot.com
This is the view standing at the rear end onboard
Norrřna ferry embarking for Iceland from Tórshavn
harbour in the Faroe Islands. Again, look how the
clouds in the sky change:
This is a timelapse video of a trip which normally takes a little over an
hour: The trip is captured here in 1429 pictures / 20 pictures per minute.
The vid shows 19 pics per second. What is
interesting about the vid, among other things, is
the way it shows how fast weather changes in the
Faroe Islands - here, of course, even faster.
Watch here:
Tuesday Feb 16, 2010:
Interview With Dutch Film Director And Author
Threes Anna
Listen to Podcasts:
In Podcast 42, Matthew Workman talks with Threes
Anna. She's a Dutch author and director and she's
spent the past month in the Faroes doing research
for a new novel. The Podcast also check in on Anna
Nygaard's progress on X-Factor and visits yet
another village that just could be the most
beautiful in the Faroes. You can read Threes Anna's
bio here:
http://www.threesanna.com/threes-anna Guest: Threes Anna (www.threesanna.com) Listen to the
Podcast directly here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_42.mp3
Oil-Industry:
Three Wells In Prospect Off The Faroes
Read Articles:
TORSHAVN, Faroe Islands – "The Faroe Islands’
Minister of Trade and Industry Johan Dahl has
approved extensions for three hydrocarbon
exploration licenses. Included in this agreement is
a firm commitment for an exploration well."
Read the article here:
www.offshore-mag.com
Shrimp War Continues:
Faroes And Greenland Make Breaking News In Canada
Read Articles:
HALIFAX, Canada - These days the Faroe Islands and
Greenland have made headlines in media all over
Canada. Canada followed through Monday on a threat
to close East Coast ports to fishing vessels from
Greenland and the Faroe Islands after the Danish
negotiation delegation failed to agree to a
334-tonne shrimp quota in international waters off
the Newfoundland coast. Get the links to some of the articles in Canadian Press
on the page
Read Articles.
Remember the old 'hit' "Farewell Faroe Islands"?
Music News:
An old song from the mid-eighties made by German composer Karl-Heinz Merkel sung by the
singer Cherry Laine has been saved from oblivion. Listen to
the song here.
Monday Feb 15, 2010:
Anna Nygaard Made It To The Next Round Of The Danish
X-Factor Show
Music News:
Anna Nygaard, the Faroese participant in the Danish
X-Factor Show, made it this weekend to the next round. The
Danish voters made sure that they will see her perform again
at the show next weekend. Watch Anna Nygaard perform another
Amy Whinehouse song "You know I'm no good" this Friday 13
Feb 2010 - here.
Faroese Short Film "A Bad Day" Screens
At European Indie Film Festival 2010
Read articles: A short film by Faroese film-maker Bjarki
Thomsen "A Bad Day" will be screened at the European
Independent Film Festival (ÉCU) which screens the
very best independent films from around the world to
a large audience of filmmakers, film industry
professionals and a public that craves the energy
and free spiritedness of creative independent films.
ÉCU 2010 will be held at Le Grand Action Cinema in
Paris, France from 12th-14th March, 2. Read an
interview with film-maker Bjarki Thomsen here:
www.fest21.com
Watch the
trailer to "A Bad Day" here.
Sunday Feb 14, 2010:
Canada closes ports to Faroe Islands
Read Articles: by Adrian Wyld/TCPI/The Canadian Press, Feb. 14,
2010
"OTTAWA — Canada is closing its ports to fishing
boats from the Faroe Islands and Greenland because
of their refusal to accept international shrimp
quotas, Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea
announced Sunday. The ban takes effect Monday. "We
have acted in good faith for several years to try to
resolve this issue, to no avail," Shea said in a
statement. Read the article here:
www.ctv.ca
Saturday Feb 13, 2010:
Copenhagen Fashion Week 2010:
Faroese Designers Get Good Reviews
Fashion, Slow and Rare: Guđrun & Guđrun
Read Articles:
"Gudrun & Gudrun’s Autumn/Winter 2010 showing in
Copenhagen reminded me that style doesn’t always
originate in the world’s urban centers, an idea that
we should take more to heart in the Pacific region.
Gudrun & Gudrun, in fact, comes from the very
antipodes of the fashion capitals. The label was
founded by two women from the Faroe Islands, a
remote chain of islands in the North Atlantic with a
population of just 45,000 with a language closely
related to Old Norse. The label’s unique look comes
from the isolation of the Faroe Islands paired with
an occasional burst of energy from Europe."
"Barbara I Gongini, originally from the Faroe
Islands ... showed her 2nd runway show this season.
The collection featured architectural hair and body
paint. The choreography was one of the most
complicated and well executed I've seen in some
time. For this season, Gongini referenced and
exploration of 2 and 3 dimension and experimenting
with how to create garments using the fewest
incisions possible."
Read more here:
dianepernet.typepad.com
"Barbara i Gongini was an another interesting
name ... A particular ongoing motif is her knitted
tulle pieces which were the talking points of the
collection. Based on the knitting tradition of the
Faroe Islands, an agressive volume is created with
endless lengths of tulle. In a largely black
collection, the tulle also provided the only flash
of dramatic colour in fluro pink and bright yellow."
Read more here:
www.dazeddigital.com
Friday Feb 12, 2010:
Faroese Stories Told On Stamps
Links:
Faroese stamps are an exciting treasure chest
for stamp collectors and others interested in
Faroese history, geography, nature, mythology and
foklore. Faroese stamps are a popular
collector's item all over the world. Here are
some interesting links if you want to know more
about Faroese stamps and what they tell about the
Faroe Islands. www.stamps.fo -
About Faroese stamps in general.
www.faroestamps.fo - About stamps picturing
Faroese History, Geography and Nature
www.faroeartstamps.fo - About stamps picturing
Faroese Art and Culture www.tjatsi.fo -
About stamps picturing Faroese Mythology and
Folklore
www.topoftheworld.nu - A site for philatelists
interested in Faroese stamps (Section of a Nordic
site).
Thursday Feb 11, 2010:
Trailer:
Singing People - The Young Generation
Faroes On Film:
Singing People is a 30-minutes documentary filmed in the summer 2008 about the young
generation´s identity on the Faroes. Between the dark winters and short
summers, the traditions and the modern life, there´s something that brings
them all together: Music!
Read Articles:
Follow the Uefa Euro 2012 qualifying draw - as
it happened. Read this article about all the plastic
ball-by-plastic ball action as Europe's national
sides learned their fate in Warsaw. Read here:
www.guardian.co.uk/football
Monday 8 feb 2010:
Synarchy Releases Two New Songs On MySpace
s
Music News:
Faroese heavy metal band Synarchy who's motto is:
"Live and breathe for the Metal" just posted the
demos of two of the featured songs from the upcoming
album "Scars of Gratitude" up on Myspace! The
12-track album is currently being mixed and mastered
at Hansen studios in Denmark.
Read articles:
Unkown Newcastle new boy Joan Simun Edmundsson has
been backed to make an impact on Tyneside. Faroe
Islands starlet Edmundsson is understood to be
arriving on loan at St James’ Park from his local
club B68 Toftir until the end of the season with a
view to a permanent move. And Faroe Islands’
national coach Brian Kerr believes the 18-year-old
forward can earn a long-term stay in the North East.
Read more at:
www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport
Lonely Planet prizes the Faroe Islands
Links:
Quote: "The proud, stoical Faroese character has
been forged from Viking blood, Christian piety,
Scandinavian openness and an awe for the humbling
nature that’s all around. Few communities this small
are so alive with art and the Faroes’ incredibly
vibrant music scene is nothing short of astonishing.
So even if the weather proves uncooperative, this
self-assured little demi-nation is likely to
surprise and delight even the most cynical
traveller." Read more at:
www.lonelyplanet.com/faroe-islands
Saturday 6 Feb 2010:
Pre-selections to Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Music News:
Tonight is the big night - both in Denmark and in
Iceland - where the final pre-selections will take
place!
Denmark: Jens Marni - Gloria
Listen to Jens Marni Hansen sing the song Gloria
- the Faroese participant in "Melodi Grand Prix" the
Danish pre-selection to determine the country's
representative at the Eurovision Song Contest in
Oslo in May 2010..
Watch Jógvan Hansen sing the song One More Day -
the Faroese participant in "Sřngvakeppni
Sjónvarpsins" the 2nd semi-final at the Icelandic
pre-selection to determine the country's
representative at the Eurovision Song Contest in
Oslo in May 2010.
Music News:
Jens Marni is one of the ten participants of Dansk
Melodi Grand Prix which will be held this Saturday.
The Faroese singer took some time to talk to
Escdaily about his participation, his career, his
future and of course Eurovision.
Read Articles:
Quote from an Article on the website Opposing Views
> Society > Animal Rights: "The recent video
depicting the slaughter of long-finned pilot whales
in the Faroe Islands was misleading in terms of
impact and incorrectly asserted that this was a
"rite of passage" for the island's teens."
Music News:
Sheila Doki of Metalholic.com conducted an
interview with guitarist/vocalist Heri Joensen of
Faroese Viking metallers TÝR before the band's
January 22, 2010 concert at Ridglea Theater in Fort
Worth, Texas as the support act for KORPIKLAANI.
Watch the chat in two parts
HERE.
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 preselection in
Iceland:
Jógvan Hansen speaks to esctoday.com
Music News:
In anticipation of the final of Söngvakeppni
Sjónvarpsins 2010, Iceland's pre-selection to
determine the country's representative at the
Eurovision Song Contest, esctoday.com provides
interviews of all six participants competing for the
honour of representing Iceland in Oslo. The national
final will be held this Saturday, February 6th. The
series of interviews kicks off with Jógvan Hansen.
Find out what he had to say:
www.esctoday.com
Read Blogs:
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
Fishing Dispute Heats Up
Read
Articles:
The conflict between Canada and Denmark is heating
up over the northern shrimp. Federal Fisheries
Minister Gail Shea has blasted Denmark for alleged
overfishing by the Faroese and Greenlandic fleet in
international waters off the coast of Newfoundland,
which "sets a dangerous precedent that could impact
conservation of the species," the Canadian
government said in a statement last week.
Read more here:
www.nationalpost.com. Or here:
www.vocm.com
Sunday 31 Jan 2010:
A Scottish Painter In Love With The Faroes
Read Blogs:
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
Eiđi 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
Saturday 30 Jan 2010:
Most Scenic Stadiums In The World
"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." This particular one is the
football team EB Streymur's football field. Read more at:
www.thebesteleven.com
Dutch Writer researches In The Faroe Islands
Read Blogs:
Threes Anna is a writer and director from the
Netherlands who works in three fields; literature, film
and theatre. 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 here:
www.threesanna.com.
Friday 29 Jan 2010
Faroese Band Onion Tree in the Semifinals of TBNS - The
Best New Song In The World
Music Scene: The song "Solitude" by
the Faroese band Onion Tree has reached the semifinals in
the international song contest: The Best New Song In The
World
Photo Safari: Peter Pattison is an Scottish Photographer who lives in
the UK but has a summer house in the village of Eiđi on
the island of Eysturoy. His Faroese mother met a Scottish
soldier during World War II and they became a family.
Pattison is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art, and
handles private and commercial photography commissions.
Go to
Peter Pattison's Faroe Photo Album
Read Articles:
Los Angeles Times > Travel Section: The Pilot Whale In
The Living Room - by Catherine Watson "The magazine (National Geographic Traveler) called them
"authentic, unspoiled and likely to remain so." But to
outsiders like me, one tradition doesn't fit the image.
Call it the whale in the living room, or the grindadrap,
the periodic harvest of long-finned pilot whales." Added
to the article are also some beautiful photos of the
Faroe Islands.
Music News:
Listen to an interview with Anna Nygaard from the
Danish X-Factor Show in The Danish Radio Station The
Voice:
http://www.thevoice.dk/vagn-op/4604-anna-fra-x-factor
- It's in Danish, of course, so you might not
understand, but you can also hear Anna give a sample of
her absolutely wonderful singing talent!
Front Page:
Added a little game. Check your
geographical knowledge of the Faroe Islands.
Go to the game.
Sunday Jan 17, 2010:
The Middle Of Nowhere
Read Articles:
Added
Iceland Review, 2007: The Faroe Islands, The Middle of
Nowhere - by Sara Blask Perhaps old news but nevertheless an interesting read:
"Caught in the North Atlantic between Iceland and
Norway, the Faroe Islands may mean “sheep islands,” but
take a road trip and you'll realize there’s more to this
archipelago than its name reveals."
Faroe Islands
- maybe the most curious place left on earth:
In November 2007
National Geographic Traveler Rated The Faroes:
The Most Unspoilt
Islands
in the World
In 2007
the magazine National Geographic Traveler appointed a panel of 522 travel experts
to rate 111 island communities in
the world.
The result was published in the November issue the same year.
The lost world found in the Faroe Islands
The
Faroe Islands
came out as the best, most unspoilt and most attractive
islands in the world – ahead of the Azores, Bahamas, Hawaii and
other fantastic island destinations.
But why would 522 travel experts choose these almost unknown
windswept and supposedly quite rainy islands in
the middle of nowhere as No. 1?
See for yourself.
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