The Faroe Islands are remote, green, treeless, rocky, mountainous, has thousands of water falls and sheep, grass rooftops, rains 300 days per year — and for us today, THE SUN WAS SHINING 🌤☀️
We docked in the town of Torshavn, where it was quite chilly.
The Faroe Islands (/ˈfɛəroʊ/; Faroese: Føroyar, pronounced [ˈfœɹjaɹ]; Danish: Færøerne, pronounced [ˈfæɐ̯øːˀɐnə]), or the Faeroe Islands, is a North Atlanticarchipelago located 320 kilometres (200 mi) north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway between Norway and Iceland. It is an autonomous territory[8]within the Kingdom of Denmark. The islands have a total area of about 1,400 square kilometres (540 sq mi) with a population of 51,783 as of June 2019.[3]
The terrain is rugged; the climate is subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc)—windy, wet, cloudy, and cool. Temperatures average above freezing throughout the year because of the Gulf Stream. As a result of the moderation and the northerly latitude, summers normally hover around 12 °C (54 °F). The northerly latitude also results in perpetual civil twilight during summer nights and very short winter days.
We took a panorama tour by bus and saw beautiful scenery. We came back to the ship, had lunch and then ventured into town. Small but quite charming. I came across a yarn shop ( hahaha not by accident 🙄), ok I admit it was my mission to find, and was surprised at how busy the shop was and how many different yarns and supplies they had. I guess with the long dark winters you have to have something to do and sometimes you need something different than just Faroe wool. I did buy a souvenir 😍
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