supplies with the sailmakers and their workshop. The storehouse and its activities were crucial for the islands’ main export: salted cod. By then, the immense importance and total dominance of sheep and [...] and wool in the agricultural society had slowly come to an end, and the richness of the sea had taken over and has been our main exports ever since. -- Today, wool and sheep are still a part of modern Faroe [...] móttøkuni í Múllers Pakkhúsi: "As you may already noticed, we have significant number of sheep in the Faroe Islands. It is often said that there are around eigthy thousand sheep, wich means that there are

descriptions of the different layers of rock and sediments thousands of metres below the surface. On this background it is possi­ble to make predictions of what you may find deep down, but one is always [...] fact amongst the best educated in the world, and of the Nordic countries only the Finnish population actually has a higher degree of education than the Faroese. Infrastructure is good with sub­seatunnels [...] con­necting six of the islands whith over 80 % of the population. More­over, the IT penetration is near 100 %. We are now about to undertake significant investments in the Vagar airport both with the aim to modernise

formed the surroundings, the skills and the very soul of the Faroese in a favourable way. If you turn it around this way – ‘bad weather’ might just be the reason why you should visit the Faroes! The Country [...] the World The waters around the Faroe Islands are said to be the cleanest in the world. The perfect mix of the warm Gulf Stream from the south and the Arctic waters from the north produce a paradise for [...] suddenly drop hundreds of meters straight down into the deep blue sea. The ocean climate and the small size of the Faroes may make them one of the wettest countries on earth, so the landscape is traversed

dollar to spend. On the island of Samos, within sight of the Turkish coast, we stayed with a lovely pair of English teachers who treated us to the only bed in the apartment and an eagerness to talk politics [...] awaits us in the Faroes, but I highly anticipate the natural beauty, a new family and comm­unity, and the wool. If you see me on the street over the next year shout out a greeting: We can count to 20 together [...] through the European Union queue. Lacking a purple passport, I realized quickly that being American is not as valuable on this side of the Atlantic. The next phase of our trip was to visit several of the

many of the benefits of oil developments without many of the less acceptable aspects.« »One of the big advantages here was the creation of the terminal on Flotta, a small island well away from the main [...] for the past 25 years - a sight as familiar to residents as the stars that fill the clear skies above the islands. Islanders treasure the winter spectacle of the aurora borealis. But the source of this [...] in 1901 to just 17,000 in 1971. »One of the most important benefits of the oil era, and one often overlooked, is the way it restored confidence in the people of Orkney,« he said. »Until the 1970s, people

dependent on the daily fluctuation of the oil price and the Faroes Islands must carefully balance the huge opportunity which the industry can bring with the retention of the islanders? core values and the very [...] because of the oil industry and the challenge for the Faroes, if oil is discovered in its waters, will be to capitalise on the opportunity yet retain the unique charm of the islands. Aberdeen and the North-east [...] since gone. The discovery of oil led to the development of the modern international airport and bustling heliport, the busiest in Europe, which Aberdeen now boasts. Aberdeen has changed out of all recognition

decades. The world needs to know what is happening in the Faeroes and just as we brought the horror of the Taiji dolphin slaughter to the attention of the world with the Academy Award-winning film The Cove [...] room at the Torshavn Hotel. With the reservation confirmed, we issued a notice of the event to take place on Saturday, August 13. But just the next day, the hotel cancelled the reservation on the advice [...] welcome to discuss the “grind” in the Faeroes because they were open to understanding the culture and traditions of the Faeroese that lie behind the continuation of the slaughter of the whales. We were told

is my mother tongue. That is the reason why I ask you politely if this article in question with your permission can be published in the local magazin Skáin in faroese translation? Shortly I can tell you [...] concisting of 18 islands with 48000 in­habi­tants. Politically we are a part of Denmark – but with a thousand years old parlia­ment called Føroya Løgting. Awaiting your esteemed reply I wish you luck and [...] Sir. The writer of this letter has read your article ”Letter from a russian prison” publis­hed in the danish newspaper Weekendavisen 18.-24. Febru­ary this year. Your article is in my opinion of such a

from exhaustion, buried in the hail Poisoned in the bushes an´ blown out on the trail Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn Come in , she said, I´ll give you shelter from the storm . ­ Um vit nú fara [...] nær: The Lady of the Lowlands, drotningin av Láglondum, ið hevur eygu sum royk, bønir sum rím, munn úr kyksilvuri, rødd sum kim, húð sum silki og andlit sum glas. ­ With your mercury mouth in the missionary [...] yrkingar- og sanghátti, sum eyðkendi t.d. Boots Of Spanish Leather . Nakað frammanundan yrkti Dylan sangin Girl Of The North Country , sum er at finna á plátuni The Freewheelin´ Bob Dylan, frá 1963. Yrkjarin