Wilson As the evening drew to a close with the guests singing the national anthem with pride and passion, one had the feeling that this gathering on 18 February at the Danish Embassy was the occasion when [...] arranged. As well as being a social occasion the intention was that the evening should be informative for everyone. The talks and film about the future Oil Industry in the Faroe Islands certainly gave everyone [...] A whole cross section of the Faroese community in the UK was represented. There were the war brides including Nicolena Prince whose story of coming to the UK was told in the book ?Karleikur undir krignum
fellow diners so as to enhance the experience and taste of the Faroese food landscape. The menu features international interpretations of the local ingredients indigenous to the Faroe Islands. Frumbiti has [...] has an informal and relaxed service style, focusing on the meal being shared amongst the diners. This leaves guests feeling as if they have been transported to a remote dining paradise with no rules, just [...] g> Vis dette opslag på Instagram @frumbiti_restaurant is located in the heart of Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. Frumbiti is known for the combination of both traditional and modern food, taking classic local
, are visible and are present in the industry. This is very good. I have personally had the pleasure of seeing the work Faroese have done to increase the knowledge on Faroe activities, and it has impressed [...] 18 times previously and this time the exhibition is bigger than ever, with upto 35.000 visitors and covering an area of 18.800 sq m2. -“I am particularly proud of the diversification we have at the exhibition [...] and adds that he is always very interested is seeing the Faroe stand, in particular the good food on offer to visiting guests. -“Just the thought of Faroe food makes my mouth water”, says Mr Kjell Ursin
Faroese society. The interest in music might be greater here than anywhere else in the world – this may be a result of the times we live in or the nature surrounding us, or it may be the inspiration from [...] from our most successful contemporary musicians. Whatever the reason, the inclination to make music here grows day by day. The music scene in the Faroes is very diverse, offering everything from metal bands [...] Teitur has taken the title of Best Male Singer at the Danish Music Awards, and Eivør won Best Vocalist and Best Album at the Danish Folk Music Awards. This is just to name a few. The public institution
to diversify the economy. We have seen the economy grow and diversify for more than a decade now, since the recovery from the recession of the early 90ies. What must be striking about the Faroese economy [...] Faroese people are in 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 [...] In the Faroes we already get almost half of the power for our electricity consumption from renewable sources, from water and wind turbines. On the other hand we use great amounts of oil on land on heating
ONS in Bergen. The international oil world will also be given the opportunity to experience Faroese culture. For the third time in secession the Tórshavn Town Council will participate in the oil exhibition [...] exhibition ONS. This time the Tórshavn Town Council will cooperate with the Rúnavík Town Council regarding a presentation in the pavilion on the harbour in Bergen. The harbour environment is intended for those [...] Her company, with the same name, creates Nordic clothing based on a conceptual approach to the process, where experiments with forms provide the setting for the visual motive in the design. Malan á Lofti
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 [...] setting. The New York Times published an article about The Faroe Islands by the journalist Stephen Metcalf on the 25th of March this year. The headline went: “Into the Mystical Unreal Reality of the Faroe [...] 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 by rivers, brooks
course, to the country’s Vision 2015, the hope and dream that the Faroes will become one of the most progressive nations of the world by 2015. A bit audacious some might say, but I for one am the eternal [...] shut down in the Faroes, a local company launched what is reputedly the world’s first commercially viable DTT system. The company does not boast a staff of hundreds, nor even dozens. On the contrary, it [...] was indeed and the more I went about the country, and the more cups of coffee and sweet cakes I savored, the more I began to notice and appreciate that remarkable indomitable spirit of the Faroese bubbling
Most of the people in the world have an affinity for the whales and dolphins. Most of the world feels their uniqueness and most of the world values these wondrous creatures alive. Most of the world views [...] 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
falls behind the horizon The fulmars fly full to the slumbering shore The memories stroke you, cold and sore at night from where dreams are arising Streams on the sound, fast flowing in me a pinching of gruelling [...] with stillness The night is his rowdy riot that wakes up the ghosts of the lifeless Glistening heather awakens on old paths on mountain-edges Rounded boulders lie frightened rise up on open stretches Winds [...] Brimheim Heinesen (2020) Night falls on cairns on the hillsides now the day has warily darkened enshrouds them in tarnishing twilight that follows when light grows absent The reaper is always quiet His eyes