Faroe Islands Photo Gallery
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1 -
Curving wall and towers
of the Möhne Dam
2 -
Wall of the Eder Dam and
steep-sided Eder valley
3
- Fishing boats drawn up
on beach at Nørre Vorupør
4 -
Leaving Hirtshals on
M/S Norröna
for crossing to Faroe Islands
5
- Dawn over southern Faroes as
M/S Norröna
approaches Tórshavn
6
- Shore-side Tórshavn Camping
looking out across Nólsoy Sound
7
- Tórshavn Camping in
remarkably un-Faroese weather
8
- Tórshavn waterfront with
the town rising uphill beyond
9
-
Norröna
ferry towering over Tórshavn marina
10
- Tórshavn's tiny cathedral
of Havner Kirkja
11
- Headland of Tingranes
projecting into Tórshavn bay
12
- Faroese Prime Minister's Offices
in former warehouses on Tingranes
13
- Panoramic view over Tórshavn
and its harbour from Kongaminni
14
- The
Løgting
(Faroese Parliament) in session
15
- An impassioned debate in the
Faroese Parliament (
Løgting
)
16
- Roykstovan farmstead and St
Magnus Cathedral ruins at Kirkjubøur
17
- Medieval church of St Olaf
against misty backdrop of Hestur
18
- Path across fell-land slopes
above Leitisvatn in wet weather
19
- Whimbrel on fell-side
above Leitisvatn
20
- Leitisvatn lake spilling over into
North Atlantic at Bøsdalafosssar
21
- 142m precipice of Trælanipa
cliffs above stormy North Atlantic
22
- Isolated village of Bøur
clustered around its church
23
- Kvívik church, a port-village
dating back to the Viking settlement
24
- Remains of 10/11th century
Viking farmstead at Kvívik harbour
25
- 1829 wooden church at Hvalvík
set among the village's cottages
26
- Fossá waterfall cascading over
'layer-cake' basalt escarpments
27
- Octagonal church at Haldorsvík
against backdrop of fishing port
28
- Tjørnavík village nestled into
confines of glacial valley mouth
29
-
Esturoy's northern tip cliffs
with Risin and Kellingin sea stacks
30
- Eiði Camping on the village's
astro-turf former football pitch
31
- Cliffs of Northern Eysturoy and
sea-stacks of Risin and Kellingin
32
- Fishing port of Fuglafjørður in
sheltered confines of Pollurin bay
33
- Excavated remains of 10th
century Viking farmstead at Leirvík
34
- Gjógv Camping looking
across to the gorge-cleft
35
- Dawn over Djúpini Sound and
island of Kalsoy from Gjógv Camping
36
- Gjógv and deep gorge-cleft
forming the hamlet's harbour
37
- Industrial fishing port of Klaksvík,
set on an isthmus between 2 fjords
38
- Viðareiði village against
backdrop of Barðoy coastline
39
- Viðareiði Tunnel in a classic
Faroese enclosed glacial valley
40
- Abandoned village of Múli on NE
Barðoy, with turf cut for roofing
41
- Camping by the harbour side
at the fishing port of Fuglafjørður
42
- Turf-roofed wooden church
at Kollafjørður
43
- Turf-roofed wooden church
at Kaldbaksfjørður
44
- Wooden pew end with
engraving of St John the Evangelist
45
- Wooden bishop's throne
with engraving of St Olav
46
- Waiting to board
M/S
Norröna
at Tórshavn docks
47
- Departing the Faroes
on passage to Iceland
48
- Farewell to Faroes as
Norröna
rounds cliffs of northern Streymoy
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