Everything about the Faroe Islands

At 86, famed maritime artist Skalagard still creates striking paintings seven days a week - Marin Independent Journal

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:08:00 +0000

At 86, famed maritime artist Skalagard still creates striking paintings seven days a week - Marin Independent Journal

Shhh! Don't tell criminals that islands' police are on holiday - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Shhh! Don't tell criminals that islands' police are on holiday - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

Faeroes susceptible to deadly illness

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:56:00 +0000

Faeroes susceptible to deadly illness

Popular faroese football (soccer) video

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sat, 01 May 2010 12:55:00 +0000

This is probably one of the most popular YouTube-videos ever, where the subject of the matter comes from the Faroe Islands.

The info says: Faroese player named Kaj Ennigarð tries to influence the ref...

Watch the video here:

Small BBC interview with Man City's Gunnar Nielsen

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:04:00 +0000

After the match between Arsenal and Manchester City, BBC conducted this small interview.

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=0HQwMX#

Manchester City's Gunnar Nielsen, writes history.

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:04:00 +0000

The football-match between Arsenal - Manchester City, which was yesterday, was an historic even. Reason for this is, that the regular goal-keeper for Man. City, Shay Given was injured, and in his place, Gunnar Nielsen stepped in. Gunnar Nielsen is the first faroese player, which is to play in the English Premier League. Here is a small recap of the match itself:

Arsenal v Manchester City
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Faroe Islands vs. Fayetteville, NC. USA: Military

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:01:00 +0000

It is kind of (un)funny to compare this element with eachother.

Fayetteville hosts one of the largest military bases in the USA, which is Fort Bragg. The town illuminates this fact, because alot of the business in the town, is based around or directed at the base. To name one, Fort Bragg Federal Credit Union.

Walking around in Food Lion, Wal-Mart or some other store, you may more than likely see a person, which is enrolled at Bragg.

You also hear and feel the presence of the base. For many months, one can hear them training from miles away, because explosions from their training cause tremors.

Helicopters and planes are also seen regularly fly above the town. Whole neighbourhoods often consist of people, which belong to the base. Regular cars often feature stickers, which in some way represent an allegiance to the army.

On the opposite end of the military scale and size, we find the Faroe Islands, which doesn't actually have any military at all, because this is a jurisidiction, which belongs to Denmark, and thus, they take care of that. The military in the Faroe Islands, resides in Mjørkadalur. Their presence is on a day to day basis hardly felt at all.

The Most Appealing Destination - Faroe Islands Tourist Guide

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:57:00 +0000

The Most Appealing Destination - Faroe Islands Tourist Guide

The search for the Faroe Islands

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:15:00 +0000

Volcano in Iceland, paralyzes the Faroe Islands.

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:16:00 +0000

Eyjafjallajökull (press link for live feed) in Iceland, which has cast its gloomy ash over huge parts of Europe and severely disrupted airtravel, is costing alot of money for the only airline on the Faroe Islands, Atlantic Airways. CEO, Magni Arge tells portal.fo, that the company is losing approx. 75000 USD a day, because they can't fly their planes anywhere.

The General Surgeon has these last days issued disclaimers for people with certain health issues, like asthma to stay indoors, because they might inhale the ash.

What we all hope for now, is that Katla will stay quiet.

Will the Icelandic ash affect our weather?

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:31:00 +0000

Will the Icelandic ash affect our weather?

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Photo - Iceland volcano ash flow from space | Fromtheold

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:29:00 +0000

Photo - Iceland volcano ash flow from space | Fromtheold

Faroe Islands vs. Fayetteville, NC. USA: Infrastructure

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:48:00 +0000

Comparing the infrastructure of the Faroe Islands, with the one in Fayetteville, NC., is an interesting task, because the roads of these two places, are so different.

The mainroads in the Faroe Islands, consist of two-laned roads, like the one we see here: Road through Miðvág, Vágar, and other cameras on this site. Mainroads in Fayetteville, and almost all other places in the USA, look alot like this:
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I have been my fair share around in the city of Fayetteville, and one thing which it lacks alot, are pavements. Many places you just have to walk on grass, and it's not always that is a comfortable feeling, when you want to take a long walk. One day, I walked 10 miles in scorching sun, and there was nobody but me who walked. Compared to the Faroe Islands, everybody would have been out and about on such a day. But I guess, that since scorching sun is such a rarity in the Faroe Islands, that is maybe one big factor which gets the people out and about on their feet.

I've heard, that if a car honks at you, when you're out walking in the US, that means the driver is approving your action of walking. Whether this is true or not, I do now know, but i've had a couple of cars honking at me.

Compared to Fayetteville, I have to say, that the Faroe Islands are better off, when it comes to pavements, but the city of Fayetteville ofcourse has a much wider area to cover, when it comes to infrastructure. ..

It is strange to think about it comparison, that in so very many cases in the Faroe Islands, there is only one road, which leads into a city, whilst in the US, there are many roads from all directions. There is one mainroad, which leads into the capital on the Faroes. (some will argue that there is another one, but it is not nearly used as much as the other one).

That's actually it for this time. I know it's an abrupt ending, but i'll touch more on this subject in the next edition, which will be about the Military in Fayetteville and the Military on the Faroe Islands.

Tomorrow! Coming up: Faroe Islands vs. Fayetteville, NC. USA.: Infrastructure

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:48:00 +0000

Remember!

I will post the article, which compares the infrastructure in the Faroe Islands as opposed to the one in Fayetteville.

Alot of differences.

Top 10 Most Remote Destinations in the World « Navigationz

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:16:00 +0000

Top 10 Most Remote Destinations in the World « Navigationz #ff #travel #lp

Faroe Islands vs. Fayetteville, NC. USA: Shopping

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:29:00 +0000

I made a last-minute decision, and i'm going to divide the subjects into several days, and the first subject is: Shopping.

This is a simple, but yet valid comparison I think, of what features both of these places behold, or at least, some features.

Shopping:

This is something which struck me, when I first got to the US. Alot of things are on a grand scale, compared to what i'm used to in the Faroe Islands.

In the the States, there is Wal-Mart, which is probably one of the most, if not most distributed store, and reaches the widest audience, either on a Super-Center level or a more mediocre one. Stepping into Wal-Mart was like unlike anything else for me. 20+ cash-registers were lined up in a perfectly syncronized line, checking people out, and most of these registers were occupied all the time, when I first there the first time (beginning of December). People were walking around with their kids and families, some with regular shopping-carts and some even in, and this is a first for me, electric shopping-trucks. People sit in these "trucks", and like some mini-scooter, they drive around and do their shopping.

Almost everything is available at this Wal-Mart giant. I mean, you can't buy a house or something of that nature there, but everything which on a day-to-day basis can be used by an ordinary US household, is available. You can even get your tires checked there.

A thing which I didn't really know how to react to, was when I got to the cash-register and the woman behind the counter said: "Hi, how are you doing?". Like a goof, I just stood flabbergasted, and said: "Fine!", not knowing why she really asked me that.

Moving back to the Faroe Islands, and looking at how it is these, is a great difference. The only shop I maybe can compare this to, is SMS. Although, SMS is a mall, with several boutiques and a "big" grocery-store. Combined, can SMS maybe make a somewhat valid comparison to a Wal-Mart shop.

It is 3 stories, where Wal-Mart is one huge. On a Faroese scale, alot of people use SMS. I should note, that while SMS is open monday through saturday, at limited hours, Wal-Mart is open 24/7, almost 365 days a year.

The variety of products is so much more in the US, than in the Faroes, and the pricing in the US, is on a lower scale. This comes mostly from the fact, that almost 100% of the produce in the Faroes has to be imported, whilst in the US, almost 100% is produced in the States.

This was a somewhat mediocre comparison of "shopping" in the Faroe Islands and in Fayetteville, NC. USA.

Next time the subject will be: Infrastructure.

Coming up: Faroe Islands vs. Fayetteville, NC. USA.

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:42:00 +0000

This is short article, which I will be posting tomorrow, and will be a comparison between these two places. Since the Faroe Islands are so small, I feel that I can make a somewhat valid comparison between these two places. It will not be a thesis based on science, but pure loose observations which i've witnessed.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has landed in the Faroes

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:41:00 +0000

Founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has landed in the Faroe Islands, where he will be the headspeaker at a convention about socializing in minor countries.

He will be speaking today, at 16:00 GMT, on the 1st of April.

BLABBERMOUTH.NET - ARCH ENEMY To Headline Faroe Islands' G! FESTIVAL

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:04:00 +0000

BLABBERMOUTH.NET - ARCH ENEMY To Headline Faroe Islands' G! FESTIVAL

Beguiling land of the Faroes - Europe, Travel - The Independent

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:24:00 +0000

Beguiling land of the Faroes - Europe, Travel - The Independent

Another great article!

Faeroe Isles: ‘Silence. Isolation. It’s breathtaking’ -Times Online

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:16:00 +0000

Faeroe Isles: ‘Silence. Isolation. It’s breathtaking’ -Times Online

A really great article!

Still alive!

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:00 +0000

I am still alive, and I do tend to liven up this blog in the near future. In the meantime, head over to faroepodcast.blogspot.com and see what's new there.

"It's a small world..."

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:14:00 +0000

Today, happened one of the things in life, which just happen once.

Around noon today, I was in the local shop, here in the village, where I live, to buy lasagna. Upon entering, through the corner of my eye, I saw someone at the counter, paying for the stuff he had bought.

When I come outside, this same someone was standing there, and asked me: "Excuse me Mister, are you by any chance, the author of faroe-island.blogspot.com ?", and I answered, that I was, and he introduced himself as "brelok", which ofcourse is the guy, who writes a blog in polish, about the Faroe Islands.

It was a meeting of chance, which i'll probably never forget. During our conversation, he said: "It's a small world...", and I can only concur.

The Faroe Islands Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:07:00 +0000

At the moment, and many moments ahead. The Faroe Islands Podcast, is that place to be. Check it out!

http://faroepodcast.blogspot.com/

The Fellowship of the Ring.

noreply@blogger.com (Faroe-Man) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:49:00 +0000

All know J.R.R. Tolkiens tale, where the ring is the key element, and the fellowship, has the ring, as their fellow cause.

I know many people on the internet, but none like this one character. I remember, when I started all of this, that it was, because I wanted to let the world know of the Faroe Islands. News, and what was happening here.

This one person, has become a close friend of mine. We've conversed alot together, and have talked about all matters of the world, alot of them excluding the Faroe Islands, as the main topic.

These last months, i've not been able to maintain this blog, so we've kept connection through Facebook. He's been on the radio here (still no audio, sorry dude).

To show me, a part of his surroundings, he sent me a package, in December, with alot of stuff in, which I deeply appreciate. One of those things, was this t-shirt (No, that's not the Grinch.. it's me).

Thank you Matt, and I hope the future plans, to promote the Faroe Islands, will come into fruition soon.