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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