The Resplendent Faroe Islands

 Faroe Islands have been kept under wraps for many centuries but lately after being discovered, there could not be any other beautiful place than the Faroe Islands . So what are Faroe Islands to begin with it could be considered as an archipelago but geographically and politically it’s been considered as a union territory in the world map . It is located in the Northeast Atlantic halfway between Scotland and Iceland . The Faroe island comprises of 18 small islands characterised by mountain tops heighted cliffs and a close proximity to the mainland water bodies . It has a population of only around 55,000 people according to the 2019 world census.

                       Flag of the Faroe Islands 

Faroe Islands is only around 1300 square kilometres in area. There are 1,117 kilometres of coastline and no land boundaries with any country so it is quite independent and relatively safer from any foreign invasions. The wind flow is extremely high and high wave tides as well, summers tend to be moderate with cool winds but the winters are on harsher side with fog causing vague ambience. The most prominent tourist attraction about the Faroe Islands is having the highest cliffs in the whole of Europe and also in the world as well . Because of such an obnoxious landscape with high cliffs and mountains construction of road as a challenge until recently when tunnels have been constructed for convenient travel. The capital of the Faroe island is Tòrshavn and the official language spoken is Faroese.

                    Map of the Faroe Islands

These islands are considered as an autonomous territory of Denmark , people here are of Norwegian and of Scandinavian descent. To be precise these islands form a self governing overseas administrative division of the Kingdom of Denmark , in much the same way as Greenland. The most perplexing thing about The Faroe Islands is that the population of sheep’s are relatively more than the human population, there are more than 70,000 sheep inhabiting the island . The Faroe Islands has a jacket of the water bodies , all the major towns and cities with only few people residing are on the coast . Though travelling is quite difficult but still inside the premise of the territory the bus is free mode of transportation for the natives . The Faroe island is home to the world’s first underwater traffic circle .

The most prominent occupation of this archipelago is fishing as life revolves around the sea only . It comprises of rich and diverse history and bird cliffs that homes many puffin birds to as many waterfalls a person could not even imagine . Puffin birds are found in the Faroe Islands from April to September , around 1 million puffins breed during this season. 

                The most found bird on the Faroe Islands 

Also one most significant superlative which is an impeccable tourist attraction with a bewitching mythology is the Legend of Kòpakonan (seal woman) . It is the best known folk tales in the Faroe Islands . In order to honor the seal woman and the most inhabited marine bio life were the seals hence a statue of the seal woman was raised on 1 August , 2014 in Mikladagur. This statute measures about 2.6 metres and has a mass of about 450 kilograms , and is made of bronze and stainless steel. 

   

The seal woman