Discover the Faroes
Culture
Sheep, turf, grass roofs and a thousand years of living on the edge of the ocean.
The Faroese sheep
The animal the islands are named after, and the reason the paths exist.
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Turf houses
Grass roofs, tarred timber and houses built to hold the wind out.
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Farming
Infield and outfield: how Faroese land has been shared for a thousand years.
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Viking history
Norse settlement, the Løgting and the oldest parliament in the world.
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Faroese traditions
Chain dance, ballads, Ólavsøka and the language that carried them.
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