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  • EUROPE'S BEST KEPT SECRET
    Adrift in the whirling rhythmic North Atlantic Sea, a different world lingers. A place like no other on earth.
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    "The Faroe Islands? Yeah, they are close to Egypt, right?" …not exactly.
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    Photo: Joshua Cowan - @joshzoo
  • THE PEOPLE OF THE FAROE ISLANDS
    Once you get past that initial first stage of shyness and reserve, Faroe Islanders are a very warm, generous, friendly and hospitable people.
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    Photo: @alex.mazurov
  • HISTORY OF THE FAROE ISLANDS
    Archaeological excavations on the island of Sandoy bear proof that people lived in the Faroe Islands in year 300.
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  • FAROESE FOOD
    Fermented lamb, wind-dried fish and sheep’s head. Sound delicious? Most Faroe Islanders think so.
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    Photo: Barbara Fish House
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