Faroe Islands
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ABOVE: A black-and-white Faroese sheep sheds its
wool in the summer.
Tourism and general links
Tourist information
Visit-faroeislands.com
This is the islands' official tourist site.
Framtak
Puffin cartoons,
recorded
phrases in Faroese, national statistics, and shopping (including Faroese
soccer
badges) are among the things you'll find here.
The Faroe Islands.info
This "Faroese travel portal" has directory-style listings (with addresses
and phone numbers) for tourist offices, museums, hotels, restaurants, etc.
throughout the islands.
Background reading
The Faroe Islands -
General Information
Details about the major islands, local bird life, Faroese history, and more.
Faroe
Islands Flag
Give a salute to the red, white, and blue.
Maps
SpyMaps: Faroe
Islands
View a quick-downloading CIA map of the country, then use the related links to
see other maps and geographical information.
Photos
Faroe Islands Photographs
A dozen color and black-and-white photos from Framtak.
Weather/Climate
WeatherBase:
Torshavn
Get month-by-month temperature and rainfall averages for the Faroese capital,
in metric or
Imperial units.
Accuweather Forecast
Check current weather conditions in Tórshavn and view a forecast in metric or
Imperial measurements.
Whales
The Faroese are touchy on the subject of whaling. Citizens kill pilot
whales with knives during traditional hunts along the shoreline, with the
mercury- and PCB-tainted meat being distributed among members of the
community. See Wikipedia's
Whaling
in the Faroe Islands article for more information and links to other
resources.
Student information
University of the Faroe Islands
Nordic studies are a mainstay of the country's publicly funded university, which also
administers grants to 5-7 foreign students each year.
Odds and ends
Faroese Stamps
Order postage stamps, look up addresses of post offices, or learn what it
costs to send a postcard to the folks back home.
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