Faroe Islands.. a wonderful destination to visit and unique tourist places

Arabiaweather.com - Ismail Ghasimi - The Faroe Islands include 18 main inhabited islands, and they are located in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, north of Scotland. If you want to visit, you have to get the visa from the Danish Embassy, which is not the same as a Schengen visa.

Until the late 19th century, people in the Faroe Islands spent most of their lives in villages, and cities did not start to appear until much later. For example, the capital, Tórshavn, had only about 100 residents in 1900. Today, the number of residents exceeds 20,000.

In the Faroe Islands, the traditional city depended on a self-sufficient life, and it had to limit the number of families it formed, most of which depended on fishing and agriculture, but with the passage of time, the population preferred to settle in the rapidly growing cities.

There are still more than a hundred villages in the Faroe Islands, and almost every one of them is located near the ocean, and new visitors often find them very similar, the houses are brightly colored or in the traditional black color, while their roofs are often covered with grass.

Urban destinations in the Faroe Islands include the city of Tórshavn, which is the capital and largest city, and Fuglafjørður, which has become one of the main cultural attractions in the country. As for Klakswijk, it is the main industrial city, and the city of Hoyvík is one of the most important suburbs that should be visited and is located north of Tórshavn.

As for the villages, they are numerous, and only one or two of them can be visited, and it will suffice you to get to know the countryside in the Faroe Islands, including Kirkiopor, Geogf, Aegean, Saxon, Bor, Nolsoy, Gasadalur, and others.

Among the natural tourist places that you can visit are the cliffs of birds in Vestmana, which are located north of the Vestmanna region and rise about half a kilometer, and therefore are considered the highest cliffs in the Faroe Islands, as well as the Mjørkadalur Valley.

For cultural attractions, travelers are advised to visit Tinganes, the old town of the capital Tórshavn, and the coal mines of Hvalba should not be missed.