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The Faroe Islands

A winter saga.

By A Kuld World

December 13^th, 2015

winter visit

Out in the middle of the North Atlantic Sea lies a small group of islands named The Faroe Islands. And for the second time in my life I were lucky enough to explore these rough, unspoiled, but beautiful islands – this time at winter.

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Exploring

The plane had barely touched the ground before my buddy, Bobby, and I found ourselves at a steep and very slippery mountainside witch ended with a 50-meter (164 feet) drop off into the dark sea. Nevertheless, the view at the Gásadalur waterfall was magnificent and this place is an absolutely must see at The Faroe Islands.

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Gásadalur village

Mykines island

Feeling the winter

On our first real day, we decided to visit Saksun even though we have seen the place before. The place is so mysterious that we thought it could use another visit – and we were absolutely right. Upon arrival to this place the weather were quite fine, but in a matter of minutes we felt the first touch of the winter, when a hailstorm hit our faces.

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On our way back to Tórshavn we went on a little detour over the snowy mountains.

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Kalsoy

The alarm woke me up at 6:30 AM this morning – we needed to get up this early to catch a ferry heading for the islands of Kalsoy or “the recorder” as the local call this long and thin island.
We followed the road to the end and parked the car in a place called Trøllanes where we had to hike the rest of the way, to the very end of theis island. The hike were quite hard as we had to walk in snow on steep hilsl without any track to follow. We made it and the what a view we got!

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Stormy day - green night

This time of year, the sun is quite rare at The Faroe Islands, so the following day went by with a lot of snow, hailstorms and dark clouds.

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We didn’t really had any plans that day, so we decided to drive as north as we possible could, ending up in the village Viðareiði, from where we could see the two most eastern islands, Fugloy and Svínoy.

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As the day turned into night we went back to Tórshavn to rest a bid and to get something to eat. We got our food, but didn´t rest that much as we had to get back outdoor as fast as possible. Thanks to the Aurora scanner at spacewether.com we discovered that we got the chance to watch the beautiful Aurora above us.

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Located at the top of a mountain with a great view, we were ready for the Northern Light. Unfortunately the weather had other plans as a snowstorm surrounded us.

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Aurura

Suddenly the sky cleared up just enough, and a beautiful green color light up the night sky – the Northern Lights where here. We spend almost two hours in the snowy mountains before heading back home to finally get som sleep.

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Törshavn by night

two... no three nights at mykines

We left the “main land” or the bigger islands to explore the island, Mykines, witch is well known for it’s rich bird life – especially during the summer. Even though the wind were quite strong, the helicopter brought us safely out to this little islands where we were supposed to stay for two nights.

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The feeling of being at Mykines was a bid strange, like a feeling of emptiness or like the time absolutely didn’t mattered at all. A local lady gave us the key when we arrived and from there on, we only saw a couple of more people during our stay. I wasn’t really that weird considering only 13 people are living out there, during the winter. There is no shops – what so ever – at Mykines, meaning that we had to bring all your supply with us. And we did, but only enough for two days.

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With the sun braking through the clouds and a strong wind in out hair, we decided to take a closer look at a lighthouse located at the most western part of the Faroe Islands. But as closer, and higher we went towards the lighthouse the wind became more and more strong. We agreed that it would be to dangerous our hike along these slippery and steep hills, so we turned around and went for at hike up land instead.

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A new day = a new attempt to reach the lighthouse.

Full of energy and a bid more focused than the day before, we gave the lighthouse another attempt – and this time we made it. The trail out there was really muddy and the wind was still strong, so we had to be extra precaution. The lighthouse is actually located on a separate island called Mykineshólmur, connected to Mykines with a bridge. The bridge is hanging 35 meters (114 feet) above the raging waves. On the hillside towards the bridge you literally walking on abandoned Puffin nests, giving the imagination of how many birds that lives here in the summer times.

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Puffin nests

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Now way out

On our third day at Mykines, we thought our time at this island was over, but we were wrong. The wind had picked up during the night so there were no possible ways to get off the island. We were also almost out of food because we only thought we would be there for to nights not three, or even more if the wind didn’t slow down. Further more the oil furnace in the house had ran out of oil during the night, so the house were freezing cold. But to keep the spirit high we simply pun on a lot of clothes and went out in the hard weather to explore a little more of the island.

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Right before we reached the summit of the island, a giant hailstorm smashed into our faces. I some how found my self, laughing of all these annoying circumstances in one single day. And it was a quite relieving laugh – “I still got my good mood,” I said to myself.

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Despite of all the bad things this happened this day, we had a really beautiful night with a lot of stars and even a little bid of purple and green aurora.

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goodbye

We went off the island the following morning, just in time to catch our plane back hope. We even managed to squeeze another little hike in before the plane took off.

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NOTABLE GEAR ON THIS TRIP

Jacket 1: Asivik Storm 3
This 3 layered shell jacket from the Danish manufacture Spejder Sport, is a outstanding peace of equipment. The fabric feels soft, but still work to perfection keeping water and wind out. The zippers, located beneath the arms are a great feature to let the body heat escape from the jacket. The prise is around 1/3 lower than pro jackets at the market, but the quality is just the same. Great value for money and a jacket I will use on more trips.

Jacket 2: Helly Hansen Norse Parka
The Norse Parka from Helly Hansen is a great jacket to keep you warm. The goose feather is a great insulation that feels soft and light on you. I did a hike in this jacket with a pack and I had a lot of trouble releasing my body heat through the jacket. In the end it were all wet on the inside. So maybe this jacket isn’t made for hiking. Any way the build quality is great, the fabric fells tough and it can stand quite a lot of rain before it gets wet. The prise is quite fair with the down insulation, but I don’t think I will use the jacket for hiking in the future, just for regular use on a cold day.

Backpack: Osprey Talon 33
This is a classic backpack – it might even be the most used backpack among outdoor people. And for good reason! It’s an excellent pack in every single way. It fits perfectly on my back and the 33 l version were roomy enough to carry my Canon 5d mrk III, 3 lenses, and extra shirt, water and a lot of other minor things along the way. The only concern I find on the Talon is that it isn’t waterproof – that would be a great update in the future, but for now a rain cover can do the work.

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Footnotes

A big thanks to Visit Faroe Islands for inviting us, and thanks to Osprey www.ospreypacks.dk and Helly Hansen for supplying us with gear.

FootNotes

A big thanks to Visit Faroe Islands for inviting us, and thanks to Osprey www.ospreypacks.dk and Helly Hansen for supplying us with gear.

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