Tag: Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands – WONDERFUL TRAVEL DESTINATION for bird watchers and photography fans

NordenBladet - In the midst of the stormy flow of the Atlantic Ocean there is the Faroe Archipelago consisting of 18 islands. The total...

Faroe Islands: The Faroe Islands take part in World Cleanup Day + Rudda Føroyar...

NordenBladet - More than 1,000 Faroese volunteers helped clean up 26 tonnes of rubbish across the Faroe Islands on World Cleanup Day, 21 September....

Faroe Islands: New Faroese Government takes office

NordenBladet - A Government of the Unionist Party (Sambandsflokkurin), the People’s Party (Fólkaflokkurin) and the Centre Party (Miðflokkurin), took office on September 16. The Government...

Faroe Islands: World’s fifth largest carrier Hapag-Lloyd installs Faroese tracking software on 100,000 containers

NordenBladet - Hapag-Lloyd*, the world’s fifth largest carrier, will equip all its 100,000 reefer containers with new tracking technology. The new product, called Hapag-Lloyd...

Faroe Islands: Two Faroese winners at Nordic Food Awards EMBLA

NordenBladet - Two Faroese culinary concepts won awards at this year’s Nordic Food Awards, called Embla*. Gimburlombini from Nólsoy and Grøna Oyggin from Sandoy...

Faroe Islands: Faroese short film “Ikki Illa Meint” wins at Cannes Film Festival +TRAILER!

NordenBladet - A short film by Faroese director, Andreas Høgenni, has won an award at the Cannes Film Festival. The film, titled “Ikki Illa...

Faroe Islands: Eco-friendly buses on Sandoy island, according to Heðin Mortensen, Minister of Transport,...

NordenBladet - The island of Sandoy* will be the first in the country to use eco-friendly buses that run on sustainable green energy, according...

Faroe Islands: Tórshavn to become William Heinesen Icon City

NordenBladet - In 2014, the Hans Christian Andersen Foundation* took the initiative to form an active network of interesting European Icon cities, focusing on...

Faroe Islands: Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 goes to Faroese software company FarPay

NordenBladet - Faroese software company, FarPay, has been awarded the title of Faroese ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2019’. The company, which started in 2015...

Faroe Islands: Faroese athletes to compete at International Island Games in Gibraltar

NordenBladet - 100 Faroese athletes will compete in 10 sports at the International Island Games in Gibraltar in July. The Games started in the 1980s...