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Title: "The Faroe Islands are one of the last places in Europe where everyday life brings what people elsew


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  • "The Faroe Islands are one of the last places in
    Europe where everyday life brings what people
    elsewhere look for closeness, nature and peace.

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  • The geographical location and size of the islands
    have contributed to the preservation of our own
    culture and language. Today we consider our
    modest size a benefit in as much as we have a
    choice how close we want to be to the outside
    world and vice versa.

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  • The Faroe Islands have no ambition to become a
    goal of mass tourism. But more and more
    foreigners would like to visit our islands, and
    we the Faroese want them to feel welcome. We have
    therefore started to expand tourist facilities, a
    task which is being coordinated by the Faroese
    Government tourist board.

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  • Hotel and youth hostel capacity is being
    enlarged, package tours arranged, excursions
    organized and tourist brochures prepared. The
    possibilities of traveling to the Faroes by boat
    or plane are now better than ever, including the
    possibility of combining a stay in the Faroe
    Islands with a visit to Norway, Scotland or
    Iceland.

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  • Man is a minority here.
  • Besides 43,000 people, there are 3.5 million
    birds that call the Faroes their home. The bird
    cliffs have permanent inhabitants and returning
    visitors, and in summer, the Spartan homes on the
    cliff ledges are overcrowded. They dont need to
    catch the chairmans eye to be allowed to speak,
    and there is a lot of chattering about the catch
    out there in the great depths.

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  • These are birds which spend most of their lives
    at sea. Several of the species come ashore only
    during breeding time and leave the bird cliffs as
    soon as the brood is fledged.

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  • 80000 sheep graze on the Faroese mountainsides. 
  • Free-range animals in the true sense of the word.
    In places difficult to access they are only in
    touch with humans twice in their lifetime when
    they are let loose as lambs and when they are
    herded together as fully grown animals.
  • In a few places where sheep are let loose in bird
    cliffs or on isolated rock formations in the sea,
    each individual sheep is sold by auction after
    being gathered. 

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