Economic prospects for Faroese women now look rosier than in the 1990s, when thousands of people left the amid an economic collapse caused, in part, by shrinking fish stocks.

The festival program reflects how the Faroese people have a shared wish to rejoice, celebrate diversity and bury the hatchet. Take, for example, the traditional annual football match between ...

Photographer Andrea Gjestvang spent six years documenting the lives of bachelors in the Faroe Islands, a remote archipelago with over 107 men for every 100 women.

The three-day trip wraps up on Friday, June 13, and has left a meaningful mark on the relationship between the Danish monarchy and the Faroese people. The royals were joined by their youngest ...

According to Norse sagas, the Faroese people are descended from Viking settlers who first reached the Faroes in the mid-ninth century A.D. during the landnám—Old Norse for “land-take”—a ...

‘Trom' Faroese creator Torfinnur Jákupsson and producer Jón Hammer launch GRÓ Studios with the political thriller series ‘Tinganes.’ Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...

Faroe Islands: Force of Nature. 5/17/2024 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Fly with Ernest to the mystical North Atlantic archipelago for an epic saga of the senses! 05/17/2024 | Rating TV-G ...

Hundreds of dolphins will be killed during an annual hunt off the Faroe Islands, a self-governing archipelago that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. The yearly cull, or grindadráp in Faroese, is ...

Only recently did Faroese politicians get back the responsibility for legislation in the territory. That is the main argument for why the local government should change abortion rules soon, according ...

Economic prospects for Faroese women now look rosier than in the 1990s, when thousands of people left the amid an economic collapse caused, in part, by shrinking fish stocks.

Oscar Holland, CNN In her striking images of the Faroe Islands, a remote archipelago between Iceland and her native Norway, photographer Andrea Gjestvang depicts islanders and livelihoods that are ...