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Faroe Islands Flag The Faroe Islands (Faroese: Føroyar; Danish: Færøerne), sometimes spelled Faeroe Islands, are group of islands lying to the North of the UK and Southeast of Iceland, between the North Atlantic and the Norwegian Sea. The islands are one of the constituent countries in the Kingdom of Denmark - the others being Greenland, and Denmark.

As of 2010, the estimated population of the Faroe Islands was 48,743. The capital, Tórshavn, has a population of about 19,000.

Thorshavn, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Thorshavn, Faroe Islands, Denmark Photographic Print
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Torshaven, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Atlantic
Torshaven, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Atlantic Photographic Print
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View from Slaettaratindur, Faroe Islands
View from Slaettaratindur, Faroe Islands Photographic Print
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Faroe Islands, 2nd (Bradt Travel Guide)
By James Proctor

Bradt Travel Guides
Paperback (192 pages)

Faroe Islands, 2nd (Bradt Travel Guide)
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The Bradt guide to the Faroes is still the only guide on the market dedicated to these unspoilt North Atlantic islands. Known for their towering cliffs and mountainous terrain, the islands offer a unique opportunity to experience nature in the raw. Hike through some of Europe’s most unspoilt landscapes, explore traditional villages complete with turf-roofed houses, cycle round fjords and valleys or watch over 300 species of bird attracted by the abundant fish stocks of the North Atlantic.

Lonely Planet Scandinavian Europe (Multi Country Guide)
By Paul Harding, Steve Kokker & Becky Ohlsen

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Lonely Planet Scandinavian Europe (Multi Country Guide)
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Discover Scandinavian Europe

Watch the aurora borealis tango its way across the night sky.
Discover the world's greatest rail journey: see daring climbers scale giant glaciers as waterfalls spatter your skin on the Bergen train.
Feel the Arctic wind in your hair at the bow of the icebreaker Sampo as it crashes through 20m-thick pack ice.
Come face to bill with a fearless, curious puffin on the remote sea bird-soaked cliffs of the Faroe Islands.

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Written by an opinionated team of eight savvy writers.
The only guide with in-depth coverage of Iceland and the Faroes, plus information on Tallinn and St Petersburg.
Filled with feedback from travelers and tips from locals.
Lonely Planet Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands
By Graeme Cornwallis

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Lonely Planet Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands
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Travel guides explore countries, regions and cities in depth and for every budget, with reliable, easy-to-use maps, first-hand recommendations, well-researched background information and thorough, up-to-date coverage of all the sights -- on and off the beaten track. There are more than 230 titles in this classic series covering nearly every country in the world.
-- the full spectrum of accommodation, from wild camping and mountain huts to farmhouses
-- magnificent and varied hiking routes beside craggy headlands and wild surf, around moorlands and cascading waterfalls and over carpets of wildflowers
-- earth-shattering revelations on the region's spectacular rumbling, shaking and spouting geological phenomena
-- approachable Icelandic, Greenlandic and Faroese language sections
Faroe Islands Travel Guide - ("Worwex") / Farerskie ostrova Putevoditel - ("Worwex")
By Modenova Yu.V. Modenov A.V.

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Faroe Islands Travel Guide - ("Worwex") / Farerskie ostrova Putevoditel - ("Worwex")
 
Lonely Planet Iceland Greenland and the Faroe Islands: A Travel Survival Kit
By Deanna Swaney

Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet Iceland Greenland and the Faroe Islands: A Travel Survival Kit
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A guide to budget travel in Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, providing information on the hot lava fields, geysers, glaciers and midnight sun of the region, and commenting on the blend of European, indigenous and old Norse traditions and cultures.
Lonely Planet Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands (3rd ed)
By Deanna Swaney

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Lonely Planet Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands (3rd ed)
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A guide to travel in Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, providing information on the hot lava fields, geysers, glaciers and midnight sun of the region, and commenting on the blend of European, indigenous and old Norse traditions and cultures.


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