Thread: Is Slættaratindur, the highest mountain in the Faroe Islands, as tough to climb as it is to pronounce?

Is Slættaratindur, the highest mountain in the Faroe Islands, as tough to climb as it is to pronounce? (youtube.com)

~ 6 pts 0 comments by unknown May 27, 2025 ~hobbies Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Whale hunt in Faroe Islands turns sea red with blood (bbc.co.uk)

~ 10 pts 1 comments by unknown Aug 23, 2018 ~enviro Science / Math / Physics thread

Swedish mountain loses highest peak title due to global heating – glacier at Kebnekaise's summit has shrunk amid soaring Arctic temperatures (theguardian.com)

~ 4 pts 0 comments by unknown Sep 6, 2019 ~enviro Science / Math / Physics thread

Saving Grace, featuring Robert Plant and Suzi Dian, cancels Faroe Islands festival set due to country's whaling operation (loudersound.com)

~ 4 pts 1 comments by unknown Mar 5, 2020 ~music Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Watch the rare 1997 Blur documentary as the band travel to Iceland, Faroe Islands and Greenland (faroutmagazine.co.uk)

~ 6 pts 1 comments by unknown Mar 15, 2020 ~music Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Sea turns blood red as more than 250 whales slaughtered in 'barbaric' hunt in Faroe Islands – environmental activist calls for boycott (independent.co.uk)

~ 14 pts 9 comments by unknown Jul 25, 2020 ~enviro Science / Math / Physics thread

Fishing has always been a way of life on the Faroe Islands, where fish accounts for 90% of all exported goods – but coronavirus is hitting its efforts to increase tourism (bbc.com)

~ 4 pts 1 comments by unknown Aug 7, 2020 ~finance Productivity / Career / Business thread

Faroe Islands are set to open an under-sea roundabout – the underwater tunnels connect the islands of Streymoy and Eysturoy in a network some 11km long (bbc.com)

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With growing tensions in the Arctic region, the Faroe Islands are now receiving more attention from superpowers (foreignpolicy.com)

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Practice of dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands has come under renewed scrutiny after more than 1,400 of the mammals were killed in one day (bbc.com)

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The Faroe Islands commissioned a tombstone for Daniel Craig's James Bond – designed to mark his final turn as Bond in ‘No Time to Die’ (indiewire.com)

~ 5 pts 0 comments by unknown Mar 29, 2022 ~movies Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Over sixty pilot whales have been butchered alive in the Faroe Islands' first whale slaughter of the season (newsweek.com)

~ 2 pts 0 comments by unknown Jun 22, 2022 ~enviro Science / Math / Physics thread

Faroe Islands to provisionally limit its controversial dolphin hunt to 500 animals after receiving widespread criticism (bbc.com)

~ 4 pts 0 comments by unknown Jul 11, 2022 ~enviro Science / Math / Physics thread

Inside the first undersea roundabout – one of the world's most remote construction projects can be found on the Faroe Islands (theb1m.com)

~ 7 pts 0 comments by unknown Aug 11, 2022 ~engineering Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

National Gallery of the Faroe Islands becomes the first national gallery to feature a fully produced show created by artificial intelligence (skift.com)

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The greatest tax system in the world – why can't America be as great as the Faroe Islands? (theatlantic.com)

~ 14 pts 1 comments by unknown Feb 19, 2023 ~finance Productivity / Career / Business thread

The Faroe Islands' annual whale hunt has begun, sparking condemnation from animal rights groups – though it remains a complex cultural issue (euronews.com)

~ 5 pts 0 comments by unknown May 25, 2023 ~enviro Science / Math / Physics thread

Campaign launched on Thursday to boycott the Faroe Islands over their highly controversial slaughter of pilot whales and dolphins (euronews.com)

~ 38 pts 14 comments by unknown Jul 29, 2023 ~enviro Science / Math / Physics thread

STF Kebnekaise mountain station on Sweden's highest peak has been forced to temporarily close after a stomach bug rapidly spread among hikers (theguardian.com)

~ 13 pts 4 comments by unknown Aug 6, 2023 ~hobbies Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Faroe Islands will host the 2027 Island Games after Ynys Mon pulled out due to the costs of hosting the event (bbc.com)

~ 6 pts 0 comments by unknown Jan 7, 2024 ~sports thread

Meet Fríði Djurhuus, frontman of the Faroe Islands' first queer vegan punk band Joe & the Shitboys (euronews.com)

~ 11 pts 0 comments by unknown Feb 29, 2024 ~music Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

The underwater 'kites' generating electricity as they move beneath the waters of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic (youtube.com)

~ 11 pts 0 comments by unknown Jul 22, 2024 ~enviro Science / Math / Physics thread

An American archaeologist has died after the replica boat she was sailing in capsized in rough seas during an expedition from the Faroe Islands to Norway (bbc.com)

~ 15 pts 2 comments by unknown Aug 28, 2024 ~transport Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Walking Faroe Islands (walkingtheworld.substack.com)

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Walking Faroe Islands (part one) (walkingtheworld.substack.com)

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UK music festival The Great Escape has withdrawn its partnership with the Faroe Islands after it was criticised for working with a country which allows “barbaric” whaling (bbc.com)

~ 8 pts 12 comments by unknown Sep 27, 2024 ~music Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

The unique undersea tunnels that link the Faroe Islands (youtube.com)

~ 21 pts 5 comments by unknown Sep 29, 2024 ~engineering Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Viking DNA Reveals Surprising Secrets About Faroe Islands Settlement (scitechdaily.com)

SCI 0 pts 3 comments by Frontiers Nov 28, 2024 ScienceAnthropologyArchaeologyFrontiersGenetics Science / Math / Physics Health / Fitness / Lifestyle thread

Viking men from across Scandinavia were the first settlers of the Faroe Islands, geneticists reveal. The ancient Vikings certainly had the travel bug. Between the late eighth century and around 1050 CE, they ventured across the Atlantic in their iconic longships, reaching Newfoundland, Labrador, and...

Undersea Tunnels Connecting Faroe Islands (cnn.com)

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Starlink sets up subsidiary in Faroe Islands (dimma.fo)

HN 10 pts 8 comments by halgir Apr 2, 2025 thread