same here bud. i have actually been researching all over the world for where i eventually want to call home. i am the only one left in my family and for many generations have been in the same area. i want to take my family history somewhere new, somewhere just breath taking
I was led here from a google image search of a snipped screensaver of the Faroe cliffs; sitting at home in Ohio, USA. You're not only talking to your own countrymen anymore; you're providing insight to heal and build the whole world! Thanks a lot!
As long as the Faroese want to be part of the Kingdom of Denmark, I'm happy and proud to have them. And when they feel like it's time (probably within my lifetime) to stand entirely on their own as a fully independent nation, I'll be rooting for them and hoping they succeed. I really need to visit, it always looks like such an amazing place.
THEY DON´T EVEN EAT THEM AND THRWO IT AWAY BECAUSE THEIR POPULATION IS VERY LOW !!! THEY HAVE SHEEP ALL OVER THE ISLAND. THEY SAY IS TRADITION AND TEACH THEIR KIDS TO PUT AN AXE TO THE HEAD OF DOLPHINS ON THE BEACH. BEASTS. WE ARE NOT ALONE, PLEASE GO TO EVERY FAROE ISLAN TOURIST VIDEO AND COPY PASTE THIS: An international Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans was formulated in 2010 declaring dolphins and whales as “persons” to be afforded “non-human rights”, including freedom of movement and residence and not to be killed, captured, bred, or enslaved. A subsequent global movement for cetacean rights was launched in 2012.Aug 3, 2017 PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT MASS MURDER IN FAROE ISLANDS AND GENOCIDE TO INOCENT CREATURES, WATCH THE VIDEO TO BE INFORMED. FAROE ISLAN HABITANTS ARE PART OF THIS IF THEY DON´T DO NOTHING ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM VIDEO HERE. THEY ALSO SHOOT A DRONE TRYING TO DOCUMENT THE SLAUGHTERING IN OTHER VIDEO th-cam.com/video/shjLPtvufDc/w-d-xo.html
Amazing country! I’ve ordered salmon from Faroe Islands . Their salmon is one of the best in the world. I didn’t even know where the Faroe Islands were. The taste of the salmon is the freshest and tastiest as if I just got from the local store. I can still feel the taste. It’s out of this world especially where I live. Thank you!
This is the way I want to see Scotland develop. Make our own decisions, embrace Gaelic language, culture and produce quality products. Thank you for sharing, Faroe Islands!
How awesome, just 30 minutes ago I was looking at a map and saying to myself "what actually are these islands there? People live there?" Yes, I had heard about these islands in grade school but this is the first time in my adult life.. So, broadened my horizon tonight! Thank you for this video, thank you for the education.
Since I've watched first documentary of this lovely island my heart in love in this place so I'd always watching about it ..I wish someday before I get 50 years old I will see this stunning wonderful place😊..
This' an incredible documentary, 90% of this' brand new information for me. It's very inspiring and I aim to share it as much as I can, Scots deserve this type of confidence.
I was there just a week before the Arctic Circle Forum and I could literally breathe the change. Everybody should take this incredible success story as an example of how far good administration and good ideas can bring a society. As an Italian, I'm pretty confident to say that this can't work everywhere (unfortunately), but Nordic countries (and Scotland, if I know Scots well enough) have the right mindset and enough resources to go on being not only successful but also a benchmark of what a highly developed country should be.
Not to menrion the obviois fact that they're no where near proximation to massive amounts of negative immigration statistics. Thus they will never have to, ie: be forced to deal with the issues that such proximity allowance brings. Really thisbfairness she speaks of ONLY every works in similar race/cultire states. As well as never really working otherwise. Exposed as nothing more than THE pipe dream it ever was. Many times over.
No, this can only work in a mono-culture with a single race. Youre dreaming...try cooperation like this with the chaos of so called "diversity". Come to the US and see what the joy of diversity has done to OUR ability to cooperate.
The more I learn about the Faroe Islands, the more I am impressed with their fairness towards everyone and how everyone is treated. With the coronavirus it has halted my plans to visit these wonderful islands, hopefully 2021 will be a better time......
@Nordic Berserker That's funny, I know someone who works at a sewage treatment plant in Ontario. And oh wow, 44,826 people in a territory almost as big as all the Nordic countries put together, dumps raw sewage.... and if you're talking about the east you probably mean Nunavut which is 38,780 and 85% indiginous peoples who had done just fine without it for thousands of years.
@Nordic Berserker "you don't know shit". ahahaha You sound like you live in Alberta for sure... communist!? hahaha. The whole country is your enemy eh, have fun being depressed on youtube sonny b.
I have never been on Faroe Islands but for unknown reasons I'm a fan of this place. So I was happy when I got my National Faroe Soccer Trikot before World cup 2018 started! Someday we will meet. Lovely Greetings from the North West Germany
The Faroe islanders - A proud & hardworking people surrounded by a one-of-a-kind environment! Greetings & thumbs up from the South West Coast of Norway!👍
But how could they miss showing the annual slaughter of the whales? You know....when they drag em out of the water--alive and cut em up--all that pretty red color in the water. Must have been an oversight.
ther are sad ther was living one schottich princess in faroe islands on the island of nolsoy With the recent movement by Scotland to become independent from the United Kingdom, there was some talk that someone from the Faroe Islands should be made the new King of Scotland. This idea seems very far-fetched, considering that there doesn't seem to be any connection between the two islands. The Faroe Islands are under Danish control and have never been under Scottish rule. So how does this claim make any sense? Well, there is an old legend on the Faroe Islands about a Scottish princess having fled to the islands centuries ago, and that her descendants are now living there. In what was once Kongsdaal, now Korndalur, ("The Corn Valley"), on the island of Nólsoy, the foundations of a few small huts or cottages can still be found among the hay fields and potato-patches of the village of Eide. One of these ruins, which is rather larger than the rest (but still quite small), is known among the islanders as the Prinsessutoftir, or “The Princess’s Ruin”. According to the legend, long ago, a Scottish princess lived here. She was a daughter of Jacobus, King of Scotland, and she married in secret a page named Eric, who came to her father's Court from abroad. Knowing the King was bound to find this out and would not approve, the princess sailed away with her husband and many followers in a ship. They arrived in the Faroe Islands, on Nólsoy, where the Black Death had recently ravaged the population. The princess had her servants build her a house in Kongsdaal, where she soon gave birth to a son. Her father eventually found her on the islands, and the first person he saw when he landed on Nólsoy was his little grandson, who happened to be playing on the shore. The boy was so like his mother that the king instantly knew that he was his grandson. The boy's beauty warmed King Jacobus's heart, and he forgave the princess and her husband. He begged them to return to Scotland with him, but they declined to do so, and he returned to Scotland without them. This is all legend, and there is no historical evidence to prove it, but the people of the island are sure she was the daughter of King James II of Scotland. Since the vote for Scottish independence failed, we didn't get to see this claim put to the test. Perhaps there will be another chance in a few years. It would make for a very unique connection between the two countries.
@asbjørn poulsen cool story, thanks for sharing! I can’t see Scotland having a monarchy after independence though. That’s one of the things we want to get rid of 😉
@@dissonantdreams Independence wouldn't automatically get rid of the Queen. She is the Queen of the UK not just England. It's worth pointing out that every time the Scots have voted for independence there has been a remain vote. One thing at a time.
Thank you so much for this brilliantly produced film. Informative and inspiring. Hats off to the people of the Faroe Islands for keeping their language alive while staying focus on shaping up their Nation's future!
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I just love the Faroe Islands! The best food I can get is winddried lamb and winddried grind! - their national dishes, I think. The people are pretty and lovely and so friendly. This would be the experience of your life! I visited 4 times - you don't believe it before you visit it. Magic! (I'm from Denmark)
I would love to visit the Faroes, what a fantastic and beautiful place! Recently I have been listening to some excellent Faroese musicians, really good stuff. By the way, here in a village in a not particularly remote part of British Columbia we have dreadful internet courtesy of one of the leading companies, probably rarely above 5 bits per second, probably more like 2 or 3, except in the evenings, a couple of evenings ago we got a reading of 0.27, so 100 offshore in the Faroes, even a tenth of that would be okay with me.
What a brilliant film well put together, those islands are beautiful and wonderful people,the people of Scotland should embrace this film and its ideas
When I can afford it and all corona-restrictions will be lifted in Europe (my country doesn't have direct flight to Faroe Islands) I would visit this small but magnificent country.
@@FranciscoCamino 100% respect to the Faroes for being smart enough not to jump in with those evil globalists. They hung on to their identity. They avoided invasion from the religion of peace. You could not be more wrong than what you are Fran. Now the Brits are joining them because it is the smartest thing to do. May you open your eyes and wake up.
Dean PD Being independent may be nice. But isolating means living for yourself, I am sure the brits and feroeans are able to understand that. I am a globalist. I want cooperation, trade, deals and doing things in common. If we don’t do, our neighbours will. Globalism is nothing good or bad for ltself but being the world something global I don’t see any advantage in building up walls. I do respect people’s decisions, but as long as they don’t stay in middle. Wanting the advantages but not assuming obligations. Free? Yes, ok. But 100%.
Yrah funny. When I first stumbled upon this video I was thinking it was about my fathers side of the family. Islanders from the Azores. No. It's about the fairies from my mothers line. The states are no good for us fairies. We're too sensitive. The states have destroyed her.
Lictenstein, the Faero Islands, Iceland and to a lesser degree Switzerland all show how small nations can actually do quite well and in many ways outperform bigger nations. VisualPolitik did a interesting video about how Lictenstein is doing direct democracy btw. Anyway, the world is trending towards more and more smaller nations within big supernational organizations that's taking over many of the roles of countries that smaller nations can't provide on their own.
+Messenger Charles ... Seriously, being a part of the EU isn't a *bad* deal, although it depends a bit on the country. Countries like Norway, Iceland, the Faero islands and Scotland might be less suited for the EU then England, Germany or France. There has been talk about a tiered membership system for the EU, and honestly I think that would be a good solution. The continental nations could be in the inner tier with tighter integration while countries further out like ours could have a different tier where the parts of the EU that doesn't work for us don't apply. Its a pity that the UK is leaving the EU as they where one of the biggest nations that was opposed to the EU becomming a single nation similar to the US...
+Messenger Charles That's not even *close* to reality... Yes it *does* have it's issues. And I believe I and my family did right in supporting the "No" movement in the two referendums Norway have had turning down membership in the Union. But there's also a whole ton of positive aspects of the union and if you want to actually talk factually about the union you need to realize that the story is a lot more nuanced then just "they're the bad guys" or "they're the good guys". Life just isn't that simple, it just isn't black and white.
My wife is from 'Havnin' originally but spent most of her childhood with her grandparents in Klaksvík before moving to Copenhagen after school to study. We've been back several times and I LOVE it.
@@moonbeeps Lmao this video just didn't show the nature of the faroe islands. Who are you to say it's "boring af"? I bet this is the only piece of media you have ever seen about Faroe. I bet you live in Florida or something smh
The scarse info I had on the Faroe Is was always UK-related, so I thought they were some kind of British territory, HOW WRONG I WAS! I very much loved this documentary and I'm going to find out more about this interesting nation.
Scotland receives £9 billion a year from Westminster. Far FAR more than Scotland could bring in on it's own. Stop winging. You had your vote and Scotland voted to remain part of the UK. Agree or disagree, you are part of the UK.
@@meirionowen5979 Hahahahahahaha. And what exactly would you do on your own? You have absolutely nothing to export and no business. As an Englishman, I love the union, but I'm starting to get sick of idiots like you. England is the country that brings the money into the union and you dare to say you want to be free? Wales received over half a million (above your budget) in the last budget. That's on top of the $120 million you receive as part of the North Wales Growth Deal. What exactly do you do for the UK apart from moan? In contrast if we just looked at London (not even the entire UK), on its own it would be the 13th richest country in the world. Are you an idiot or just racist?
Jóan Magnus Magnusson I hope it will stay like this. I don't want to see another versjon of Swedistan being born. Preserve what your community worked hard to achieve. Don't destroy it by populating it with outsiders which bring zero value...
"It makes you realise that powers and confidence go together, and because we haven't had them, we're doubtful." Beautifully put. I hope the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland come around to that way of thinking sooner rather than later.
@@bujin1977 don't believe the lies, the UK has one of the best quality of lives in the world. the UK works well. my mum comes from edinbane on the isle of Skye, she met my Irish dad while working at Butlins and settled in manchester England... my grandma who was also the carer for my disabled aunty moved to England 12 years ago when her health started to decline. the uk single healthcare market is so important, particularly because Scotland has a rural and ageing population. what part of the union do you want to leave? because i would hate it if you left the single healthcare union.., if you left the uk which is 63% of Scotlands exports and joined the EU which make up just 17% of Scotland's exports it will be awful and create a hard border between England and Scotland. i don't understand why you want to look towards the Faroe islands when you have a great union already with the uk... Scotland has achieved so much within the union, Scotland is not a victim!
@@HaiLsKuNkY Well, firstly I'm not in Scotland, but I totally support their wish to be independent. Independence is the *normal* state of affairs in the world. The UK is just far too imbalanced politically. It means that Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland get what England wants whether we like it or not. There is no reason at all that we couldn't be successful independent nations that take care of our own people.
@@bujin1977 can you give me an example where Scotland gets what England wants? it has devolution where it has its own regional parliament for most thing, the problem about good policy and bad policy and i don't know what good policy Scotland wants? they seemed to have screwed up the education system, Scotland was ranked one of the rets but since the SNP has taken over its below the rets fo the uk.. Scottish people are conservatives, they are labour, they are libdems.. they play a part in making the policies. Scotland is its own nation within the uk, if your not scottish then what are you?
I love watching this about the Faroe Islands, and also looking at Iceland which just happens to have a larger population and more resources. There’s so much hope and prosperity to be gained in innovative places like this that haven’t truly realized their potential until recently.
@@stephenfolland7767 You'd be surprised. Thousands of indigenous tribes live and thrive outside your staid monoculture ideal. And they're still interconnected & independent
@@jamescooper-hope6930 You amused me. I made the point that we're not fully independent and that everything is interconnected. How you got from there to "monoculture", I don't know, and "staid", I have no idea at all. You are misrepresenting my views, which is hardly surprising because you know almost nothing about them. You're assuming that I'm at the opposite end of the continuum to the end you espouse, without knowledge, even though your proposed part of the continuum does not make any sense. Interconnected and interdependent, yes, but literally independent, no, unless you have a new definition of the word independent?
You took what i originally posted out of context, so you can expect to be taken out of context. Anyway, cool story. In trying to appear "clever", you've mistaken me for someone who cares about your opinion. I really don't.
@@jamescooper-hope6930 This is a public forum and the programme is a political piece, an opinion piece. Your original statement supports the ethos of the programme; that the Faroese are independent. This is factually wrong. They receive 86 million Euros each year from Denmark, so, factually speaking they are interdependent, not independent. They, or you, can think of themselves as independent, but as I say, unless you change the definition of the word, they are not. You can get as personal as you want in response to me disagreeing with you, but if you post opinion on a public forum, you ought to expect debate, even disagreement.
Thank you for this excellent informative video. I have always been fascinated by these islands. I noticed in this video how clean everything is, the streets and buildings etc and how smartly dressed the people are. I will look forward to watching more of these videos. Thank you. Ann in South Australia.
I knew about Faroe islands and faroese language before, but now I want to visit this place even more than before. Just not sure it's a common tourist destination.
Check out their Facebook page facebook.com/VisitFaroeIslands/ or instagram.com/visitfaroeislands/ and see it is a beautiful with many unique sights But yeah, less know and less travelled than many other desitinations. Maybe that is also a good thing
Amazing docu-youtube series. I'm Welsh, so it is Extremely interesting, and I love their passion. Faroe Islands has been on my bucket list for years, it's coming soon... and this has made it more intriguing. Great job on this.
From a dumb American that looked up Faroe Islands on TH-cam after randomly spotting it on Google Maps one day, hello! Would like to find another video that shows the culture of Faroe Islands. Never been to the U.K. but if I do, I’ll make Faroe Islands a priority as it looks so beautiful.
Another fascinating documentary about the unique Faroe Islands: The Grind: Whaling in the Faroe Islands (Full Length) - documentary by VICE / Motherboard th-cam.com/video/HYOTkwFhe-w/w-d-xo.html
I want to live in Faroe. It's much more rewarding and meaningful to live among beautiful nature. In Singapore where I'm from, it's superficially structured with boring concrete, glass and steel. I want to wake up seeing rolling hills and hearing birds chirping gleefully.
@James Merryman Maybe the person likes the more dramatic jagged mountains and landscape of our country? You dont necessarily have to downplay what our country has, im sure its not your intend but is how it comes off as, as im sure the OP knows what our country is like in terms of temperatures, the lack of forests etc.
@James Merryman The point of my comment was to just say that the way your comment was worded sounded a bit negative about this place, even mentioning that i thought that it wasnt on purpose but just came off that way, i havent been to asian countries although i have seen pictures and can agree that they look beautiful aswell and have alot of wildlife aswell as forests, wasnt to make you seem like an asshat just wanted to point out it wasnt worded the best way :)
@James Merryman that might be the thing though, there is alot of people that want to escape whatever area they grew up in, so lets say like people in the cold countries that want to escape to the more hot countries and same for those in the hot countries wanting to escape to a colder country, we often want what we dont have. An example is how often i hear about women that dont have natural curly hair wants curly hair while those that have it want it the other way around. First half of my life i spent growing up in Denmark and the other half living here and likely wouldnt change my location unless it would be the difference between being together with a future partner or not due to distances as i dont see myself finding someone from here. I love the peacefulness and its not too warm and not too cold which is just how i like it.
Those videos are excellent! very engaging, made with taste and with the right amount of political message. I like that it showcase not only the landmarks and people but also the economic development stories and the good examples to follow that the country has to offer to other nations. We should replicate this in Catalonia too. Cheers and thanks.
It is :) The islands GDP per capita is higher than Denmark, which is among the wealthiest countries in the world. The islanders educational level is also among the highest, helped with a long tradition of youngsters going abroad to study (paid by Faroese government) Fun fact. The Faroes have the world highest number of Nobel prizes per capita (1) :), 4 national newspapers, multiple nation wide news radio stations, a Faroese TV network sending local and international news in Faroese to its only 50.000 citizens and the islands published more books per capita than any country in the world :) Yes, highly educated people
@@mackman6602 I think it's self-evident! The way the Whales are killed is very cruel and often takes a long time. That doesn't strike me as very thoughtful. I'm not saying that all Faroese agree with this, having researched this I know there are those that don't, but for those who do perhaps they could have done with a more rounded education. That's my point.
I love everything about this video. I visited your beautiful country in 2016 and was utterly memorized by the stunning landscape that constantly changed with the weather. Will be returning again soon to continue my discovery of the Faroese culture.
Two minutes in and I got the biggest crush on this island group that I didn't know anything about two minutes ago.
It’s same with everyone , Because this island is some fantasy in real world
same here bud. i have actually been researching all over the world for where i eventually want to call home. i am the only one left in my family and for many generations have been in the same area. i want to take my family history somewhere new, somewhere just breath taking
I was led here from a google image search of a snipped screensaver of the Faroe cliffs; sitting at home in Ohio, USA. You're not only talking to your own countrymen anymore; you're providing insight to heal and build the whole world! Thanks a lot!
As long as the Faroese want to be part of the Kingdom of Denmark, I'm happy and proud to have them. And when they feel like it's time (probably within my lifetime) to stand entirely on their own as a fully independent nation, I'll be rooting for them and hoping they succeed. I really need to visit, it always looks like such an amazing place.
THEY DON´T EVEN EAT THEM AND THRWO IT AWAY BECAUSE THEIR POPULATION IS VERY LOW !!! THEY HAVE SHEEP ALL OVER THE ISLAND.
THEY SAY IS TRADITION AND TEACH THEIR KIDS TO PUT AN AXE TO THE HEAD OF DOLPHINS ON THE BEACH. BEASTS.
WE ARE NOT ALONE, PLEASE GO TO EVERY FAROE ISLAN TOURIST VIDEO AND COPY PASTE THIS:
An international Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans was formulated in 2010 declaring dolphins and whales as “persons” to be afforded “non-human rights”, including freedom of movement and residence and not to be killed, captured, bred, or enslaved. A subsequent global movement for cetacean rights was launched in 2012.Aug 3, 2017
PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT MASS MURDER IN FAROE ISLANDS AND GENOCIDE TO INOCENT CREATURES, WATCH THE VIDEO TO BE INFORMED. FAROE ISLAN HABITANTS ARE PART OF THIS IF THEY DON´T DO NOTHING ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM
VIDEO HERE. THEY ALSO SHOOT A DRONE TRYING TO DOCUMENT THE SLAUGHTERING IN OTHER VIDEO
th-cam.com/video/shjLPtvufDc/w-d-xo.html
This was a brilliant wee film about a brilliant wee neighbour. Thanks! 🏴❤️
Amazing country! I’ve ordered salmon from Faroe Islands . Their salmon is one of the best in the world. I didn’t even know where the Faroe Islands were. The taste of the salmon is the freshest and tastiest as if I just got from the local store. I can still feel the taste. It’s out of this world especially where I live. Thank you!
This is the way I want to see Scotland develop. Make our own decisions, embrace Gaelic language, culture and produce quality products. Thank you for sharing, Faroe Islands!
How awesome, just 30 minutes ago I was looking at a map and saying to myself "what actually are these islands there? People live there?" Yes, I had heard about these islands in grade school but this is the first time in my adult life.. So, broadened my horizon tonight! Thank you for this video, thank you for the education.
Since I've watched first documentary of this lovely island my heart in love in this place so I'd always watching about it ..I wish someday before I get 50 years old I will see this stunning wonderful place😊..
My father was posted there in WW2, I have a photo of him by a sign that says SORVAGUR QUAY 3/4 of a mile.
This' an incredible documentary, 90% of this' brand new information for me. It's very inspiring and I aim to share it as much as I can, Scots deserve this type of confidence.
I'm just sitting in shock of the brilliance and then she says "I think people, at best, think we're a bit naive."
No, I think you're brilliant
AND THEN THERE IS ALL THE BLOOD.
Today the guy from the boat becomes a grandfather again... so happy grandfathering (if that makes any sense)!
And now the kid is 2 and a half. Lol
I was there just a week before the Arctic Circle Forum and I could literally breathe the change. Everybody should take this incredible success story as an example of how far good administration and good ideas can bring a society. As an Italian, I'm pretty confident to say that this can't work everywhere (unfortunately), but Nordic countries (and Scotland, if I know Scots well enough) have the right mindset and enough resources to go on being not only successful but also a benchmark of what a highly developed country should be.
Not to menrion the obviois fact that they're no where near proximation to massive amounts of negative immigration statistics. Thus they will never have to, ie: be forced to deal with the issues that such proximity allowance brings. Really thisbfairness she speaks of ONLY every works in similar race/cultire states. As well as never really working otherwise. Exposed as nothing more than THE pipe dream it ever was. Many times over.
No, this can only work in a mono-culture with a single race. Youre dreaming...try cooperation like this with the chaos of so called "diversity". Come to the US and see what the joy of diversity has done to OUR ability to cooperate.
@@ScrapMetalBomb Ok conservative conspiretard Qanon 5g towers end of world repent jeebus christ stereotype lol
@@EvaLasta he's right though. People of different races hate each other in the US.
@@tehma120 look at Sweden; there was a time when this country was perfect. And now? Just go to Malmö and judge for yourself.
The more I learn about the Faroe Islands, the more I am impressed with their fairness towards everyone and how everyone is treated. With the coronavirus it has halted my plans to visit these wonderful islands, hopefully 2021 will be a better time......
While waiting you can find more info and inspiration at the great site of Visit Faroe Islands www.visitfaroeislands.com
@@mackman6602 Thank you for the info
Fantastic country, much love from Ireland
Great story with and insight into Faroe by Lesley Riddoch…..a stunningly beautiful journalist!….
Wow, i am absolutely over the moon i clicked on this, what an amazing wee place and great documentary. Much love and respect from sunny Scotland
Very impressive. A strong and proud people. Kudos from Canada.
Titus Virilius what’s your problem?
Titus Virilius I was referring to the first bit of your comment
@Nordic Berserker That's funny, I know someone who works at a sewage treatment plant in Ontario. And oh wow, 44,826 people in a territory almost as big as all the Nordic countries put together, dumps raw sewage.... and if you're talking about the east you probably mean Nunavut which is 38,780 and 85% indiginous peoples who had done just fine without it for thousands of years.
@Nordic Berserker "you don't know shit". ahahaha You sound like you live in Alberta for sure... communist!? hahaha. The whole country is your enemy eh, have fun being depressed on youtube sonny b.
This is really cool! I love learning about the Faroe Islands and their accomplishments. Very awesome country!👍👏😀
Faroe Islands is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷 🌈🦜🌈🦜🌈🦜🔆🔆🔆🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🌴🌴🌴🌴
I’ve been to Brazil, Rio and I loved it:)
Homogeneity, cohesion and will make a nation( big or small) give the best of itself in behalf of its citizens. Great documentary. Thanks.
I have never been on Faroe Islands but for unknown reasons I'm a fan of this place. So I was happy when I got my National Faroe Soccer Trikot before World cup 2018 started!
Someday we will meet.
Lovely Greetings from the North West Germany
Perfect illustration of what small independent nations should be. I want to be more like the Faroe Islands. Nice work Lesley. Can’t wait to see more.
But you did notice they did not want to nor had anythign to gain but everything to lose (their entire fishing industry) by joining the EU?
Im from the Faroe Islands/FØROYAR!!!🇫🇴🇫🇴🇫🇴🇫🇴
Hallur Joensen what about immigrants ther? Ar their any?
Nope, and it is very nice
Nassim Saidoun why do u ask? Wanna invade the place? Lol
Rosispergia maybe ! lol
Nassim Saidoun how will you contribute to their society?
The Faroe islanders - A proud & hardworking people surrounded by a one-of-a-kind environment!
Greetings & thumbs up from the South West Coast of Norway!👍
Fantastic film. Positive, inspiring, confident - wonderful!
Neil Ford m I’m I
I don't understand I'm afraid, what do you mean?
Makes me want to visit. Seems like an extremely interesting place. I hope the Faroese retain their distinctiveness and identity.
This has been the most enjoyable, most interesting, inspiring and informative documentary for me 👍🏻
Sì, anche a me.
But how could they miss showing the annual slaughter of the whales? You know....when they drag em out of the water--alive and cut em up--all that pretty red color in the water. Must have been an oversight.
@@jimquantic OK dude we all get the message now.
@@EuropeanQoheleth Glad you got it "Dude"
What a beautiful place, one of the places I’d love to visit before i die.
This is an amazing documentary about the Faroe Islands. We are happy to share this to our growing community at All Things Nordic!
Dolphin murderers!
I come back here every now and then to give myself a wee lift. Brilliant stuff from resilient bright folk. Just like Scotland really!
Wonderful, beautifully crafted and at the end, brought a tear to my eye as some Faroese have a higher opinion of the Scots than we have of ourselves.
geeky runningchick. Go for it. You have about same population as Denmark, why should you not govern yourselves.
ther are sad ther was living one schottich princess in faroe islands on the island of nolsoy
With the recent movement by Scotland to become independent from the United Kingdom, there was some talk that someone from the Faroe Islands should be made the new King of Scotland.
This idea seems very far-fetched, considering that there doesn't seem to be any connection between the two islands. The Faroe Islands are under Danish control and have never been under Scottish rule. So how does this claim make any sense?
Well, there is an old legend on the Faroe Islands about a Scottish princess having fled to the islands centuries ago, and that her descendants are now living there. In what was once Kongsdaal, now Korndalur, ("The Corn Valley"), on the island of Nólsoy, the foundations of a few small huts or cottages can still be found among the hay fields and potato-patches of the village of Eide. One of these ruins, which is rather larger than the rest (but still quite small), is known among the islanders as the Prinsessutoftir, or “The Princess’s Ruin”. According to the legend, long ago, a Scottish princess lived here. She was a daughter of Jacobus, King of Scotland, and she married in secret a page named Eric, who came to her father's Court from abroad. Knowing the King was bound to find this out and would not approve, the princess sailed away with her husband and many followers in a ship. They arrived in the Faroe Islands, on Nólsoy, where the Black Death had recently ravaged the population.
The princess had her servants build her a house in Kongsdaal, where she soon gave birth to a son. Her father eventually found her on the islands, and the first person he saw when he landed on Nólsoy was his little grandson, who happened to be playing on the shore. The boy was so like his mother that the king instantly knew that he was his grandson. The boy's beauty warmed King Jacobus's heart, and he forgave the princess and her husband. He begged them to return to Scotland with him, but they declined to do so, and he returned to Scotland without them.
This is all legend, and there is no historical evidence to prove it, but the people of the island are sure she was the daughter of King James II of Scotland. Since the vote for Scottish independence failed, we didn't get to see this claim put to the test. Perhaps there will be another chance in a few years. It would make for a very unique connection between the two countries.
@asbjørn poulsen cool story, thanks for sharing! I can’t see Scotland having a monarchy after independence though. That’s one of the things we want to get rid of 😉
@@MK-vh9wz Maybe Bornholm could do the same thing.
@@dissonantdreams Independence wouldn't automatically get rid of the Queen. She is the Queen of the UK not just England. It's worth pointing out that every time the Scots have voted for independence there has been a remain vote. One thing at a time.
Thank you so much for this brilliantly produced film. Informative and inspiring.
Hats off to the people of the Faroe Islands for keeping their language alive while staying focus on shaping up their Nation's future!
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The Faraoe islands seem pretty cool :) greetings from your Norwegian brother.
your bruv Joey Most of Faroese people have Norwegian family cause the Norwegians were the first people in the Faroe Islands
Markiplier x JackSepticEye For Lifeu Yeah I Know, Denmark stole them from Norway in 1814 ;p
Markiplier x JackSepticEye For Lifeu actually Irish monks were the first in Faroe Islands
Free Information Hvor tror du Færøyene tilhørte før 1814?
www2.forsvaret.dk/omos/organisation/arktisk/nyhederfraAK/Pages/FredeniKiel1814ogGroenlandsamtFaeroeerne.aspx
Make the Faroese islands Norway again
excellent commentary. Salmon industry and Communications services Amazing.... can't wait to visit.
I just love the Faroe Islands! The best food I can get is winddried lamb and winddried grind! - their national dishes, I think. The people are pretty and lovely and so friendly. This would be the experience of your life! I visited 4 times - you don't believe it before you visit it. Magic! (I'm from Denmark)
Mindblowing. Everyone in Scotland should watch this.
WHY ???? The two economies and social dynamics are totally different.
I would love to visit the Faroes, what a fantastic and beautiful place! Recently I have been listening to some excellent Faroese musicians, really good stuff. By the way, here in a village in a not particularly remote part of British Columbia we have dreadful internet courtesy of one of the leading companies, probably rarely above 5 bits per second, probably more like 2 or 3, except in the evenings, a couple of evenings ago we got a reading of 0.27, so 100 offshore in the Faroes, even a tenth of that would be okay with me.
What a brilliant film well put together, those islands are beautiful and wonderful people,the people of Scotland should embrace this film and its ideas
Amazing video, really well made. Lesley is fantastic as ever. Cheers Phantom, look forward to much more.. 👍🏼
Literally Iceland's favorite neighbors and our best cousins. Icelanders love the Faroese people :)
Love the place.Katrin are you from Faroe Island?beautiful place
When I can afford it and all corona-restrictions will be lifted in Europe (my country doesn't have direct flight to Faroe Islands) I would visit this small but magnificent country.
This is an awesome video, much more interesting and informative than most things I’ve found on the Faroe Islands
Many small countries can learn a lot from the Faroe Islands not just Scotland. My respect to you all.
Quality documentary, an example for other film makers. Keep up the good work and I would love to see more of these.
What a great Islands.I love you people living there.
It's not a country. It's the paradise! Greetings from Czech Republic ❤
the setting the music the narration i keep coming back to this its really excellent!
Excellant and thought provoking
This makes me want to visit there. I always appreciate smart people who make the most of what they have.
Big respect to Faroe Islands for not joining the EU!
Btw my father is from there, I'd love to go visit some time soon.
plutonium87 It nothing to be respected for. It’s just a matter of options.
@@FranciscoCamino 100% respect to the Faroes for being smart enough not to jump in with those evil globalists. They hung on to their identity. They avoided invasion from the religion of peace. You could not be more wrong than what you are Fran. Now the Brits are joining them because it is the smartest thing to do. May you open your eyes and wake up.
Dean PD Being independent may be nice. But isolating means living for yourself, I am sure the brits and feroeans are able to understand that. I am a globalist. I want cooperation, trade, deals and doing things in common. If we don’t do, our neighbours will. Globalism is nothing good or bad for ltself but being the world something global I don’t see any advantage in building up walls. I do respect people’s decisions, but as long as they don’t stay in middle. Wanting the advantages but not assuming obligations. Free? Yes, ok. But 100%.
How come you don't live there?
Yrah funny. When I first stumbled upon this video I was thinking it was about my fathers side of the family. Islanders from the Azores. No. It's about the fairies from my mothers line. The states are no good for us fairies. We're too sensitive. The states have destroyed her.
Really interesting, a wonderful introduction to the mighty Faroe Islands. Cannot wait to visit as a tourist.
Excellent viewing. Really shows exactly what Scots need to look towards. It is totally within our grasp.
Lictenstein, the Faero Islands, Iceland and to a lesser degree Switzerland all show how small nations can actually do quite well and in many ways outperform bigger nations.
VisualPolitik did a interesting video about how Lictenstein is doing direct democracy btw.
Anyway, the world is trending towards more and more smaller nations within big supernational organizations that's taking over many of the roles of countries that smaller nations can't provide on their own.
+Messenger Charles
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Seriously, being a part of the EU isn't a *bad* deal, although it depends a bit on the country.
Countries like Norway, Iceland, the Faero islands and Scotland might be less suited for the EU then England, Germany or France.
There has been talk about a tiered membership system for the EU, and honestly I think that would be a good solution.
The continental nations could be in the inner tier with tighter integration while countries further out like ours could have a different tier where the parts of the EU that doesn't work for us don't apply.
Its a pity that the UK is leaving the EU as they where one of the biggest nations that was opposed to the EU becomming a single nation similar to the US...
+Messenger Charles
That's not even *close* to reality...
Yes it *does* have it's issues.
And I believe I and my family did right in supporting the "No" movement in the two referendums Norway have had turning down membership in the Union.
But there's also a whole ton of positive aspects of the union and if you want to actually talk factually about the union you need to realize that the story is a lot more nuanced then just "they're the bad guys" or "they're the good guys".
Life just isn't that simple, it just isn't black and white.
Fantastic. Thankyou, and thanks Lesley.
Amazing place, amazing people !!! 😊
I am from Serbia and l would love to visit this beautiful country
I have no idea why this suggested to me. But I watched it all. Good people with heart. I send my love to the Faroese and the people of Scotland.
Always nice to see well made, informative videos about one's own country. Superb production quality as well!
My wife is from 'Havnin' originally but spent most of her childhood with her grandparents in Klaksvík before moving to Copenhagen after school to study. We've been back several times and I LOVE it.
Wonderful job, very inspiring
"It's what makes us fairies"... So that's where they come from
I hope the people living there realize how lucky they are.
Lucky? They're ancestors built it. No one gave it to them.
@@maxsjoberg788 They are still lucky that they were born there and not anywhere else
This looks boring af, luck? Im lucky I live in a way more beautiful and sunny place with more amenities than this shit.
@@moonbeeps Lmao this video just didn't show the nature of the faroe islands. Who are you to say it's "boring af"? I bet this is the only piece of media you have ever seen about Faroe. I bet you live in Florida or something smh
@@nikolaiuberhoff4622 No, I live in Spain, and you can't suppose what I've seen and what not.
It's amazing to see a small community of 50k succeed in every way! You're a role model for the world to follow!!!!!!
Love from Pakistan!
The scarse info I had on the Faroe Is was always UK-related, so I thought they were some kind of British territory, HOW WRONG I WAS!
I very much loved this documentary and I'm going to find out more about this interesting nation.
This must’ve taken a long time to put together. Absolutely brilliant
Iceland will be next if they get the funds (hint! hint!)
I'm Scottish and I can't love this enough. Scotland needs to be free from Westminster rule so badly. Much love to the Faroes!
Then you'll be even poorer
We in Wales need to be free of London, too. Scotland and Wales should work together to bring about their common goal.
Meirion Owen uhhh Celtic union with Ireland and Scotland? Seo linn lads
Scotland receives £9 billion a year from Westminster. Far FAR more than Scotland could bring in on it's own. Stop winging. You had your vote and Scotland voted to remain part of the UK. Agree or disagree, you are part of the UK.
@@meirionowen5979 Hahahahahahaha. And what exactly would you do on your own? You have absolutely nothing to export and no business. As an Englishman, I love the union, but I'm starting to get sick of idiots like you. England is the country that brings the money into the union and you dare to say you want to be free?
Wales received over half a million (above your budget) in the last budget. That's on top of the $120 million you receive as part of the North Wales Growth Deal. What exactly do you do for the UK apart from moan?
In contrast if we just looked at London (not even the entire UK), on its own it would be the 13th richest country in the world. Are you an idiot or just racist?
Great documentary! Really want to visit to Faroe Islands now!!!
Thx for a very good documentary about our country and welcome to our lovely place in the world the Faroe Islands. :)
Jóan Magnus Magnusson I hope it will stay like this. I don't want to see another versjon of Swedistan being born. Preserve what your community worked hard to achieve. Don't destroy it by populating it with outsiders which bring zero value...
Stay away from Google, you're too good for that lot.
corryjookit what about stay away from Huawei? They don’t have better internet connections than Singapore or Taiwan (I believe she said) for no reason.
Google and not Huawei????
"It makes you realise that powers and confidence go together, and because we haven't had them, we're doubtful."
Beautifully put. I hope the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland come around to that way of thinking sooner rather than later.
Why?
@@HaiLsKuNkY Because the UK isn't working for us.
@@bujin1977 don't believe the lies, the UK has one of the best quality of lives in the world. the UK works well. my mum comes from edinbane on the isle of Skye, she met my Irish dad while working at Butlins and settled in manchester England... my grandma who was also the carer for my disabled aunty moved to England 12 years ago when her health started to decline. the uk single healthcare market is so important, particularly because Scotland has a rural and ageing population. what part of the union do you want to leave? because i would hate it if you left the single healthcare union.., if you left the uk which is 63% of Scotlands exports and joined the EU which make up just 17% of Scotland's exports it will be awful and create a hard border between England and Scotland. i don't understand why you want to look towards the Faroe islands when you have a great union already with the uk... Scotland has achieved so much within the union, Scotland is not a victim!
@@HaiLsKuNkY Well, firstly I'm not in Scotland, but I totally support their wish to be independent. Independence is the *normal* state of affairs in the world. The UK is just far too imbalanced politically. It means that Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland get what England wants whether we like it or not. There is no reason at all that we couldn't be successful independent nations that take care of our own people.
@@bujin1977 can you give me an example where Scotland gets what England wants? it has devolution where it has its own regional parliament for most thing, the problem about good policy and bad policy and i don't know what good policy Scotland wants? they seemed to have screwed up the education system, Scotland was ranked one of the rets but since the SNP has taken over its below the rets fo the uk.. Scottish people are conservatives, they are labour, they are libdems.. they play a part in making the policies. Scotland is its own nation within the uk,
if your not scottish then what are you?
I love watching this about the Faroe Islands, and also looking at Iceland which just happens to have a larger population and more resources. There’s so much hope and prosperity to be gained in innovative places like this that haven’t truly realized their potential until recently.
Great work Faroe Islands. Your independent attitude is inspirational! Well done.
But everything is interconnected. There is no such thing as full independence in the modern world, nor should there be.
@@stephenfolland7767 You'd be surprised. Thousands of indigenous tribes live and thrive outside your staid monoculture ideal.
And they're still interconnected & independent
@@jamescooper-hope6930 You amused me. I made the point that we're not fully independent and that everything is interconnected. How you got from there to "monoculture", I don't know, and "staid", I have no idea at all. You are misrepresenting my views, which is hardly surprising because you know almost nothing about them. You're assuming that I'm at the opposite end of the continuum to the end you espouse, without knowledge, even though your proposed part of the continuum does not make any sense. Interconnected and interdependent, yes, but literally independent, no, unless you have a new definition of the word independent?
You took what i originally posted out of context, so you can expect to be taken out of context.
Anyway, cool story.
In trying to appear "clever", you've mistaken me for someone who cares about your opinion.
I really don't.
@@jamescooper-hope6930 This is a public forum and the programme is a political piece, an opinion piece. Your original statement supports the ethos of the programme; that the Faroese are independent. This is factually wrong. They receive 86 million Euros each year from Denmark, so, factually speaking they are interdependent, not independent. They, or you, can think of themselves as independent, but as I say, unless you change the definition of the word, they are not. You can get as personal as you want in response to me disagreeing with you, but if you post opinion on a public forum, you ought to expect debate, even disagreement.
Wow. I'm loving this. Beautiful 💕💕☺️💐
"We have fish, fish, fish, and fish."
Yum.
InterstellarApple Not far off, to be honest
Here is job available for foreigners
And that is a little known fact
Thank you for this excellent informative video. I have always been fascinated by these islands. I noticed in this video how clean everything is, the streets and buildings etc and how smartly dressed the people are. I will look forward to watching more of these videos. Thank you. Ann in South Australia.
Such a cool documentary! I would have enjoyed it with some indie or soft folk music in the background even more! Greetings from Ukraine!
I would prefer some excellent speed metal and thrash in the background but to each their own...
This video was very inspirational, despite being neither Scottish nor Faroese. Thanks!
Well said. The independence will really depend on if they can afford it ...
I wish them good luck
Beautiful nation and people. Keep this place special.
I knew about Faroe islands and faroese language before, but now I want to visit this place even more than before. Just not sure it's a common tourist destination.
Check out their Facebook page facebook.com/VisitFaroeIslands/ or instagram.com/visitfaroeislands/ and see it is a beautiful with many unique sights
But yeah, less know and less travelled than many other desitinations. Maybe that is also a good thing
Amazing docu-youtube series. I'm Welsh, so it is Extremely interesting, and I love their passion. Faroe Islands has been on my bucket list for years, it's coming soon... and this has made it more intriguing. Great job on this.
People is smaller non-independent nations the world over should view this. An excellent documentary. Also worth looking at this report....
What an amusing, stimulating presentation! Congratulations
Fantastic. Well presented and brings hope for Scotland.
Very good, looking forward for the next episode :-)
From a dumb American that looked up Faroe Islands on TH-cam after randomly spotting it on Google Maps one day, hello! Would like to find another video that shows the culture of Faroe Islands. Never been to the U.K. but if I do, I’ll make Faroe Islands a priority as it looks so beautiful.
Another fascinating documentary about the unique Faroe Islands:
The Grind: Whaling in the Faroe Islands (Full Length) - documentary by VICE / Motherboard
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@@mememe1649 that’s fore the more ignorant people like yourself
Your welcome:)
Great information, well presented and thank you ! Hope to visit these beautiful islands someday. Greetings from Central Oregon, USA!
I want to live in Faroe. It's much more rewarding and meaningful to live among beautiful nature. In Singapore where I'm from, it's superficially structured with boring concrete, glass and steel. I want to wake up seeing rolling hills and hearing birds chirping gleefully.
Planet Nirvana yeah i live there
@James Merryman Maybe the person likes the more dramatic jagged mountains and landscape of our country? You dont necessarily have to downplay what our country has, im sure its not your intend but is how it comes off as, as im sure the OP knows what our country is like in terms of temperatures, the lack of forests etc.
@James Merryman The point of my comment was to just say that the way your comment was worded sounded a bit negative about this place, even mentioning that i thought that it wasnt on purpose but just came off that way, i havent been to asian countries although i have seen pictures and can agree that they look beautiful aswell and have alot of wildlife aswell as forests, wasnt to make you seem like an asshat just wanted to point out it wasnt worded the best way :)
@James Merryman that might be the thing though, there is alot of people that want to escape whatever area they grew up in, so lets say like people in the cold countries that want to escape to the more hot countries and same for those in the hot countries wanting to escape to a colder country, we often want what we dont have.
An example is how often i hear about women that dont have natural curly hair wants curly hair while those that have it want it the other way around.
First half of my life i spent growing up in Denmark and the other half living here and likely wouldnt change my location unless it would be the difference between being together with a future partner or not due to distances as i dont see myself finding someone from here.
I love the peacefulness and its not too warm and not too cold which is just how i like it.
The Faroe Islands is now on my bucket list!
Very cool. But...
Oops! HUAWEI.
Doh!
Maybe Huawei will offer to install a Chinese style total surveillance system.
Such a heavenly place on earth... Just a dream to be there, wow lv from entire India
sovereign national run by the people who live there, like all countries should be.
I have finally got around to watching this and it is just so inspiring !!!
Good, i''m glad they fought for their language as they should, being a Lewisman i totally get it.
Those videos are excellent! very engaging, made with taste and with the right amount of political message. I like that it showcase not only the landmarks and people but also the economic development stories and the good examples to follow that the country has to offer to other nations. We should replicate this in Catalonia too. Cheers and thanks.
Amazing little country
Amazing country where sick people kill whales and dolphins for fun and sport.
Very informative, thank you for sharing
Seems like a rich, educated community to me
It is
It is :) The islands GDP per capita is higher than Denmark, which is among the wealthiest countries in the world.
The islanders educational level is also among the highest, helped with a long tradition of youngsters going abroad to study (paid by Faroese government)
Fun fact. The Faroes have the world highest number of Nobel prizes per capita (1) :), 4 national newspapers, multiple nation wide news radio stations, a Faroese TV network sending local and international news in Faroese to its only 50.000 citizens and the islands published more books per capita than any country in the world :) Yes, highly educated people
@@mackman6602 I'm not sure the Whales would agree!
@@stephenfolland7767 Your point being?
@@mackman6602 I think it's self-evident! The way the Whales are killed is very cruel and often takes a long time. That doesn't strike me as very thoughtful. I'm not saying that all Faroese agree with this, having researched this I know there are those that don't, but for those who do perhaps they could have done with a more rounded education. That's my point.
I love everything about this video. I visited your beautiful country in 2016 and was utterly memorized by the stunning landscape that constantly changed with the weather. Will be returning again soon to continue my discovery of the Faroese culture.
This should be compulsory viewing for every person in Scotland
What an amazing people, what a beautiful island hope to visit one day.