FACTS ABOUT FAROE ISLANDS

AMAZING FACTS ABOUT FAROE ISLANDS

1.                 Torshavn is the capital city of Faroe Islands.

2.                 The total population of Faroe Islands is 50,322.

3.                 The natives of Faroe Islands are called Faroe Islanders.

4.                 The Faroese Krona (DKK) is official currency of Faroe Islands.

5.                 There are 77 nationalities living in the Faroe Islands – and that’s from a total population of only 48,000

6.                 The Faroe Islands are one of very few countries in Europe to have NO McDonald’s outlets. You can, however, find a Burger King, in Torshavn.

7.                 The country's football team won their first competitive match against Austria in September 1990, which prompted a massive Faroese party.

8.                 There are three traffic lights on the Faroe Islands. All are in the capital Torshavn and are very close to each other.

9.                 Crime doesn't appear to be rife. There is no prison on the Faroe Islands and any long-term prisoners get sent off to Denmark.

10.           There are two official languages: Faroese and Danish.

11.           It is composed of 18 individual islands covering 545 square miles, 70 miles long and 46 miles wide, roughly in the shape of an arrow-head.

12.    Streymin bridge is the only bridge over the Atlantic Ocean in the world, connecting the island Streymoy to Eysturoy.

13.            Fishing is the islands' single most important industry, providing more than 97% of the total exports. The second largest industry, perhaps surprisingly, is tourism.

14.            The Faroese are a self-governing community within the Kingdom of Denmark.

15.            Gibraltar has the only wild monkey population in the European continent, and the monkeys are thriving.

16.            Trees do exist on the Faroe Islands. None are native, but in recent years imports from Alaska and Tierra del Fuego have done well in this windy, unsheltered landscape.

17.            The weather is so shifty in the Faroe Islands that the Faroese have a saying for this: ‘If you don’t like the weather, just wait five minutes.’

18.            Faroe Island Exports: fish and fish products, stamps and ships.

19.            Faroe Island Imports: consumer goods, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, raw materials and semi-manufactures, fish and salt

20.            The internet country code for Faroe Island is .fo