Faroe Islands? What's that.

[@esbendit]

Simple: Denmark is really three countries in a trenchcoat, only two of them are tiny.

[@8mark1]

there is our big secret

[@cdseeber11]

Haha this is great

[@rais1953]

Two little European countries and the biggest island in the world.

[@cameroneridan4558]

@@rais1953sure but with the population of a backwater town spread across it and 90% uninhabitable

[@rais1953]

@@cameroneridan4558 I feel for them. My state Western Australia is 2.5 million km² with the population of a small Asian city, almost 3 million people. Much of this state is as empty as Greenland with a few small settlements hundreds of km apart. Our biggest towns north of the Tropic of Capricorn are smaller than Nuuk.

[@olafurw]

Iceland: We have the oldest Parliament. Faroe: uhm...

[@TheFrecklish]

You wouldn’t be pulling that shit if people knew we existed😤

[@Croccifixo]

And then the Manx come and claim the oldest continuous parliament with the Tynwald

[@olafurw]

​@@TheFrecklishone of these days

[@budgierigarz]

​@TheFrecklish Iceland gets annoyed when other nordics make fun of us for being small and forgotten about. Screw breaking generational trauma Who are you?

[@hesterbeard]

Erm, Isle of Mann haha

[@ak5659]

Fun fact: In Islandic Sign Language the sign for 'sheep' and 'Faroe Islands' is the same.

[@olafurw]

Fär ö

[@derekhunter5040]

Fun fact, Faroe means sheep island

[@Croccifixo]

@@derekhunter5040 generally held, yes, but there are dissenting points of view. 'far' was the word used in Sweden and Denmark at the time, however in Norway the word Sauðr was used for sheep (which Faroese and Icelandic use), so there are voices believing it is actually related to 'far' in the sense of travel/distant. To me personally, I think it's weird that the name, in our own language, would be the only instance of the word with that meaning

[@Cascadeis]

@@CroccifixoIn Swedish “far” or “fara” means to travel/go somewhere, while sheep is “får”. I don’t know what the words meant back in the day, but to modern Swedish your guess sounds pretty good!

[@Croccifixo]

@@Cascadeis yes, and that is true here on the Faroes as well. I believe Sweden and Denmark originally used something like fár or fǽr or something like that, which has then morphed into får used in both languages today

[@yhubtfufvcfyfc]

Fun Faroe Islands fact: They have by far the highest number of Nobel laureates per capita of any country since a faroese scientist won one over a hundred years ago and they have a tiny population size.

[@paddyquinlan3329]

Wow! Two Nobel prizes per 100k people, pretty impressive.

[@hansjd]

​@@paddyquinlan3329 statistics are fun 😅

[@sinenesisters552]

But they only have 70k people ​@@paddyquinlan3329

[@amini7596]

​@@paddyquinlan3329 ah yes, 100k people... totally T_T

[@mikebar42]

They are illuminati 😅

[@ingridinguska5419]

I was talking about some Reykjavik stuff to my coworkers last week and they asked me, "What is Reykjavik?"... I won't mention the Far Away Islands 😅

[@I_like_toast.]

Good idea 😅

[@Eric-xh9ee]

I hope he was joking about not knowing Reykjavik

[@ingridinguska5419]

Nope, they were not joking.

[@BrainError]

Yikes

[@ingridinguska5419]

No,we can't blame the US this time😅

[@ScandinavianStarz]

Justice for the Faroe Islands.

[@Blazedreptile]

Sounds like a sick punk song

[@Shrek_105]

Eg eri føroyskur(im faroese)

[@HappyAtheist1976]

And what this justice you talk about? Cutting ties with the commonwealth 🇬🇱🇫🇴🇩🇰?

[@HryNild]

@@Shrek_105true og eg

[@arcticwulf5796]

Who now? 😂

[@cyanCrusader]

I ran a superhero RPG once and one of the player characters was from the Faroe Islands. This conversation happened in game more than once lol

[@cyanCrusader]

@@WONDERMILK8809 No. It was Masks.

[@forcoolguys1534]

LOL

[@Nexus_Hives]

The only reason I know about the Faroe Islands is because of a guy named Olafurw.

[@olafurw]

Sounds like a Nerd.

[@I_like_toast.]

@@olafurw sammála

[@Bollthorn]

I learned of the Faroe Islands when I discovered the band Týr

[@nebelland8355]

I surly heard about it before, but honestly I never thought of them, until watching these videos 🤷‍♀️

[@AmedeeVanGasse]

For me it was Eivør

[@Arkalioth]

Mate i swear, you have taugh me more of the nordic countries with just youtube than any other show or videogame had with their story and plots

[@olafurw]

Honored

[@Arkalioth]

and I even got a reply, the honor is all mine mate, truly, thank you!!@@olafurw

[@patrickwilliamson1248]

I'm from the UK and I've had a shitty end to the day. This has cheered me up no end 😅

[@olafurw]

Yay!

[@michellebyrom6551]

Its your name day. You should celebrate with the Irish Diaspora - just to chill and destress.

[@jama211]

@@michellebyrom6551good plan

[@Raevnard]

🇳🇿🤝🏻🇫🇴 Being regularly forgot about on maps

[@peterlemcwilli9203]

Whats the first Flag? Im sorry but my screen is small

[@arleccio]

​@@peterlemcwilli9203 New Zealand

[@forcoolguys1534]

fr

[@imbob99999]

Throw in Malta aswell

[@g.b.2806]

Oh, yeah... that weird place that you can't necessarily find on a map. They are so into sheep and wool, they have an annual knitting festival.

[@SomeRandomPerson]

So, New Zealand? Or Tasmania? Small island places routinely get left off maps. And have lots of sheep for some reason.

[@jwolfe1209]

Funnily enough, that's how I've known of them, from the adoration they get in heritage knitting periodicals.

[@djonidebesisaksen653]

Even have the saying "wool is Faroes gold" 😂 "ull er Føroya gull" in faroese 😊

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

They called Føroyar, Sheep Islands, for a reason.

[@Ramtamtama]

Føroyar means "sheep islands", so the English name of the Faroe Islands means "sheep islands islands".

[@the3cookies256]

I have been there. I can confirm they do, in fact, exist, and they're also very beautiful

[@ilikevideos4868]

I know Faroe Islands because of a metal band called Týr

[@hellokittyangel211]

Same and awesome band. Nice guys too as I recall.

[@chieftain2515]

My friend is related to the lead singer :)

[@qqww2741]

I'm the guitarists uncle

[@Kat-gp6gj]

I love "Blood of Heros!"

[@ShushBeQuietSilly]

You are the master of the loop!

[@WhiteTiger333]

I learned about the Faroe Islands because of Eivør.

[@forcoolguys1534]

same lol

[@forcoolguys1534]

Maybe

[@daniellemhall1358]

"Those five pixels" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Small island problems. People from the Caribbean know the struggle. 😂😂😂

[@bobby_greene]

We know about the Shetlands vecause of the ponies and sheepdogs

[@88porpoise]

Hey now, the Faroese have their own ponies and sheepdogs.

[@sancte3982]

Look up faroese horses, cutest thing ever

[@pleasedontkillme1185]

You would be surprised about the history of the faroese pony. It actually was so strong for its size that people around the world, especially the UK would buy them and use them to work at places like coal mines and such. At one point the numbers also got so low that there was less than 5 left in the world (all being up here), it may have been as low as 3 left alive and then a group of people started working on keeping the breed alive so it would not go extinct. Population is now above 60 and may well be around 100. Been awhile since I've seen the numbers but my family knows one of the people that helps on the project to keep the pony around.

[@dannymcneill]

No such place as "The Shetlands". It's Shetland, or Shetland Islands.

[@kryptos4812]

​@@dannymcneillthank you, someone else who actually knows

[@roeliethegoat]

It was on my list to go there since forever. And in 2017 I finny got to go. It was even prettier and nicer than I had imagined. Best 12 days I ever spent somewhere.

[@TheFrecklish]

The pain of never being on a map🥲 not even the seterra geoguessr quizzes include us. Even in the territory category. But there are many smaller countries and territories included🥲

[@Omega-D-Nightingale]

A few months ago, they showed a documentry of Faroe on German TV. I can only say: Amazing. Beautiful grasslands, spectacular waterfalls, fascinating people and lots of sheep. They also showed an artist that cuts glass in the shape of a whale. There was even a short interview with Eivør, where they also played parts of the song Trøllabundin. ( which you can hear on KZbin). Now everytime I listen to this song, I'm always reminded of a small Emerald in the north Atlantic.

[@captainpalegg2860]

the faroe islands are the new zealand of the north atlantic.

[@JutlandAngel]

And Greenland is Australia?

[@juliashireen6195]

😂😂😂😂​@@JutlandAngel hahaha yea

[@thestraydog]

Sonny from Best Ever Food Review Show has a great series on the Faroe Islands, it's such a beautiful country/ territory/ whatever it's considered!

[@ziaisaksdottir380]

In 1997, couldn’t find it on the map. So I visited in 1999. 6months later same year, I moved there and later on became a citizen. It’s my country now. I love being here.

[@jarabaa]

You moved here and became a😮 citizen within 6 months? How did you do it so quickly? I'm curious. It's certainly not possible today. Ask any foreigner who arrived in the Faroe Islands 6 months ago!

[@peterlemcwilli9203]

Are you Christian? And do you speak faroese?

[@ziaisaksdottir380]

@@peterlemcwilli9203 how is this relevant?

[@peterlemcwilli9203]

@@ziaisaksdottir380 Because if you move to a Country you should learn the language, know the Culture and atleast dont live out another Religion then the one in the Country

[@ziaisaksdottir380]

@@peterlemcwilli9203 still the same question… How is that relevant to you?? You are not Faroese or even living here.

[@owlieinsydney]

Weirdly enough the Faroes gets a mention in George Orwell's 1984... there's a floating fortress anchored between them and Iceland. Mind you, I'm not sure the Faroes are remotely large enough to anchor anything that huge 🤔

[@gigiwinther6833]

Actually, our sea territory is very large, around 300.000 square kilometers, so it is not totally implausible😅 But yes, I found it funny aswell when I read the book

[@hognip]

We’re very proud of that.

[@boginw]

Cries in Faroese 😢😅

[@sjurursteinholm5368]

Evertim😭

[@ovanderstoep419]

I was in the faroe islands 2 months ago, great place, it's really out of this world❤

[@BingIlling]

I live there

[@goblondie]

@@BingIlling same here

[@peterlemcwilli9203]

​@@BingIlling Are you proud of being Faroese? I mean you guys are literally Vikings

[@BingIlling]

@@peterlemcwilli9203 yes why?

[@x33e3]

@@BingIllingyou’re so lucky

[@farnorthfirebirds2421]

Hiyi! Helpful tip: Don't call Shetland "The Shetlands" in front of anyone from Shetland. As someone whos lives in Shetland, I can tell you it will annoy most who live here. Shetland or The Shetland Islands/Isles is fine. Shetland has a few historical names, one of them being Hjaltland, probably meaning "Hilt Land". Love your content! Always brings a smile 😁

[@OtterBops]

Same with Orkney! "The Orkneys" makes us cringe. Though not as much as the one time CGP Gray tried to say Orkney.... P.S Our Twatt is better...

[@gurrrn1102]

Zetland forever

[@stephanieparker1250]

Greenland over there with a flag and a name.. and Denmark 😠

[@olafurw]

I know right!

[@akumayoxiruma]

The thing is I have seen the independence debate about both countries several time before online and the general consensus seems to be that everyone wants independence - including the Danish voices because they think that both rely heavily on Danish support for their oeconomy. They claim that a lot of Danish tax money is spent on these places as they lack resources to sustain themselves.

[@stephanieparker1250]

@@akumayoxiruma I believe Greenland could be independent. 🙌

[@LeegallyBliindLOL]

@@akumayoxiruma Right, but thankfully most politicians don't decide these things with their feelings. Iceland was a similar case. It was also part of Danmark and got independence. How? The nordic council protects Iceland. If it weren't for that protection, who knows what'd happen. Furthermore, Iceland is in a favorable geographic position. Greenland on the other hand... well. Faroe Islands benefits from being in the Danish Kingdom more than Danmark benefits from the Faroe Islands. These countries have no way of protecting themselves and especially in a time like this where UN laws seem to get ignored left and right, let's not. Iceland is as independent as Greenland and Faroe Islands are (If you ignore the parliamentarian representation ). Iceland's existence has for the past hundred years depended on nice neighbours. Greenland and Faroe Islands are autonomous, they decide what goes on locally. They're equivalent to Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland in that regard.

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

Greenland is in America, so it doesn't always show in European map.

[@ajs787]

If the band Tyr didn't exist I would honestly have no idea the Faroe Islands were a thing. Honestly they need more PR!

[@nicholasdancer9795]

Was waiting for someone to mention them!

[@MammusaEinki]

No but thanks.

[@NoctLightCloud]

your delivery, fast cuts, and witty dialogue are fantastic😂👌

[@srlee203]

Lol those five pixels. Love you man.

[@mymo_in_Bb]

I have found out about the Faroe Islands way too late after getting obsessed with Iceland and its language

[@olafurw]

Restart!

[@mymo_in_Bb]

(I've known about them for a couple of years now, but. yea. it was still late)

[@pleasedontkillme1185]

​@@mymo_in_Bbyou can be obsessed with both. Its never too late.

[@antiwestminster]

Shetland & Orkney - The forgotten Nordics

[@ihh2921]

Lived there for just 3 months and let me tell you, you notice it isn't Denmark

[@Alaedious]

What do you mean?

[@ringailetervydiene5942]

The football team of Faroe islands came to Lithuania and took down our national football team, so we know them 😅

[@pleasedontkillme1185]

Should of seen what happened in 90'. My mother saw that live and is one of the biggest shock defeats in football to this day. (Faroes v Austria)

[@rokury8r]

Our handball team is the smallest nation who qualified for EHF

[@magnuspauli]

@@rokury8r Sorry :-)

[@PeTTs0n88]

I love that I found you and your content shortly (a few months or so ago) after booking a trip to the Faroe Islands (which is kind of an ironic name when translated - Sheep Islands Islands), looking forward to visiting!

[@StolenJoker84]

“Those five pixels” 🤣

[@desormais22]

I’m so sad to say I had no idea about the Faroe Islands until I found this guy😅😅😅 but I’m so glad to learn something new!

[@earthkat]

Hello from Shetland!

[@peerieguy1214]

From Shetland thank you for the shout out haha

[@justicedominica1473]

Someone mentioned Shetland!! Woohoo 🙌

[@R3troguy]

i remember being so happy as a kid every time i saw a map that included us

[@galaxy_brain]

The line between pronunciation and joking for "fair-oh" vs "far-oh-ay" islands is breaking me

[@МатвейСипенятов]

You're doing great So wholesome

[@Leftyotism]

"Well, it's a place with a language and a flag. What more do you want?" 😂🤣🥰👌

[@cheezarose]

Thanks now I have new series to watch. I love crime and Nordic Noir.

[@brandurtummassonhansen989]

Thx for making vids about where I'm from 🎉🎉❤

[@SOFR90]

HEY! You forgot the money. We have our own cash bills as well 😂 Cool video 👍

[@oldboyiscool4040]

Tbf, still is the Danish currency

[@TrollDude3]

​@@oldboyiscool4040 yeah, but Danish bills (and bills in most other places) are ugly

[@KateBlueberrykate]

@@oldboyiscool4040and somehow you cant use it in Denmark🙄 The banks take them tho

[@BingIlling]

Are you also from faroe islands?

[@KateBlueberrykate]

@@BingIlling yes i am

[@onnivinpelzel6368]

"You're doing great"

[@boRegah]

Never heard of them before. Have they been a retreat for Egyptian emperors to escape the harsh south Mediterranean summers? Or why are they called _Pharao Islands?_

[@501Magnum]

Faroe comes from Old Norse, meaning "sheep island". Literally, Sheep Island Island.

[@Cascadeis]

@@501MagnumWhenever I feel embarrassed about mixing Faroe Islands (Färöarna in Swedish) with Fårö (a Swedish island) some comment accidentally reminds that it’s perfectly logical since they’re practically named the same thing! Just many islands instead of one.

[@michellebyrom6551]

​@@Cascadeisthis suggests that the old Pharoags had a choice of holiday destinations....

[@xdfaxell201]

@@501Magnum well that's only in english tho..

[@Hrafnskald]

I mean they did get a name drop in a Sting song: "North, northwest the stones of Faroe". Not their fault British geography classes are imprecise ;)

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

Could be worse, at least they don't get awkwardly confused with Switzerland by people from Burgerland 🤣

[@Croccifixo]

There is also a name drop in 1984, a Floating Fortress is anchored between Iceland and the Faroes :)

[@weepingscorpion8739]

@@Croccifixo Yeah, imagine me a lowly Faroese person having been assigned this book in high school reading it and all of a sudden boom! Mind blown. :) I knew about the Sting thing too.

[@michellebyrom6551]

The shipping forecast on BBC Radio 4 in GB lists the weather according to sea areas around GB. Faroe comes after Rockall.

[@Hrafnskald]

@@michellebyrom6551 That last sentence is perfect. I assume it's meant seriously, but with British humor, it could go either way :)

[@davidmagnussen-lf6pp]

Finally, we get recognized😁

[@SkarsnikofdaCrookedMoon0013]

Strange fact: According to the people of the Faroe Islands,when electricity and light first arrived in 1950, the "fairies" stop showing up.

[@viviawaag863]

Huldufólk!! 🤣

[@gamestory2834]

Or as I'd like to call it and the other islands in the North Atlantic: Places Norway lost due to the "union" with Denmark.

[@xdfaxell201]

Would be way better if we were still with norway. We have nothing in common with danes...

[@dramotarker1352]

​@@xdfaxell201 What do you have in common with Norweigans?

[@chill-ox6zw]

@@dramotarker1352language is more similar, we are descendants from norwegian vikings.

[@MammusaEinki]

Forced union.

[@SiggiGyatt]

I am from Denmark but I live in the Faroe island

[@weeRobo]

I always thought i dreamed up Faroe islands

[@viviawaag863]

As a Faroese citizen, I am honored to be mentioned, by such an awesome guy! 🇫🇴

[@WooShell]

"it's a place with a language and a flag".. best definition ever

[@Edatox]

So glad Eivør exists cuz without her (and God of War), i would’ve not known about the Faroe Islands 😅

[@DaneInTheUS]

"It's a place with a language and a flag" im dead ...

[@goodlaugh1094]

I'm gonna watch that show now 😅😂

[@key099able]

I so want a short about Åland just to confuse people regarding this Swedish speaking place closer to Sweden than Finland not being Swedish

[@Chicklo11]

Tyr is a great faroe band

[@SpatchG]

I had a friend from there who always had to explain where the heck the Faroe islands are.

[@lunarmodule6419]

"They have a TV show!" "Ok fair..."

[@pjanon8581]

It's uh... someone smidged my map, hold on.

[@Snorpish]

I know of the Faroe Islands bc of the beautiful puffins I saw one day a couple of years ago, on google images on my chromecast screen saver.

[@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410]

yay the Faroe isles! Faroese is one of my favorite North Germanic languages. Just sounds really cool, and skerping is a really fun sound change

[@fuzzyzombielove]

I know about the Shetlands because they make nice fluffy dogs.

[@oneleggedturkey]

Before, I said I only know of the Faroe Islands because of your videos. But now I'm back to doubting that they exist.

[@pleasedontkillme1185]

I'm Faroese, here to cast away your doubts. You welcome

[@oneleggedturkey]

@@pleasedontkillme1185 Thank you!

[@Annie_Annie__]

I think most of my friends only know the Shetlands are a thing because of the cute little ponies and because of the dogs that look like miniature Lassies.

[@pleasedontkillme1185]

Meanwhile the Faroes got a more impressive history with their ponies. (Almost went extinct with 3 left but numbers got back up again though still at risk)

[@claric2545]

Confession. Brit here, I knew or rather heard of the Faroe Islands. But I thought they were a part of the Shetland Isles... sorry 😔 I know better now though 🤗.

[@Lemonz1989]

Yeah, story of our lives 🤣

[@Maxs_fam]

I live there! 🇫🇴🇫🇴

[@troberts1]

I've been familiar with the Faroe Islands for a long time, seen the flag, even kinda familiar with the shape of the islands, but I could never have pointed out where the were on a map...I just never knew where they were and always forgot to look 😂

[@slwrabbits]

those poor five pixels

[@tiganrees2897]

…SHETLAND IS A SHOW BUT NOT BASED ON ACCURACY- Thank God I got that out because people will take it to heart that we have certain locations that in fact, do not exist here 🤣

[@csgaiao33]

Shetland sheep was the first thing on my mind

[@kd253]

Funny, same product for Shetland, was always in a wee box at right hand side of tv during the weather reports on uk tv,until they expanded the map to include it , the little thing... also didn't watch Shetland TV programme as about 3 actors where Shetlanders and the rest all had generic Scot's accents.. ( from a person born in Shetland and living in Ayrshire) love the Scandinavians! especially the Norwegian/ Shetland connection 🇳🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@kd253]

'Same Problem ' sorry typo...

[@rubenbohorquez5673]

I remember watching an episode of some cooking show about the faroe islands and all I remember is that they have lots of sheep but no trees

[@Marconius6]

So are these different from the Orkney Islands? Yes. But they have almost the same flag? One is part of Scotland, the other is part of Denmark though. Okay, now what's this about Shetlands?

[@johnhughes2124]

All three used to belong to Norway and along with Norway (and Iceland) became part of Denmark under the Union of Kalmar. Norway lost the Shetland and Orkney islands because the King of Denmark (and Norway) didn't pay up on the dowry he owed the Scottish King in the late 1400s. When Sweden took Norway off Denmark in 1814 they said to Denmark 'keep the Faroe Islands'. So when Norway became an Independent country again they remained as part of Denmark ....... and not Norway.

[@troelspeterroland6998]

When Sweden left the Kalmar Union in the 16th century and Danish became the official language of Norway after the Reformation and when finally the Norwegian (and also the Danish) Council of the Realm was abolished with absolutism in the 17th century, Norway had very much become the 'junior' partner in the union. But when King Christian I, raised as a German count, pawned Shetland to Scotland in the 15th century, he was clearly acting in his capacity as King of Norway. by the way, it wasn't Sweden that let Denmark keep the Faroes in the 19th century. They certainly wanted to expand there but the greater powers of Europe prevented them from doing so.

[@shotguncamping]

Tyr is a pretty cool band

[@HaniiPuppy]

The UK, (The Kingdom of) The Netherlands, and (The Kingdom of) Denmark all have similar set-ups, in being sovereign states made up of multiple constituent countries. Those three are examples of where "Sovereign state" and "country" _aren't_ synonymous. The Faroes (along with Greenland) is a country within the sovereign state called The Kingdom of Denmark, but not part of the country called Denmark, which is also a country within the Kingdom of Denmark. More European countries had this set-up in the past, but it became less common with decolonisation.

[@martinh1309]

Also, both Greenland and the Faroe islands were stolen from Norway

[@cx1688]

It’s not apart of Denmark it’s apart of the the danish kingdom, it might sound like the same but we are our own country just like Greenland

[@barurberg]

Holy, how funny im on Føroyar right now

[@JackhammerJesus]

Is the series about a depressed person with a troubled past and a complicated family life who solves cruel murders in bad weather?

[@Bubbaganush101]

As a Faroese person, I can confirm this is 100% correct.

[@poulamichelsen5655]

Bro I'm from Faroe Islands 😂

[@BingIlling]

Me too

[@Neko42069]

Need Faroese on duolingo at some point

[@brianwgDK]

I was thinking what the duck is Faroe islands, men Der er ski da Færøerne 😂😂😂😂

[@absalonrasmussen5319]

Yeah im from there and im there❤ 🇫🇴

[@nicholasbalfour6208]

As a kid I always thought they were near Egypt lol

[@aggi999]

I showed my american friend the faroe islands, he fell in love instantly

[@amandaarmstrong9900]

I thought the Faroe Islands were Scottish for....like an unreasonably long time

[@BodiddlyTheSecond]

Yeah i get kinda annoyed when i have to show someone my home country on a map but it literally isn’t there

[@nelliebly6616]

Fair Isle sweaters are niiice🎉

[@PopeLando]

It's a place with a language and a flag... and a national football team.

[@MegaBaconParty]

I have also seen world maps without New Zealand, thats painful…

[@Cloudrunner5k]

For real Shetland is an amazing show