Day 2: Streymoy Island

Before the trip, I made a promise to myself not to look at a billion pictures on Instagram, so as not to be disappointed if everything turned out to be completely different in the long-awaited location: for example, the wrong time of day or the wrong weather. Of course, he couldn't hold back.

In my imagination, the Faroe Islands were drawn as green hills, which are riddled with rain and gray fogs. I was very worried about the sun. Therefore, on the second day, when I saw the sky covered with clouds in the window, I was delighted.

The weather on the islands is extremely changeable. All those Icelandic jokes about “if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes, it will get worse” are quite applicable to this place. During the entire trip, there were two very sunny days, one overcast and two just disgustingly vile - with rain and hurricane winds up to 100 km / h. But more on that later.

Pretty nice village, if not for one thing. The inhabitants of the Faroe Islands have a custom: in the summer in this place, during the migration of dolphins, the Faroese drive flocks to the shore and cut their arteries. Animals, of course, die. In the 21st century, this is far from being a matter of subsistence, but such is a terrible tradition.

Suksun village

A small village, which is located in a picturesque place - on the shores of the bay of the same name. Around the beginning of the 17th century, a strong storm blocked the mouth of the fjord with sand so that today there is a lagoon in the bay at the foot of the village. We were lucky - we were able to go along the mouth to the ocean.

Suksun, like almost all villages in the Faroe Islands, consists of several houses, in which a total of 10-16-30 people live. 30 people live here. And it seems to be the oldest village on all the islands.

By the way, the roofs of many houses in the Faroe Islands are covered with grass. This is their calling card. She is said to be sheared with sheep.

Passage on the tracks on the islands in many places is paid. This is because the land is divided by the inhabitants among themselves and a certain amount is taken for the passage. But since this is a private area, the owner does what his heart desires. The guys who organized the trip had an unpleasant incident - the owner of the track ignored all previous agreements and broke the price several times higher than originally discussed. Therefore, I did not see the Drangarnir arch on this trip offroadadventurefun.com.

Day 3: Island Eysturoy

Upon arrival, I dreamed of atmospheric fogs and rain, instead of the sun. On the third day, the weather decided to give everything at once!

There are many villages on the islands, but for some reason this one is considered the most popular among tourists. Many typical Scandinavian houses, gorgeous views of the ocean and the gorge. But to be honest, the previous settlement impressed me more.

I assume that tourists are in love with Gjógv not because of the cute houses on the ocean, but because of the view of this village from the neighboring hill. Well, for the color of the water, it really is amazing!

No-name location (unfortunately, I don't know what it's called)

The Faroe Islands are the land of waterfalls. Many of them appear or intensify due to rains. For example, this one occurs only during rainfall.

By the afternoon of the third day, we were already quite wet and decided not to go to the remaining points. We went towards the house, but dropped into another beautiful place to get completely wet. We jumped on the stones, hesitated to wipe the lenses from raindrops, and I took plenty of pictures of little people against the backdrop of landscapes.

Day 4: many mountains on different islands

In literature, any work has a structure: plot, development of action, safari climax, denouement. So, this day was the apogee of the novel about the Faroe Islands.

It was planned that we would go to Kalsoy Island by ferry. But the good weather intervened. We decided not to miss the moment and climbed the mountains, which did not submit on the third day.

We met dawn at a location that does not have any special name. Although I'm lying, she wears - Snorfelly. It's not on google maps, I don't even remember the island it's on. I will consider that this is a mirage: it is unrealistically beautiful and it is not clear whether it was at all.

Mount Klakkur

The second point of the fourth day is a mountain with a funny name Klakkur. In general, there are many different hills in the Faroe Islands, but they are all quite low, about 900 meters - it is not difficult to climb even without special training. The only thing to be on the lookout for is that the ascent is best done in trekking shoes (yes, those are the ones that are not very beautiful). But it is she who will save your legs from fractures and getting wet, as there are many slippery stones, steep sections and puddles on the way. And yes, it's a handy thing.

If we talk about equipment in general, I took everything waterproof that saved me more than once: pants, a jacket, a raincoat + a couple of sets of thermal underwear and fleece jackets. Like it or not, this is northern nature, not a city where you can bask on every corner in a coffee shop.

Witch Finger

By the beginning of the track leading to the Witch's Finger, we arrived in the fog. There were enough jokes on the topic “Is it really worth climbing uphill in such conditions?” But there wasn't much of a choice. It turned out that what we took for fog were low clouds. Having risen to the top of the hill, we were already above them. “Above the clouds” is about the emotions that describe the entire fourth day.