How To Journey To The Faroe Islands

Even for a lot of seasoned vacationers, the Faroe Islands stay one thing of an enigma. The islands—about midway between Scotland and Iceland within the Atlantic Ocean—are merely a curious speck on the map when flying between the U.S. and Europe.

Those that do take some time to go to are rewarded with wild, windswept lanscapes, conventional coastal communities and uncommon wildlife.

If attending to the rugged Faroe Islands was simpler, there could be much more guests. But new direct flight routes from Norway and France have introduced extra guests than ever earlier than to the islands.

New resorts within the capital Toshavn are nearly maintaining tempo with demand through the summer season. However that is no bustling place. Even in the midst of summer season, it’s straightforward to search out complete isolation in unspoiled nature.

Should you’re eager on visiting the Faroe Islands, there are direct flights to Vágar airport year-round from Denmark and plenty of different seasonal choices. For the adventurous, it’s also possible to journey by ship from Denmark or Iceland.

Faroe Islands by air

Atlantic Airways is the island’s predominant airline, working day by day flights to and from Copenhagen in Denmark year-round. On most days there’s a departure within the early morning, early afternoon and early night to Torshavn. Return occasions are sometimes early morning, mid-afternoon and late night.

Scandinavian Airways (SAS) additionally runs flights from Copenhagen. Though not as frequent as Atlantic, the SAS departures can show helpful when connecting from SAS flights or different Star Alliance member airways together with Air Canada, Lufthansa and United.

The SAS flights fluctuate upon season, nevertheless. Within the spring and summer season there are day by day flights as much as six days per week, however there are a number of weeks with no service within the late autumn and winter.

Atlantic Airways additionally operates direct flights from different components of Denmark and the Norwegian capital metropolis Oslo. Amongst different locations, Reykjavik in Iceland, Edinburgh in Scotland and Paris in France are additionally served by Atlantic on sure days of the week, though the latter two are seasonal companies.

Lastly, Norwegian airline Widerøe operates twice-weekly flights from Bergen on Norway’s west coast to the Faroes.

If arriving by air, keep in mind that the capital Torshavn is a 40-minute drive from Vágar airport. Should you plan on renting a automotive whereas within the Faroes, that is finest organized upfront from the airport.

Faroe Islands by ship

Whereas flying is by far the best possibility for worldwide guests, arriving by ship provides a contact of old-time romance.

The Faroese-owned Smyrill Line operates the automotive ferry Norröna year-round from Hirtshals in Denmark to Seyðisfjörður in Iceland, stopping at Torshavn in each instructions.

This opens up the chance for a very particular Nordic itinerary. Fly into Reykjavik, spend just a few days having fun with the southern a part of Iceland earlier than crusing to the Faroes. Sail on to Denmark and return house by air from Copenhagen, or onward to Norway by ferry.

Smyrill additionally affords varied bundle offers that embrace three nights within the Faroe Islands and/or seven or 14 nights in Iceland.