Exhilarating above Ground, Underground and Undersea: the Faroes Islands
In my view, the Faroes Islands are the last frontier country of Northern Europe. Be prepared to a change of scenery, above ground as well as underground! We will get to that later. The islands are not yet swamped by tourists. 30 years ago, I visited Iceland, and I was keen to compare the two Nordic countries. Iceland and the Faroes archipelago are both volcanic, but their likeness ends there. Iceland volcanism is alive and well while it is dead and flat in the Faroes. In the Faroes, the thick black basalt layers are quite old; the lava seeped through kilometers-long earth fractures 54 to 58 million years ago. Following successive glacial periods, the erosion sculpted this mammoth basalt plateau into the rugged landscape which astounds us now. This awe-inspiring scenery caught the attention of the James Bond franchise. In the series’ last film, No Time to Die , the unfathomably scenic Kalsoy island was chosen as the backdrop for ...