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How busy are the Faroe Islands during summer compared to Iceland?
In 2017 2.1 million people visited Iceland. In the same year an estimate of 224,000 people visited the Faroe Islands, so all together the islands get significantly fewer visitors, which would indicate ...
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Tax-free shopping in Faroe Islands
I don't think there are any restrictions in the tax-free system on which kind of items it can be applied to, but as you can read on the page you are linking to in the question, it only applies to ...
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Travel to Faroe Island by cargo ship
It's entirely possible that it was on the Smyril Line's Norröna - a cargo ship come passenger vessel, and the only one going to the Faroes. It has a cargo capacity of 3,250 tonnes.
Failing that, we ...
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How to get from the Faroe Islands to the Shetland Islands
No, the quickest route is making your way to Edinburgh and flying with Atlantic Airways from there. As pointed out by @Dorothy, direct ferries haven't been around for nearly a decade.
This flight can ...
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How to get from the Faroe Islands to the Shetland Islands
Direct ferry is no longer an option, since Smyril discontinued its Shetland link on the Denmark-Iceland route which, until 2008, ran from Lerwick to Tórshavn.
You can reach the Faroe Islands:
By ...
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How late (and early) in the year can you see the Northern Lights from the Faroe Islands?
The Northern Lights can be seen from anywhere in the far northern hemisphere. Only last week, displays were visible in Scotland and northern England. Although present year-round, they can only really ...
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Is there an ATM at or near Vágar Airport?
Two are shown at https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/consumers/get-support/locate-an-atm.html
A DuckDuckGo search for ATM locator shows many options. Above is the second hit. First hit was Visa and it ...
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Is there an ATM at or near Vágar Airport?
There used to be an ATM at the airport, but I am actually not sure if there still is one in the new terminal :-) See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsKqPSE65RI
But there are ATMs both in Sørvágur ...
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Is free camping permitted in the Faroe Islands?
Mark Mayo's answer is correct, however you may of course ask landowners if you can camp on their property. This is unlikely to happen often, so even if the answer is no, it is unlikely to be a hostile ...
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Will I get a Schengen entry stamp when leaving Andorra or Faroe Islands?
The Andorrans nowadays don't stamp any passports unless you ask for it, and their stamps are not Schengen stamps, nor do they issue exit stamps
The Faroe Islands, although not itself part of the ...
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Will I get a Schengen entry stamp when leaving Andorra or Faroe Islands?
I asked two friends who, separately, made the trip from Barcelona Spain to Andorra, and back to Spain. One was traveling on a Canadian passport, the other Turkish. Neither one received a stamp at the ...
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