Jonathan Nackstrand, a photographer with Agence France-Presse, recently spent time visiting and photographing the Faroe Islands. Located in the North Atlantic, about halfway between Norway and Iceland, the Faroes are home to more than 53,000 people, with an economy that relies mostly on fishing and sheep farming. The rugged, treeless archipelago is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and has been inhabited by humans (and sheep) since the early eighth century.
A Photo Trip to the Faroe Islands
- Alan Taylor
- November 3, 2021
- 22 Photos
- In Focus
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Read moreThe Múlafossur waterfall is seen in a long-exposure photograph taken in Gásadalur, on Vágar Island, in the Faroe Islands, on October 11, 2021. #
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Read moreSheep are pictured near Hellur village on Eysturoy Island, on October 10, 2021, in the Faroe Islands. #
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Read moreA picture taken on October 9, 2021, shows Kristjanshavn harbor in Sandavágur, Faroe Islands. #
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Read moreThe Viðareiði church is pictured on Viðoy Island on October 10, 2021. #
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Read moreThe old Faroese Parliament buildings are pictured on October 10, 2021, in Tórshavn, the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. #
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Read moreA picture taken from the sea shows the Nólsoy lighthouse located on Nólsoy Island, on October 11, 2021. #
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Read moreAn aerial view taken on October 12, 2021, near Sandavágur on Vágar Island, shows the Trælanípan (Slave Cliff) with its lake perched above the ocean. #
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Read moreHouses with grass-covered rooftops are pictured on October 9, 2021, at the Sorvagsfjord. #
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Read moreA double rainbow appears above grazing sheep and the Skálafjørður near a village on Eysturoy Island, on October 10, 2021. #
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Read moreA picture taken from Vágar Island shows Tindhólmur Island during sunset on October 11, 2021. #
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Read moreA fishing boat passes near Nólsoy Island on October 11, 2021. #
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Read moreA view of Tórshavn, the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands, seen on October 10, 2021. #
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Read moreFishing boats are pictured in the harbor of Leirvík on Eysturoy Island, on October 10, 2021. #
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Read moreA farm is pictured on the edge of Viðoy Island on October 10, 2021, in Viðareiði village, the northernmost settlement in the islands. #
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Read moreA sheep stands near a stone wall on October 9, 2021, near Lake Leynar on Streymoy Island. #
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Read moreA sheep is pictured near Hvannasund village on Viðoy Island, on October 10, 2021. #
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Read moreBig circular seawater cages used for salmon farming are pictured between the islands of Borðoy and Viðoy on October 10, 2021, near Viðareiði village. #
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Read moreAn aerial view taken on October 12, 2021, near Sandavágur on Vágar Island, shows the Bøsdalafossur waterfall. #
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Read morePeople visit the Trælanípan (Slave Cliff) on October 12, 2021. #
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Read moreHouses and docks line the Kollafjørður on Streymoy Island, seen on October 9, 2021. #
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Read moreA picture taken from the sea shows the buildings of Nólsoy village on October 11, 2021. #
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Read moreA man visits the Trælanípan on October 12, 2021, near Sandavágur on Vágar Island, in the Faroe Islands. #
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