Hay Fields

The Faroe Islands

For several years I have spent part of each year in the Faroe Islands. In 2005-6 I lived for 14 months in Fuglafjørður, my father’s home town.

The Faroe Islands are 18 small islands in the North Atlantic, north of the British Isles, a semi-independent territory of Denmark, with their own language (Faroese), their own flag, and limited self-rule. It is a small country (49,000 people) and very remote, but a completely modern, industrialized Scandinavian country.

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Hay Fields

Posted on August 13, 2012 by jenniferhenke

Most of the hay fields around Fuglafjørður go right up the steep mountainsides, not surprising, since there is so little flat land around the bay. My guess is that the largest piece of flat land is the football/soccer field, and I am pretty sure that is not real grass. Families who own sheep often will rent some of the small fields, and then most of the work of harvesting the hay is done by hand. In a land with so much fog and rain, the Faroese people really do make hay while the sun shines.