New Back Door?

Don't worry - they'll be ruined soon - the cruise ships are starting to call there. 🙍

And recently watched an episode of House Hunters International featuring Faroe Islands.

http://www.hgtv.com/shows/house-hunters-international/episodes/life-aint-faroe-islands

I saw that episode of House Hunters International. This evening I was talkiing to the young lady at the reception desk at my hotel about that episode and housing. She said it is difficult to find housing and you do really have to know someone to get a rental.

An average apartment (2-3 bedrooms) in Torshavn runs about 20,000 Krona or about $3000/month. But traveling around the city I saw a lot of housing construction.

As for the cruise ships, I think it's only one a week and only during the warmer months.

There are no McDonalds here but there is a Burger King. The price of a Whopper, fries and a Coke is $11.75. All food except seafood, some lamb, dairy and some cheese is brought in. So food can be expensive.

Just about everything is expensive.

Nice to know.

I'll be there in the early part of August. Looking forward to it.

"Not easy to get to" wasn't really part of Rick's Back Door ID strategy, but it certainly helps to keep the other factors in balance.

I think there is still an annual whale hunt in the Faroe islands where the whales are driven into a harbor and bludgeoned/harpooned to death. If that is truly ,the case,I do not want to support this place. I need to look into this.

Yes, there is an annual whale hunt. It is a highly regulated event that goes back nearly 1000 years.

Every part of the whale is used--much of it for food. And none of it is sold. Every resident who wants part of the hunt can get their fair share.

The interesting thing is I don't hear anyone saying I'm not going to support Spain because almost daily, they force a bull into an arena, torment it for awhile, and then kill it--for sport.

And I don't hear too many people saying I'm going to boycott America because they have annual hunting season where poor defenseless animals are killed in mass numbers. Some for food, some for sport.

Or how about not supporting England until they made fox hunting illegal? That was completely for sport.

Looks to be a great layover when returning from Elephant hunting in Africa. Outstanding !!!!

Wow, that is a "back door" location, and well off the beaten tourist path. It's not surprising that it's not overrun with tourists.

Yes, Emma, I know fox hunting is illegal. It was a typo. It should have been "made" not make. I have changed it.

A few years ago, Faroe Island sweaters enjoyed a period in vogue, mainly because of this TV character in the extremely popular original Danish version of The Killing.

I agree - definitely a back door. I spent a week in the Faroes in 2001 and loved it. If I ever have to enter the witness protection program, I want to be sent to Mykines. I'm sure nobody would ever find me there, especially since 95% of the times I mention the Faroe Islands, people ask if they're in Egypt.

OH Maggie, so funny! So you'll just pack warm weather clothes and sandals, right?

I guess I have a thing for whales given that they were nearly hunted to extinction in the late 1800's and turn of the century. I have noticed that many tourists no longer go to Detroit and South Side of Chicago due to the killing of humans.