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| | Faroe Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Faroe Islands are an island group consisting of 18 islands, off the coast of Northern Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the north Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Iceland to Norway. | | | This action was taken to avert a possible German occupation of the islands, which would have had very grave consequences for the course of the Battle of the Atlantic. | | | On April 12, 1940, the Faroes were occupied by British troops following the invasion of Denmark by Nazi Germany. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands
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| | WHKMLA : History of the Faroe Islands, 1525-1815 |
| | History of the Faroes, from Faroe Islands Tourist Guide 2001/A> Article Faroese Islands, from Catholic Encyclopedia | | | The North Atlantic Saga, in : Historical Atlas of the Vikings, by John Haywood, London : Penguins 1995, pp.86-99, illustrated, concise, scholarly | | | This page is part of World History at KMLA |
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http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/scandinavia/faroes15251815.html
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| | Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands maps, Faroe Islands profile, Faroe Islands economy, Faroe Islands History, Faroe Islands ... |
| | Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands maps, Faroe Islands profile, Faroe Islands economy, Faroe Islands History, Faroe Islands Religion, Faroe Islands culture, Faroe Islands flag |
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http://www.mapsofworld.com/the-faroes/index.html
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| | faeroe islands map and information page |
| | The Faeroe Island's pages are currently being revised, but you can find additional information about the history of the islands here. | | | Faroe, or Føroyar) a self governing territory of Denmark, claimed in 1380 | | | Many of the inhabitants live in and around the Thorshavn area, the administrative capital and largest city in the islands. |
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http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/faeroe.htm
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| | A short history of the Faroe Islands |
| | From 1940-1945 the islands are under British occupation. | | | Denmark seizes the Faroe Islands in 1380 and annexes them to Denmark. | | | In 1948 the Faroe Islands gain internal self-government and for the first time the Faroe Islands have prime minister: Andrass Samuelsen of the Sambandsflokkurin (Union Party, SF). |
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http://www.electionworld.org/history/faroe.htm
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| | Lonely Planet's Guide to Faroe Islands |
| | Lonely Planet guide to Faroe Islands and the world. | | | The British occupied the islands during WWII in order to secure the crucial North Atlantic shipping lanes and to prevent the islands from following the rest of Denmark into German hands. | | | The oppressive rule of both Gabel and his son, Frederick, brought exploitation and hardship to the islanders, and in 1709 the government relieved the von Gabels of the islands. |
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http://webcenter.travel.aol.com/travel/lonely_planet/europe/faroe_islands/history.html
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| | Faroe Islands |
| | The Faroe (FAR-oh) Islands have been associated politically with the Kingdom of Denmark since the 1300s. | | | In 2002, 25,000 people are estimated to be internet users, which is more than half the population, putting the islands among the leaders in internet use, 16 other countries having more than 50 percent, led by Iceland. | | | Similar to Iceland, the Faroe Islands is primarily involved in commercial fishing, but more so. |
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http://fsmitha.com/world/faroe.htm
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| | The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) - Content |
| | As the beginning of the twenty-first century is approaching, the Faroes are vigorously engaged in exploring the potential for oil production in the seas around the islands. | | | This page contains some historic and background information about the Faroe Islands, a very unique place in the world where the annual TIEMS conference 2005 will take place. | | | The islands were now governed directly from Copenhagen. |
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http://www.tiems.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=61
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| | Faroe Islands/History - Wikipedia |
| | The islands have been connected politically to Denmark since the 14th century. | | | Background: The population of the Faroe Islands is largely descended from Viking settlers who arrived in the 9th century. |
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http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands/History
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| | Xtratime Community - Euro 2004 Qualifier: Faroe Islands vs Germany |
| | Rudi Voeller had gone to great lengths to warn his side not to take their amateur opposition lightly yet the World Cup finalists from just under a year ago struggled mightily to find the key to unlock their opponents heavily reinforced defense. | | | Their heroic defensive resilience was rendered pointless by Miroslav Klose, however, who rose highest and strongest to head home a curling cross by Neuville on 89 minutes. | | | This match was billed as the biggest in the Faroe Islands' footballing history and the tiny country's 47'000 inhabitants came within minutes of marking the occasion with what undisputedly would have been their national team's best-ever result. |
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http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=109590
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| | Faroe Islands |
| | Jonathan Wylie: The Faroe Islands: Interpretations of History, Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1987, pp. | | | In the case of the Faroe Islands, horizontally there are 6 units of white, 1 unit of blue, 2 units of red, 1 unit of blue, and 12 units of white. | | | The flag of the Faroe Islands is called "Merkið". |
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http://flagspot.net/flags/fo.html
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| | Faroe Islands Business News |
| | This is the main message of the former Fishery Minister, Jørgen Niclasen, when he reported about the fishing days system in the Faroes, a system, which according to Jørgen, allows nature to govern man and not the other way round. | | | Every year thousands of people travel across the island of Vágar on their way to or from the airport. | | | Faroese oil history is not as young, as many think it is. It is ancient. |
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http://www.news.fo
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| | FAROE PHOTO |
| | During my work as a printer and photographer, I have come across some statistisc, which I thought could be funny to put on my site. | | | I was born in 1970 in Tórshavn, the capital city of the Faroe Islands. | | | The Faroe Islands are often refered to as "the land of mayby", the reason is the special wheather. |
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http://www.faroephoto.com
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| | The World Factbook. 2003 |
| | Færøerne, Faeroese Føroyar, group of volcanic islands (1998 est. | | | There are 18 main islands and a few small, uninhabited islands. | | | The largest islands are Streymoy, on which the group’s capital, T&, is situated, and Østerø.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/151/country/fo.html
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| | VMF - Key Facts |
| | Judicial matters, defence and foreign affairs are among those administrative areas that cannot be taken over by the Faroese Government according to the Home Rule Act. | | | This is the University of the Faroe Islands - Fróðskaparsetur Føroya. | | | This national awareness resulted in the formation of the first political parties in the Faroe Islands in 1906. |
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http://vmf.fo/EN/category.aspx?catID=27
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| | History of the Faroe Islands |
| | And in the 40ties the dream of the national movement came partly true when the islands became virtually selfgoverning. | | | In this way the Faroe Islands came under Dansih rule. | | | Later The Faroe Islands passed under the crown of Norway which came into a union with Denmark in 1830. |
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http://www.ci.kk.dk/tess/tessfaer/historie.htm
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| | Linking land and sea at the Faroe islands: mapping and understanding North Atlantic changes (LINK) |
| | In this respect, the Faroe Islands has a unique position in the midst of the North Atlantic Current, which is responsible for the present mild climate in both W Europe and on the Faroe Islands. | | | The Faroe Islands thus lies in a perfect position to undertake a project on Late Quaternary climatic change, because any change in circulation of North Atlantic surface water or in generation of deep water is apt to have significant and immediate impact on the local Faroese climate. | | | The purpose of the LINK project is to study the timing and interactions between Late Weichselian and Holocene climatic change in the Faroese region of the North Atlantic, such as documented by terrestrial and marine records. |
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http://www.unis.no/research/GEOLOGY/Geo_research/Ole/LINKshort.htm
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| | Faroe Islands Travel Guide @ TravelNotes.org |
| | An almost three-dimensional map puts the islands in perspective. | | | The inhabitants of the Faroe Islands are of Scandinavian descent and still speak a moderated form of the old Norse called Faeroese. | | | Faroe Islands national carrier provides international and domestic flights. |
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http://www.travelnotes.org/Europe/faroes.htm
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| | Faroe Islands - Scandinavica.com |
| | - Contact the Tourist Office for more information about the Faroe islands. | | | Islands: 18 out of wich only 1 is uninhabited. | | | - The islands were formed by volcanic activity 30 million years ago. |
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http://www.scandinavica.com/faroe.htm
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| | PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Class from the Sea - Ocean History |
| | PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Class from the Sea - Ocean History | | | The Faroe Islands are situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, roughly half way between Scotland and Iceland. | | | In these islands, there is a traditional drive hunt for pilot whales called grinds. |
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http://www.pbs.org/odyssey/class/nantucket_photo_05.html
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| | A Strategic Profile of Faroe Islands, 2000 edition - Research and Markets - Market Research Reports |
| | The reader can thus quickly understand where Faroe Islands fits into the regional and global perspective. | | | The report first investigates the economic fundamentals affecting Faroe Islands. | | | The primary audience for this report is managers involved with the highest levels of the strategic planning process, and consultants who help their clients with this task. |
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http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?report_id=122886
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| | Faroe Islands Local Use 01/21/19 |
| | *Thanks to Knud-Erik for the extensive details on the Faroe Islands surcharges and bisects. | | | This is a seemingly simple cover used locally in the Faroe Islands. | | | The Denmark 5 ø green King Christian X of 1913 was |
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http://www.stampwhiz.com/012119.html
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| | Faroe Islands Study Circle |
| | The Study Circle has a geographically widespread membership. | | | The Faroe Islands Study Circle was formed in 1991. | | | All committee members are elected by the membership and serve for two-year periods. |
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http://www.faroeislandssc.org.uk
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| | LookSmart - Directory - Faroe Islands |
| | Save a personal copy of any page on the Web and quickly find it again with Furl.net. | | | Briefly describes the history, population, geography, and governmental structures of this group of islands originally settled by Vikings in the ninth century. | | | Faroe Islands - Check out the guides and resources for this northern European island group. |
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http://lsxml.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317916/us559898/us560051/us917289
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| | Wizwo - faroe |
| | Directory includes world, continent maps and country maps - global online shopping - international, national and telephone directories. | | | The Faroe Islands are a group of islands in the north Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland. | | | Flogfelag Foroya 380 Sorvagur FO 380 Faroe Islands Central Islands Vagar |
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http://wizwo.com/smartsearch.cgi?keywords=Faroe
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| | Denmark History - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ... |
| | He also indicated why things had gone wrong: material wealth and an over-protective Government. | | | Norway& former North Atlantic possessions, Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, remained part of the Danish kingdom and still are, with the exception of Iceland, which declared its independence in 1944. | | | The main political event of the period was the establishment of the Kalmar Union in 1397,combining Denmark, Norway and Sweden in a union under the Danish Queen Margrete I. The union lasted until Sweden, led by Gustav I Vasa, broke away in 1523.Denmark and Norway remained united until 1814. |
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http://workmall.com/wfb2001/denmark/denmark_history_index.html
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| | English |
| | Greetings from the Bahá'ís of the Faroe Islands | | | The National Affairs Committee of the Bahá'ís of the Faroe Islands | | | This year is dedicated to the memory of Eskil Ljungberg (1886 - 1985), the first Baha'i in the Faroes. |
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http://www.bahai.fo/english/english.html
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| | WHKMLA : History of the Faroe Islands, ToC |
| | Chronology of Faroe Islands' History, from Nordic Usenet | | | WHKMLA : History of the Faroe Islands, ToC | | | A Global History of Currencies : Faroe Islands |
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http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/scandinavia/xfaroes.html
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| | Stamps |
| | The Faroe Islands are known world wide for their stamps. | | | The philatelic history of the Faroe Islands is one of the greatest success stories of any stamp-issuing country in Europe. | | | The second, and equally important according to Faroese postal authorities, is to depict life and conditions in these islands, which are often considered so strangely remote, exotic and even barbaric in the minds of the city dwellers on the continent. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3299/stamps.htm
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| | Hoppa - History in Faroe Islands |
| | Faroe Islands, Genealogy, Organisations Genealogi.fo is the international name of the Genealogy Research Society of Faroe Islands KT-SLEKT. |
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http://hoppa.com/eu/nor/fo/History
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| | VMF - The fishing indutry |
| | The main industry of the Faroe Islands is the fishing industry which can be seen by the fact that the fishing industry accounts for more that 99% of the goods exported from the Faroe Islands. | | | The sea farming industry is a relatively new industry in the Faroe Islands. | | | The Faroe Islands also has many industries that are related to the fishing industry i.e. |
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http://vmf.fo/EN/category.aspx?catID=96
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| | FAROE ISLANDS HISTORY |
| | Christianity was accepted by law in 999 and the islands became a part of the Norwegian Kingdom in 1035. | | | of the Faeroe Islands are of Nordic origin, the descendents of Norwegians, who settled there close to the year 800. | | | The British occupied the islands in 1940 and separated them from Denmark, which was occupied by the Germans. |
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http://www.nat.is/faroeislandeng/historyeng.htm
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| | fsfUK |
| | The research is carried out in cooperation with scientists from other institutions, both in the Faroe Islands and abroad. | | | Particular emphasis is placed on research into Faroese history, cultural history and Faroese society. | | | The University also arranges research projects financed by outside sources and it administers the annual budget grants for study tours to the Faroe Islands for 5-7 foreign students, or young researchers, whose studies are connected with the Faroe Islands. |
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http://www.sleipnir.fo/unifar.htm
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| | Faroe Islands |
| | This group of 18 islands, of which 17 are inhabited, is located in the North Atlantic about 200 mi (322 km) northwest of the Shetland Islands. | | | The Faroes have had home rule, under Danish authority, since 1948. | | | The islands joined Denmark in 1386 and have been part of the Danish kingdom ever since. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0198162.html
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| | Faroe Islands' history (the s.c.nordic FAQ) |
| | The Faroe Islands are colonized by Norwegian settlers. | | | The Faroe Islands are granted autonomy within the Danish Kingdom. | | | The Faroes are occupied by British forces during WWII. |
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http://www.lysator.liu.se/(ns)/nordic/scn/faq363.html
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| | The Natural History Museum |
| | The Zoology Department, as might be expected in the Faroe Islands, is mainly concerned with the zoology of the sea. | | | The Natural History Museum was founded in 1955. | | | Geological mapping both at sea and ashore has been an important part of the work. |
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http://www.sleipnir.fo/musnat.htm
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| | MavicaNET - Faroe Islands |
| | Katalog / Země a regiony / Evropa / Faroe Islands | | | Katalog / Země a regiony / Evropa / Evropská unie / Dánsko / Faroe Islands | | | Katalog / Příroda / Země / Islands / Insular Territories / Insular Territories: Atlantic / Faroe Islands |
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http://www.mavicanet.com/lite/ces/10208.html
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| | Føroyar - Wikimedia Commons |
| | Tjaldur (Haematopus ostralegus), the National bird of the Faroe Islands. | | | For positions of cities, villages and other places, see: Places in the Faroe Islands | | | The Faroes with all the cities and villages and the streets between them. |
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands
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| | Faroese |
| | Since 1948, the Faroe Islands have established their own governing system. This independent system of islands, although very small, does have its own flag and parliament. They also have established trade through their own system of special treaties. The Faroese are not part of the European Union. | | | The population is approximately forty-five thousand people, with its capitol city of Torshavn holding sixteen thousand of them. This is the largest city in the Faroe Islands. The next largest city has only five thousand people. | | | The Faroe Islands: Faroese History-A Part of Randburg |
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http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/oldworld/europe/faroeseculture.html
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| | Postal History Intro |
| | In 1975 the population of the Faroes was 40,000 persons - most of whom were resident in the capital, Thorshavn. | | | The Faroe Islands, situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, are a self-governing part of the kingdom of Denmark and comprise 18 separate islands with a total area of 540 square miles. | | | These web pages present selected items of the Faroes postal history illustrating its reliance upon the mainland through: (a) use of Danish stamps and other materials, and (b) provisional issues when the former were not available. |
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http://www.faroestampsite.com/posthist.htm
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| | Faroe Islands Tourist Guide 2005 |
| | Faroe Islands Tourist Guide is published and maintained by Sansir. | | | Any questions regarding the Faroe Islands should be directed to the Faroe Islands Tourist Board | | | Not like a group of islands stretched along a mainland coastline, where you could seek shelter if it got too rough out there... |
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http://www.faroeislands.com
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| | Information about the Faroe Islands from Framtak |
| | onboard the sloop Høganes in Runavík on the island of Eysturoy. | | | Information about the island of Eysturoy (Faroe Islands) from Eysturoy Tourist Association | | | Also, there is some music from the Faroes |
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http://www.framtak.com/info
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