FØROYAR 8 KR FØROYAR 12KR
Vatndalsvatn, Vágar
2020
Suffía Nón
2020
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The Heartshaped Lake The Heart that Beats Valentine’s Day – the day of lovers and romance. The Day of the Hearts, in which tender love puts out its feelers for reciprocation - while true and stalwart love is affirmed and demonstrated verbally or in writing and by small affectionate gifts.
where he will spend the night,” has need for security and affection. It has given rise to stories such as the one about the young man who regularly swam from one island to another to meet his beloved – or the pastor who went mad with love for his beautiful but somewhat frivolous wife.
Faroese Romance Much can be said about the topography of the Faroe Islands, but romance is not exactly what comes first to mind. Our rugged mountainous islands, shaped by the ravages of millions of years - violent volcanic eruptions, tectonic activity, fluctuating ice ages and perpetual erosion by surf, rain and Atlantic storms – all this may seem a bit ... shall we say ... unromantic to the unwary guest.
It would probably also amaze the uninitiated if he or she understood the abiding love with which our national romantic poets have portrayed the rugged mountains, the roaring sea and man’s wearisome daily life.
But we Faroese know better. Under the rugged exterior, we are actually a loving people with an abundance of romantic stories, legends and ballads. It goes without saying that a culture that has produced proverbs such as: “No one knows in the morning 2
The Heart of a Nation Indeed, the Faroe Islands are a loving and cordial country. In fact, to such an extent that this is inscribed into its very landscape. On the island of Vágar, up in the mountain valley above the village of Bøur, you will find the heart of the Faroe Islands. It is a mountain lake by the name of Vatndalsvatn, perfectly shaped like a heart - and in case you doubt it, enter the coordinates:
