Saksun, Faroe Islands, november 2022

Without a doubt, the Faroe Islands is one the most beautiful places that exist. With an overload of mountains, cliffs, waterfalls, seascapes, quaint villages and even some viking history, it's hard to not fall in love with this place.
But! It takes a bit of preparation if you want to do more here than just drive around in your car. Not that just driving around is a bad thing here, the views even from the road are quite spectacular pretty much all the time.

But be aware that most trails and the majority of the iconic sights are only accessible via private land. You will need permission to enter and often there will be quite a steep admission fee. You can even find trails closed off, especially outside of summer season. It's not a bad thing though as the nature here is fragile and under increasing stress from both climate change and increasing popularity as a tourist destination. After all, there are hardly any trees in this harsh and windy environment, which makes the soil very vulnerable I guess. Mudslides do occur.
Therefore I only went on one trail, in more flat terrain. Even in that environment I had to slide down a hill on my ass, because the slippery path provided no foothold whatsoever. Very charming, Muddy McMudpants! But I was glad it was a hill and not a steep mountain.

Note also that in november/december there can be hunters out for hare culling season. Best to contact the local information centres for advice and updates on where to go or not.



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