Denmark – Flung

Fog and the Faroe Islands

Alice Stephens — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:11:14 +0000

At a point midway between Norway and Iceland, where the cold North Atlantic meets the even more frigid Norwegian Sea, a gorgeous huddle of islands sits subject to the vagaries of harsh Nordic weather. The Faroe Islands, 18 of them in all, comprise a self-governing territory belonging to Denmark. Along with their abundant rugged beauty, wild seascapes, pitch-tarred timber houses with grass roofs, and more sheep than people, the Faroes offer about 300 rainy days per year, and getting there […]

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Keep It Up, Kid: A Two-Part Dalliance

Sarah Stodola — Fri, 08 May 2015 13:10:29 +0000

Sometime during the summer that I was 23 years old, my Eurail pass landed me in Copenhagen, where I stayed for a week. One of those fortuitous scenarios unfolded in my chosen hostel, amid days that lasted until Midnight and people that looked like magazine spreads, in which everyone staying there hit it off immediately. Seven or eight of us strangers coalesced into a band apart, roaming to bars together and celebrating the summer solstice together and cooking dinners together. […]

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