Faroe Islands
Exploring Life on the Remote Faroe Islands, Where Men Outnumber Women
Photographer Andrea Gjestvang's new book ‘Atlantic Cowboy’ documents the gender imbalance in one of Denmark's most isolated regions.
This Chef Is Using Shit-Smoked Trout and Dried Puffin to Revolutionize the Kitchen
How two of Iceland's most unusual ingredients are changing the game in the fine dining world.
How the Faroe Islands’ First Spirits Company Changed the Country's Distillation Law
Until very recently, the production of spirits was illegal in the Faroe Islands, an archipelago located between Norway and Iceland. It wasn't until spirits company DISM launched that the country's laws were finally amended.
How the FIFA World Rankings screw countries like Australia
Australia's Socceroos are ranked 68th in the FIFA World Rankings, which is unfair at best and deliberately biased at worst
This Nordic Food Bible Took Three Years and Seven Countries to Write
Between running one of the world’s best restaurants and championing hyperlocal ingredients, Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson has produced a cookbook that is, in itself, a sort of foraged feast—gathering recipes from across the Nordic region.
Five Activists Facing Jail Time for Trying to Stop Whaling
The battle over whale hunting just erupted in the Faroe Islands.
This Five-Star Belfast Hotel Thinks You Need a Dedicated Water Butler
In the future, it won’t be our trusted eco canteens that we look to for hydration, but smartly dressed, roaming water sommeliers sporting CamelBaks fastidiously filled with the artisanally filtered water made out of the tears of trapeze artists and...
Graphic Video Shows Faroe Islands Whale Slaughter
Several members of the conservation group Sea Shepherd were arrested trying to block the whale kill, a traditional event on the islands which goes back hundreds of years.
Activists Square Off Against Whale Hunters in the Faroe Islands
A bitter fight over whales—and the right to kill them—is being waged in the Faroe Islands right now.
In Photos: The Faroe Islands' Controversial Whale Hunt
The tradition has endured for nearly 1,000 years.
Inside the Grind: The Fight for Whale Hunting in the Faroe Islands
Hunting whales for food is a tradition as old as the islands have been inhabited.