Faroe Islands Day 6 - Back to Saksun

Today was our last full day in Faroe Islands and the weather was nice. So we decided to go back to Saksun where I had some unfinished business. It was raining heavily when we were there and we only jumped out for a few quick pictures. We drove back there and it was stunning. We walked around the remote farm and walked up to the beautiful waterfall nearby. We then hiked to the Saksun black sand lagoon - it used to be an open harbor but now low tide completely closes it up and one can walk across the strand. Unfortunately we were there at high tide and could only walk part of the way towards the strand but I was happy that the tide won’t come up while we were on the strand and cuts us off.

After Saksun, we drove to a small village that houses 900 year old farm buildings and ruins of the medieval gothic cathedral. It looked very out of place.

We then went back to Torshavn and did a quick audio guided walk on the Tell Me North app. We saw a gorgeous view of the town, and harbor. We also visited old Toshavn - a few winded alleys of the turf roofed small buildings - now mostly high end restaurants. We also walked around the government buildings area - small wooden red buildings that actually now house all the Faroe Island government offices! Very chilled and open with no visible security. We could have easily bumped into the Prime Minister.

We capped off our day with dinner of Faroese salmon - decided we had to try it. It was not very impressive - I guess tastes like a regular farm raised salmon, a bit too dry and overcooked for my taste.Read more