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They're officially part of [[Denmark]] and consist of 18 islands, 17 of which are inhabited. Of these, I travelled/hitched through: Streymoy, Eysturoy, Borðoy, Kalsoy, Kunoy, Viðoy, and Vágoy. Each island is different and has its own "feel" to it.

The '''Faroe Islands''' are a great place to hitch-hike. There may not be as high flow of traffic as in other places, but many times the first car you encounter stops. For those times when there aren't any cars, the scenery is so amazing that it's nice to walk. If you decide to walk along the road without hitching for a few hours, be prepared for drivers to stop and offer to give you a ride. Nearly everyone speaks English, but you will likely encounter drivers on in the more isolated places who speak only Faroese and Danish. If you speak another Scandinavian language, their Danish is really easy to understand.

You really need to leave your worries about safety behind in the Faroes. No one has any ulterior/sinister motive for picking you up − they are just genuinely nice and helpful people. Crime in the Faroes is limited to kids breaking windows, with maybe two or three exceptions in the last 5 years or so.

There are cars, buses, and ferries. Buses go lots of places and they're cheap, they can come in handy, especially in remote places that may have 2 buses coming and going per day, but maybe not even a single car (see info on Trøllanes below under the Kalsoy section)

You can't hitch on the ferries of course − you pay. It's not expensive.

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