Nólsoy, Faroe Islands

I received my first Faroe Islands card almost two years ago.
Now I have my second card from there....with the GREATEST difference that this time it is Written and Stamped! :D

On the card you can take a glimpse of Nólsoy, which is an island and village in central Faroe Islands, located to the east of the capital Tórshavn. There is only one settlement on the island: Nólsoy on the north-west coast on Stongin, a peninsula attached to the rest of the island by a metres-wide isthmus.Nólsoy has the world's largest colony of Storm petrels, and is also home to the first known wild population of Common Frogs in the Faroe Islands.
Nólsoy has an annual civic festival called Ovastevna, which is in the beginning of August.
So if you have no plans for that time of the year, I think it would be interesting to pay a visit....as long as the Icelandic volcano doesnt interfere....again :)

The stamp is from a set of 2 stamps issued in 2009 representing Altarpieces.

Thanks the MOST to Gunnva for helping me with this card!

Faroe Islands

One of the newest countries in my collection: Faroe(r) Islands!!!!

Island group (17 out of 22 inhabited) in the North Atlantic, between the Shetland Islands and Iceland, forming an outlying part of Denmark. The largest islands are Strømø, Østerø, Vagø, Suderø, Sandø, and Bordø; the islands are high and rugged and have only sparse vegetation. The capital is Thorshavn on Strømø. The main industries are fishing, fish processing, shipbuilding, and crafted goods. Spoken languages: Faeroese and Danish.

The earliest known inhabitants were Celtic. The islands were first settled by Norse peoples in the 8th century, became part of the kingdom of Norway, and were Christianized in the 11th century. With Norway, the Faroes passed under Danish rule in 1380, and remained Danish after the Treaty of Kiel (1814) transferred Norway from the Danish to the Swedish crown. During the 19th century, a nationalist movement led to the revival of Faeroese, and there is an extensive native literature. The Faeroese obtained home rule from Denmark in 1948. They withdrew from the European Free Trade Association in 1972.

They did not join the European Community (EC) with Denmark in 1972 because it would have opened their fishing waters to other EC members.

Apart from loving to receive cards from countries that are missing on my list, especially rare countries...I also love to receive these coz they make me google up a bit on them and get to learn something new. Thats one of the things i so much got to love about all this postcard thing...daily I get to learn something new...about a city i havent heard before, about some interesting tradition, about different mentalities and cultures, legends and country-name origins....even some trivial facts which can get to be really interesting and amusing and enrich your knowledge...