Faroe Islands

Getting there & away

Sea

Many tourists visit the Faroes during a two-day ‘forced’ stopover when the weekly car-ferry Norröna (www.smyril-line.com) arrives in Tórshavn from Hanstholm (Denmark) then makes a side trip to Bergen (Norway) before continuing to Seyðisfjörður (Iceland). Schedules, fares and the order of stops vary seasonally.

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Air

The Faroe Islands’ only airport is near Sørvágur on Vágar (code FAE; 354400; www.floghavn.fo).

Airlines flying to and from faroe islands

Air Iceland (airline code NY; 341000; www.airiceland.is)

Atlantic Airways (airline code RC; 341060; www.atlanticairways.fo)

FaroeJet (airline code F6; 353333; www.faroejet.fo)

Atlantic Airlines, the ‘national’ airline, flies in twice weekly from London Stansted (from £192 return), some flights stopping en route in Aberdeen or the Shetland Islands. They also serve the Danish cities of Copenhagen (from Dkr2060 return, at least daily), Aalborg (weekly) and Billund (three weekly) plus Oslo and Stavanger in Norway (both twice weekly in summer). Both Atlantic Airways and Air Iceland have several weekly summer flights to Reykjavík (not Keflavik). FaroeJet flies Vágar to Copenhagen from Dkr995 one way. Quoted fares are for the cheapest, advanced-booking e-tickets including tax.

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