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Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, in Northern Europe. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Prism, for 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

Faroe Islands’s stamp in Globestamp
Prism · 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Prismplaced by estimate
Area
1,321 km² (510 sq mi)
Population
49,000Natural Earth estimate
Airports
1with scheduled flights

Does the Faroe Islands count as a country?

It depends on the list. The Faroe Islands is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Faroe Islands”.

ListCounts the Faroe Islands?
UN member states (193)No
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as Faroe Islands
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

The Faroe Islands belongs to Denmark, but travelers usually count it on its own, because it has its own entry rules, its own flag or its own place on the map. Other places in the same family: Greenland.

The Faroe Islands stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. The Faroe Islands’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for the Faroe Islands, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.

What counts as a visit to the Faroe Islands

The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts the Faroe Islands when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. With a single airport with scheduled flights (Vágar Airport, FAE), photos only at the airport make a transit stamp, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Events in the Faroe Islands

Total solar eclipses over the Faroe Islands that the app knows: 20 March 2015. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.

Airports

The Faroe Islands has 1 airport with scheduled flights. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).

Questions people ask

Is the Faroe Islands a country?

It depends on the list. The Faroe Islands is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Faroe Islands”.

How many tourists visit the Faroe Islands?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for the Faroe Islands. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Prism: 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

How rare is a Faroe Islands stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does the Faroe Islands count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Faroe Islands”, one of its 330 destinations.

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Near the Faroe Islands

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