HDMY Dannebrog (A540)
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His Danish Majesty's Yacht Dannebrog serves as the official and private residence for King Frederik X, and members of the royal family when they are on official visits overseas and on summer cruises i
Dannebrog, Copenhagen 2017
Dannebrog moored on the Thames during a state visit in 1974
Faroe Islands
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The Faroe Islands, also known as the Faroes, are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and a rigsdel of the Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the Hebrides and Shetland isle
HDMY Dannebrog (A540)
…in 1932, the Dannebrog has travelled more than 400,000 nautical miles (700,000 km) and visited most of the ports of Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. The yacht has also visited European ports, especially in France and cruised the Mediterranean and the Caribbean Seas. Following Operation Safari, in…
Everyday life in the Viking Age
British troops arrive in Tórshavn, 1940
The village of Skipanes on Eysturoy, with murkier weather in the distance
Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) is common in the Faroe Islands during May and June.