Iceland
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Iceland is a Nordic island country between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Europe and North America. It is culturally and politically linked wi
Norsemen landing in Iceland – a 19th-century depiction by Oscar Wergeland
Ingólfr Arnarson (modern Icelandic: Ingólfur Arnarson), the first permanent Scandinavian settler
Turf houses have been constructed since Iceland was settled in the 9th century.
Ósvör, a replica of an old fishing outpost outside Bolungarvík
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
Everyday life in the Viking Age
British troops arrive in Tórshavn, 1940
Satellite image of the Faroe Islands
The village of Skipanes on Eysturoy, with murkier weather in the distance