Travel and Tourism

Travel and Tourism in Faroe Islands

Travel alerts, currency, climate, transit, health, and safety information for visitors to Faroe Islands.

Practical Information

Travel alert status, currency, climate, and transit details.

Travel Alert Status: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
Time Difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Currency: 6.586
Climate: mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy
Ethnic Groups: Scandinavian
National Holiday: Olaifest (Olavsoka) (commemorates the death in battle of King OLAF II of Norway, later St. OLAF), 29 July (1030)
Geographic Coordinates: 62 00 N, 7 00 W
Location: Northern Europe, island group between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Iceland and Norway
Airports: 1