Faroe: islands' splinters
Some splinters & chips from my time in Faroe Islands: 1. Torshavn 2. Faroe' Fairytales 3. Waterfalls of birds 4. Geographical 5. Driving roads 6. & how we're supposed to live?... 1. Tórshavn, FO Faroe Islands capital city Tor's Harbor (counting 13.000 humans) founded in 9th century by Scandinavians painting most houses red as it was the most affordable paint of the time Settlers brought with them custom of getting together once a year to solve all their problems, later those meetings become ting, today they call it parliament. Therefore it is considered the oldest working parliament of Europe Which is not exactly true. Parliament supposed to be counsel of delegates to whom people temporarily gave their rights to decide political and economic issues. Ting was the meeting of all people and they discuss not only laws and politics, but everything: all kinds of disputes - from domestic situations to international affairs; here business deals were m...