Weather: cloudy but no rain
Walked: 8,5 km, mainly on Nólsoy
Last Sunday was a very nice day. A few in the group had agreed on meeting at the Tórshavn Dome church at 11 o'clock. We went and listened to the Sunday mass and to my surprise I actually understood quite a lot of the ceremony! I understood the priest's metaphorical language:)
Tórshavn Dome Church
Dome Church inside
To my surprise the Tórshavn community actually had a women priest: I had understood from our previous lectures on politics and religion, that women priests working in the church would be one of the controversial issues on the Faroe Islands - the issue being that some of the traditional and conventional male priests refuse to work with women priests (there are some examples in Finland, too, so some parallels can be drawn). Apparently Tórshavn wants to be modern and set a good example for the rest of the Faroe Islands. Go Tórshavn!
At the church we saw that one of the servants was a researcher from the University and he had given a lecture about Faroese names. After the sermon he gave us a private tour of the church: he told us about the history and the artefacts in the church. We also got a chance to climb up in the small bell tower! Tórshavn is a small town and it's all about who you know ;)
Inside the bell tower!
After church I had refreshing coffee in the harbor, after which I was ready to go with a bunch of other Finns (and one Swedish girl) to the nearest island called Nólsoy, just 20 minutes outside Tórshavn. We took an easy Sunday hike on the beautiful green hills and had coffee at Kaffistovan. The coffee was good and we had fun when the local men (a bit tipsy) eagerly tried to have a conversation with us. We saw the church, Nólsoy Páll's memorial site and collected sea shells at the shore.
View on the "flat side" of Nólsoy
Cute little "angora" hen from Nólsoy
Fish outside drying.
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