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Faroe Islands landmarks quiz: guess where 15 photos were taken
Every place in Faroe Islands that is in the game, 15 in all, with a photo, a short fact and its spot on the map. The round at the top uses five of them.
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Five of the 15 places, one at a time. Put a pin where you think each photo was taken.
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Where they are
15 on the mapAll 15 places
A waterfall plunging to the sea beside a tiny North Atlantic village.
Photo: Felipe Tofani / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
One of the smallest capitals in the world, turf-roofed houses on a Faroe harbour.
Photo: Stig Nygaard from Copenhagen, Denmark / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The largest Faroe island, home to the capital Tórshavn and turf-roofed villages.
Photo: MiroRosa / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The second largest Faroe island, with the highest peaks and the Risin og Kellingin sea stacks.
Photo: Sanshiro KUBOTA from London, UK / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The smallest of the Faroe Islands, an uninhabited rock often capped by a lens of cloud.
Photo: Erik Christensen, Porkeri (Contact at the Danish Wikipedia) / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Faroe island with the airport and the lake that seems to float above the ocean.
Photo: Erik Christensen / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A gentle Faroe island of sand dunes and lakes, reached by tunnel since 2023.
Photo: kallerna / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The southernmost Faroe island, with sheer basalt cliffs facing the Atlantic.
Photo: Eileen Sandá / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A steep Faroe island farmed by a single family, reached by helicopter.
Photo: kallerna / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 'flute' island of the Faroes, with the Kallur lighthouse on its northern cliffs.
Photo: kallerna / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The westernmost Faroe island, famous for its puffin cliffs.
Photo: Ekrem Canli / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A remote Faroe island of fewer than 30 people, reached only by ferry or helicopter.
Photo: Maciej Brencz / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A small Faroe island of some 30 people, named after its skua birds.
Photo: kallerna / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A long thin island sheltering Tórshavn harbour, with one village and many storm petrels.
Photo: Stig Nygaard from Copenhagen, Denmark / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The highest peak of the Faroe Islands, at 880 metres above the Atlantic.
Photo: Erik Christensen, Porkeri (Contact at the Danish Wikipedia) / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHow to place them
The two places furthest apart here, Slættaratindur and Suðuroy, are only 85 km from each other. Streymoy has company: places such as Gásadalur, Tórshavn and Eysturoy are all less than 25 km away.
Medium is the most common rating, with 12 of the 15 photos. The hard ones are Svínoy and Slættaratindur. The one photo rated expert is Gásadalur, a waterfall plunging to the sea beside a tiny North Atlantic village. Any pin within 150 km of Gásadalur scores the full 5,000, more room than any other photo here. Nólsoy is a long thin island sheltering Tórshavn harbour, with one village and many storm petrels.
The daily in the app mixes photos from all 167 countries in the game, five a day, the same five for everyone.
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How many photos from Faroe Islands are in the game?
15. The furthest north is Slættaratindur and the furthest south is Suðuroy. Each round on this page picks five.
Which photo from Faroe Islands is the hardest?
Only Gásadalur is rated expert. On any photo the score halves for every 693 km you are outside the accuracy radius.
Where is it easiest to get full points in Faroe Islands?
Gásadalur. Its radius is 150 km, the widest on this page, and a pin inside it gets the full 5,000.