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Country Faroe Islands 62°08′12″N 7°01′22″W / 62.1367513°N 7.0227216°W / 62.1367513; -7.0227216 KOKS is a restaurant located in Leynavatn , located 24 km north of Tórshavn and 23 km east of the airport in the Faroe Islands
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in Europe (green and dark grey) Location of the Faroe Islands (red; circled) in the Kingdom of Denmark (light white) Sovereign state Kingdom of Denmark Settlement early 9th century Union with Norway c. 1035 Kalmar Union 1397–1523 Denmark-Norway 1523–1814 Unification with Denmark 14 January 1814 Independence referendum 14 September 1946 Home rule 30 March 1948 Further autonomy 29 July 2005 ...
The Faroe Islands has, and continues to, produce world class athletes. These include: Pál Joensen, three times gold medal winner at 2008 European Junior Championships in Belgrade [400m, 800m and 1500m], [citation needed] silver medallist in 2010 European Championships in Belgrade [1500m], bronze medallist at 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships Short Course [1500m], [23] silver medallist at ...
Klaksvík is home to Mjølnir, the most successful volleyball club in the Faroe Islands. They have 21 championships in the women's league, [ 8 ] and 12 championships in the men's league. [ 9 ] In 2023, Mjølnir became the first Faroese volleyball team to complete in a European Cup.
The Shetland football team represents the islands of Shetland, Scotland, in association football. It is not a member of FIFA or UEFA and is therefore not eligible to enter the World Cup or the European Championships. The team regularly competes in the Island Games, which it won in 2005, and has a strong rivalry with the representative team of ...
The Faroe Islands' first road was built on Sandoy in 1917, [3] as part of a government-financed plan to improve the island's non-existent harbour facilities. It connects Skopun with Sandur , the island's main town.
It is also the closest neighbour of the Faroe Islands, which are 260 kilometres (140 nautical miles) northwest. [10] By comparison, the distances to its own national capitals are notably longer: 380 kilometres (210 nautical miles) to Edinburgh and 930 kilometres (500 nautical miles) to London.