Would you rather live on The Faroe Islands or The Canary Islands?

[Mr. Smith]

Going with the off-shore Denmark on this one, instead of off-shore Spain.

[bagelman]

Even I have to think the Spanish one is the better choice. There's likely to be more economic opportunity in a region of 2 million than 52k. The Faroes would be lovely to visit though.

https://weatherspark.com/compare/y/33981~31716~31604/Comparison-of-the-Average-Weather-in-T%C3%B3rshavn-Las-Palmas-de-Gran-Canaria-and-Santa-Cruz-de-Tenerife

[Sol]

The Faroes have a very well-designed tax code.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

My father's side are Canarians.

[Meclazine for Israel]

Canary Islands for the weather.

The Faroe Islands are making it big on social media because of the ramp jutting out of the ocean.

[HillGoose]

Canary Islands, humans were meant to live in the tropics.

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

Canaries due to the Guanches and their current-day beachws.

[Pouring Rain and Blairing Music]

Live? Canaries 100%

Visit? Faroes 100%

Small islands like the Faroes are on the top of my “I’d love to go to them if I had the money” along the lines of St Pierre and Miquelon, the Falklands, and Norfolk Island. The Azores and Madeira are up there too, along with Molokai and Lanai.

Voted Canaries, as per the question. The weather on the Faroes is probably just dreadful.

[ingemann]

Faroe Islands, of course I have some benefits there, the locals speak my language and Faroese is similar enough to Danish that I would likely understand it in months and speak it in less than a year.

But in this case I also think it would be preferable to the Canary Islands for a native English speaker. Most Faroese speak English, the wages are high and unemployment is low. Yes Torshavn is little more than a glorified village, but it’s a village with all the amenities of a capital city.

[Nutmeg]

Small islands like the Faroes are on the top of my “I’d love to go to them if I had the money” along the lines of St Pierre and Miquelon, the Falklands, and Norfolk Island. The Azores and Madeira are up there too, along with Molokai and Lanai.

I'm a big fan of (mostly temperate) islands. Of these, I've been to the Faroes, St-Pierre, the Azores, and Moloka'i. All are great in their own way. Unique cultures and scenery.

When I lived in Buenos Aires, I missed the trip to the Islas Malvinas, but my (American) friends who went, and whose opinions I generally value, said they were boring.

[Hope For A New Era]

Faroe!

I've wanted to visit for years. They look so strange and beautiful.

[Pouring Rain and Blairing Music]

Small islands like the Faroes are on the top of my “I’d love to go to them if I had the money” along the lines of St Pierre and Miquelon, the Falklands, and Norfolk Island. The Azores and Madeira are up there too, along with Molokai and Lanai.

I'm a big fan of (mostly temperate) islands. Of these, I've been to the Faroes, St-Pierre, the Azores, and Moloka'i. All are great in their own way. Unique cultures and scenery.

When I lived in Buenos Aires, I missed the trip to the Islas Malvinas, but my (American) friends who went, and whose opinions I generally value, said they were boring.

Oh wow! That’s some solid traveling! I’m a birder, so I’d love to see the penguin colonies on the Falklands. I appreciate how they use the minefields since they’re too light to set off the mines. If you’re not into birds though, I could see how they’d get boring.

Did you go to Kalawao County when you went to Moloka’i?

[Nutmeg]

Small islands like the Faroes are on the top of my “I’d love to go to them if I had the money” along the lines of St Pierre and Miquelon, the Falklands, and Norfolk Island. The Azores and Madeira are up there too, along with Molokai and Lanai.

I'm a big fan of (mostly temperate) islands. Of these, I've been to the Faroes, St-Pierre, the Azores, and Moloka'i. All are great in their own way. Unique cultures and scenery.

When I lived in Buenos Aires, I missed the trip to the Islas Malvinas, but my (American) friends who went, and whose opinions I generally value, said they were boring.

Oh wow! That’s some solid traveling! I’m a birder, so I’d love to see the penguin colonies on the Falklands. I appreciate how they use the minefields since they’re too light to set off the mines. If you’re not into birds though, I could see how they’d get boring.

Did you go to Kalawao County when you went to Moloka’i?

Ah ok, if you're into birds, that would totally change the prioritization

I did go to Kalawao (particularly as a county collector). Did the mule ride down the cliffs. Wanted to fly, but there was some complication, so I took the same journey back up to topside Moloka'i. Very unique experience, one on which you are limited to a few hours' visit at most.

[Torrain]

Sidebar - but a small part of me hopes that all these "where would you prefer to live" threads are part of a long-term, hidden bracket, slowly whittling down the country this forum wants to live in.

Because you just know that the final thread would end up being something like "the Falklands vs Swaziland", and it would just be 15 pages about the Global South.

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Back on track - Faroes every time. Give me cold and damp over scorching hot every day of the week.

[Lechasseur]

Canary Islands

[junior chįmp]

I visited the Faroe Islands last year and I think I could live there. I felt oddly at home there but i generally do at cold damp places. Have zero interest in visiting the Canary Islands. Currently planning a trip to the Shetland Islands this December.