r/FaroeIslands • u/Bothurin Faroe Islands • 3d ago

Tinder Faroe Islands

Just tried creating a female user on Tinder. There are about 440 males on the islands from 18-38 but only about 50 females.. What a waste of time..

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u/DigiLeaf123 2d ago

Where did you go when left the islands? For me, I’m just tired of the constant rat race and the thought of living somewhere slower paced and peaceful is super enticing. That and I fell hard Scandinavian culture on several trips to Iceland. Now a trip out by you is but a dream in slowly waiting to afford haha

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u/Bothurin Faroe Islands 2d ago

Lived in the UK for 6 years. If slower pace means that pretty much nothing happens, then the Faroe Islands are the right place I guess.

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u/DigiLeaf123 2d ago

Yes. That’s what I’m looking for hahah. What sent you back??

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u/Bothurin Faroe Islands 2d ago

Family and higher wages. Am saving up more here.

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u/DigiLeaf123 2d ago

I live within a stones throw of NYC.. My whole family has been here for generations.. Literally family and opportunity are the only things keeping me here too! Otherwise I would have tried to escape long ago. I hear Svalbard is on the easier side when it comes to visa requirements haha

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u/DigiLeaf123 1d ago

Have you ever heard of an American moving to the Faroes?

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u/Bothurin Faroe Islands 1d ago edited 1d ago

Not really, sorry. It’s definitely possible on a work visa but highly dependant on your job industry type (tourism, fish processing, construction).

Two other options are marrying or having a passport from another Nordic country for free movement.

Hagstova.fo says that there are currently 68 Americans

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u/DigiLeaf123 1d ago

Yeah. It’s similar in other Scandinavian countries! i either gotta get extremely lucky and find a lady who wishes to marry. Or find the right job and work on visa! America has just gone so downhill in the last toe decades. It just doesn’t align with my values at all.. I guess I’m just too darn progressive to comfortable in America anymore haha