Hikes that earn the weather.

Short, exposed, and rarely about the summit. The Faroese walk is a slow exchange with wind, fog, and ocean light.

A lonely cliffside lighthouse suspended above the North Atlantic.

The cliff where a lake appears to hang above the Atlantic.

The mountain route the mail walked three times a week.

The islands’ roof — 880 metres, and on a clear day, all of them at once.

Ten minutes’ walk to the islands’ most vertiginous fjord view.

The northernmost village, beneath one of Europe’s highest sea cliffs.

The northern islands laid out like a fleet at anchor.

The southern island’s 470-metre exclamation mark.

A landslide-built amphitheatre facing the two Dímuns.