{"id":717,"date":"2025-08-05T21:31:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inkavik.com\/?p=717"},"modified":"2025-10-12T19:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T17:34:06","slug":"05-08-2025-vent-sorcieres-et-cascades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inkavik.com\/en\/05-08-2025-vent-sorcieres-et-cascades\/","title":{"rendered":"&nbsp;\ud83d\udcc6 05.08.2025 \u2014 Wind, witches and waterfalls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">\ud83d\udccdLocation: <a href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/backward.prefaces.rosier\">\/\/\/backward.prefaces.rosier<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">\ud83d\udcf8 Photo: B\u00f8sdalafossur, the waterfall that flows into the sea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2e3b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Today is a \u201cbeautiful day\u201d for the Faroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">That is to say: no rain, but a gale-force wind, a grey sky pierced by a few solar apparitions, and a relative cold \u2013 which depends on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">\u2022 walking speed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">\u2022 the number of layers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">\u2022 wind force<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">\u2022 and a subtle combo between hunger and fatigue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">\ud83e\udd7e Despite everything, the hike to B\u00f8sdalafossur was well worth the detour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">A spectacular waterfall that flows directly into the Atlantic Ocean from Lake S\u00f8rv\u00e1gsvatn, itself suspended above the sea\u2014an optical illusion made famous by drone pilots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">The site attracts people, but this morning the atmosphere was peaceful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">\ud83d\udeb6\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83d\udeb6\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Then, second walk of the day to Tr\u00f8llkonufingur, literally The Witch&#039;s Finger \u2014 a 313-meter rocky peak, which seems to pierce the sky from the south coast of the island of V\u00e1gar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">\ud83e\uddd9\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Legend has it that a witch from Iceland wanted to take the Faroes to her country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">But as she approached the southern shores of V\u00e1gar, the sun rose, and the light turned her to stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">She fell into the sea, but was so large that only the back of her head and her finger protruded from the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">\ud83d\udc49 The skull became Koltur Island, and the finger, Tr\u00f8llkonufingur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">\ud83e\udde4 More recent anecdote: in 1844, a member of the Danish royal entourage is said to have engraved the finger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Having reached the summit, he greeted Prince Frederik who was passing by in a boat...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Then realized he had left a glove at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">He tried to climb back up - too exhausted, he fell and died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Only 11 people are known to have reached the summit, the last time being in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">\ud83d\uded2 After this windy day, some shopping, then drive to \u00c6\u00f0uv\u00edk for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">A magnificent view of the sea, but a windy night ahead, someone whispers in my earpiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">\ud83d\udea2 Breaking news of the day: the ferry to Iceland is delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Departure now scheduled for August 7 at 8 a.m., with check-in at 3:30 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">\u23f3 The night will be short, and we lose another day in Iceland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">But that&#039;s also what traveling differently is: taking the risks with flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2e3b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">#Inkavik #05August2025 #Feroe #Bossdalafossur #Tr\u00f8llkonufingur #Waterfall #Witchfinger #Rhike #SlowTravel #AdventureIllustrated #SlowTravel #JimnyStories #Travel Diary #RoofTent #What3Words #Iceland2025<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccdLocalisation : \/\/\/backward.prefaces.rosier \ud83d\udcf8 Photo : B\u00f8sdalafossur, la cascade qui se jette dans la mer \u2e3b Aujourd\u2019hui, c\u2019est une \u201cbelle journ\u00e9e\u201d pour les F\u00e9ro\u00e9. C\u2019est-\u00e0-dire\u202f: pas de pluie, mais un vent \u00e0 d\u00e9corner les b\u0153ufs, un ciel gris perc\u00e9 de quelques apparitions solaires, et un froid relatif \u2013 qui d\u00e9pend : \u2022 de la vitesse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,25],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iceland","category-rando","tag-iceland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inkavik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inkavik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inkavik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inkavik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inkavik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/inkavik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"https:\/\/inkavik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions\/744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inkavik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inkavik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inkavik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inkavik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}