ELDUVÍK
When Anja and Francesco see a TV documentary about the Faroe Islands on a cold January day in 2013, it hits them both right in the heart. After a spontaneous short vacation on the rugged, remote archipelago in the North Atlantic, they realized their big chance for change in a small house with a sea view, located on the island of Eysturoy; in Elduvík. The village they make their second home. Elduvík is first mentioned in writing in the "Dog Letter", a medieval document that regulates how many dogs could be kept in villages. This makes Elduvík over 620 years old in any case. There are many stories about Elduvík; they speak of elves, a hidden treasure and sunken ships. A merman who steals the booty from fishermen's hooks lives in the bay. And in the valley by the sheep pen, hidden gray creatures are dancing.
When Anja and Francesco see a TV documentary about the Faroe Islands on a cold January day in 2013, it hits them both right in the heart. After a spontaneous short vacation on the rugged, remote archipelago in the North Atlantic, they realized their big chance for change in a small house with a sea view, located on the island of Eysturoy; in Elduvík. The village they make their second home. Elduvík is first mentioned in writing in the "Dog Letter", a medieval document that regulates how many dogs could be kept in villages. This makes Elduvík over 620 years old in any case. There are many stories about Elduvík; they speak of elves, a hidden treasure and sunken ships. A merman who steals the booty from fishermen's hooks lives in the bay. And in the valley by the sheep pen, hidden gray creatures are dancing.
Elduvík: 13 inhabitants, a cemetery, a church, grass roofs, no bus, no bustle, no stores. In summer, children's swim trunks flutter on clotheslines; brown lilies glow by the trails, marsh marigolds stand in lush green meadows. In winter, snowflakes fall on woolen caps and shaggy sheep seeking shelter next to boathouses; icicles hang from rain gutters. Clocks tick slowly in this special place. Nature determines the rhythm of the inhabitants and life to this very day. Do you see the man walking through the village? That is our friend Poul Johannes. Farmer, roofer, mason, concrete caster, James Bond fan, philosopher. With his family he lives in Elduvík - the village we have made the base of Nordic Wool Factory. The jacket that Poul Johannes wears is our Ur jacket. We named it after him.
Elduvík: 13 inhabitants, a cemetery, a church, grass roofs, no bus, no bustle, no stores. In summer, children's swim trunks flutter on clotheslines; brown lilies glow by the trails, marsh marigolds stand in lush green meadows. In winter, snowflakes fall on woolen caps and shaggy sheep seeking shelter next to boathouses; icicles hang from rain gutters. Clocks tick slowly in this special place. Nature determines the rhythm of the inhabitants and life to this very day. Do you see the man walking through the village? That is our friend Poul Johannes. Farmer, roofer, mason, concrete caster, James Bond fan, philosopher. With his family he lives in Elduvík - the village we have made the base of Nordic Wool Factory. The jacket that Poul Johannes wears is our Ur jacket. We named it after him.