I went to the Faroe Islands in 2023 and I was very impressed with the infrastructure and overall quality of life. After having lived in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Scotland, this was quite something. Happy that some countries choose its citizens rather than an economic elite who pay little to no taxes.
@@PhyllisJerryeconomic elite/corporations that pay little to no taxes have no impact on whether the state has the resources to pay for infrastructure and other public benefits? I don’t know what planet you live on but it’s not earth.
@@PhyllisJerry -- Actually they're 'not'. Citizenry' historically has connoted an important measure of equity (variably defined). 'Elite' -- in certainly material terms -- means you are beyond the general citizenry -- and less subject to its material essence. Thus, you will note the erosion of general society and infrastructural integrity of those societies prioritizing an 'economic elite' over the general welfare.
@@i.m.9918 The very well off should be more heavily taxed of course, but the fetishising of the word "elite" is mainly a ploy by some who are not yet elite but would like to be.
@@paullascelles8362 Alright Mr patronising. And to correct you, the tech exists to build an extremely safe tunnel in NZ. So next time, maybe less of the ignorance and less of the rudeness Paul.
@paullascelles8362 Tunnels are safer during earthquake, as the surface is the terminal point for the tremors. Listen to Elon talking about his tunnels under LA with the Boring Company.
I was on the main island in 1978. A 3-day stopover of the ferry from Thurso (Scotland) to Seydisfjordur (Iceland). The ferry stoped in FarOer and lets all passengers off. Then it goes to Bergen (Norway) to pick up more passengers. So we had a few days to explore FarOer. We backpacked across the main island,and took the bus back to Thorshavn. It was very special. I can’t recall a single tunnel.
I visited the Faroes in 2017 on a tour and have traveled through the tunnels. Faroe is a beautiful country, perfect really as everyone is taken care of and there is no crime. The young attend college wherever accepted and tuition and living expenses are paid. The people are valued by the government.
Ive been there too in 2018 (not on a tour…) and done extensive academic research and writing on the place. There is no country on earth that is a ‘paradise’ as you describe it. Some countries have issues that are visible and out in the open whereas some have issues that are far more hidden. You are naive if you think any country is perfect as you describe
@@nickchap what do you mean a ‘different aspect’? the tunnels in the faroes are great and the food in the USA is great. neither of those are up for debate… the point i am making is that NO country or nation or region or city or town or village has no issues at all. one issue in the faroe islands is the significant gender imbalance, to the extent that many men are having to fly out south-east asian women to the faroe islands that they met on online dating apps, simply because there aren’t enough faroese women that exist. and this is just one of the issues in the Faroes that is well known and covered by the BBC and other major networks. most issues in countries are deep under the surface and never publicised. They exist within the communities themselves. Nowhere is paradise.
Incredible. It breaks my heart that Scotland, with many times the population & fewer geographical problems to overcome, does not have this sort of forward thinking investment.
@@daratheprofessional1827 I'm not sure that EU membership is required but I do think that the utterly rubbish transport infrastructure in Scotland is in no small part due to Scotland being in the Union. Though honesty compels me to acknowledge that it was the Union & the response to the subsequent Jacobite Revolutions that resulted in the Highlands being accessed by decent roads for the first time. Along with the British soldiers there also came trade... Thank you General Wade!
I am half Faroese and lived there in the time of taking ferries to get from island to island. The tunnels basically turn all of the Faroes into Torshavn, and suburbs of it. Maybe Klaksvik will have its own semi eco-system, but even that isn't too far of a drive to Havn. The tunnels drive down the cost of housing in the capital, which is good. However, the isolation made for a distinctive aspect to each island. Everyone had their own different accent when speaking Faroese.
In the US, we have places like this and no way they will ever get connected with a tunnel...does nothing for the rich folks, so won't be done, regardless of who is in power.
They are making this subsea tunnel so they can make the next one to the southernmost island. Which will be about 23 km under the seabed where there are about 5000 inhabitants living.
The UK only recently jettisoned almost all of HS2, an overground project. Your tunnel suggestion is wonderful but I fear it'll forever remain a pipedream.
@@Evemeister12 Tunnels between many of the Scottish islands would be effectively cost neutral when compared to the ongoing costs of running ferry services, periodic replacement of the vessels and the economic costs of weather cancellations.
Untrue. I did an extended academic project on exactly this question; if tunnels in the scottish islands would work the same way as they do in the faroe islands. the answer is unfortunately probably not. CERTAINLY not a tunnel connecting the mainland/Orkneys to the Shetland isles… that would literally be 10-20 times longer than the longest road tunnel in the world, so clearly the original commenter here doesnt really know what they’re talking about in terms of distances. I dont think the government is amazing here either, but what I do know is that complaining won’t help anything. Despite some mistakes, the advice from bodies that government ministers follow is in general pretty good and accurate. If you don’t believe me, then you should see the corruption in most other countries on earth
@@garysmith5025 I think they should do it, it would provide jobs and help businesses long term maybe not straight away but budget it and do it within 10 years
Not really. It is far far less costly than just the upkeep of all current infrastructure in the UK, let alone building and new infrastructure. (This is coming from someone who has been to the Faroe Islands and has written an academic piece on the tunnels there)
@@Nooticus yes, really. When you consider how many much money per person one of these tunnels costs for thr Faroe Islands. Then you realise the UK government wouldn't spend the same for a population 1000 times the size. Most of our motorways were built in the 60s and most of our trains were built in the 1800s ffs....
@@johnnychopping3655 yeah you’re absolutely wrong 😂 dude has zero idea. literally do a single google to see how much is spent upgrading and building new roads and railways each year. hint: its in the tens of billions. maybe even hundreds.
@@Nooticus oh you mean the hundreds of billions being spent on an already outdated railway system that will travel 1/4 of the country and take 30 years to build? Yeah that's definitely a sign of progress, not a state compelelty destroyed by corruption, a kleptocracy. Maybe you should Google White Elephant projects coz by your reasoning Equatorial Guinea has the greatest infrastructure in the world 🤣 you sir are whats known as a useful idiot. You keep spewing that jingoist chauvinist Rule Britainnia propaganda BS though look a good obedient subject. Brtiain DEFINITELY isn't a 3rd world nation now...
I lived and worked in the UK for 22 years until our company “pulled out” after Brexit. The boomers have destroyed the UK and are quite smug about it. The UK is finished and ripe for Reform idiots to exploit.
In some ways, I wish the northenmost Japanese island of Hokkaido was also joined with the largest island of Honshu too by a road tunnel. There is a railway tunnel already in existence. Hokkaido is the only main island in Japan that isn't connected by road. Nevertheless, having to take a ferry to reach the island does help with feeling separated from daily life and its grind if going on holiday. Especially as Hokkaido enjoys a different kind of climate to the rest of Japan and the influence of the Ainu people and their language and culture all help to make one feel that you are somewhere different. Japan is no stranger to tunnels and indeed, the second longest road tunnel in the world runs beneath Tokyo interweaving with the railway subway system. The Yamate Tunnel. There is also the Aqualine tunnel which is an undersea (Tokyo Bay) tunnel that comes out onto a manmade island in the middle and the remainder being a bridge. Creating tunnels in country with small population to reach islands with a relatively small population as in the Faroe Islands is unusual though and I think that they are doing the right thing given the harsh climate and winter storms must impede ferry service.
When I see stuff like this, no wonder the European civilization is at it's peak now. Yes, the Mesapotomia, Indus-valley, Roman, Qing and other ancient civilizations had their heydays. But, we have to admit we are in a civilization which is the most global and influential this world has ever seen. Absolutely incredible, the way 50,000+ inhabitants came together, agreed on the finacials, rationale to connect themselves and prosper. Amazing !
@@daletowert The engineering projects in China are very similar in speed of construction and scale of those built during the peak of the British Empire. Can you think of anything that China and the British empire have in common now?.... I'll give you a clue, it rhymes with staves.
This is incredible! I only know the Faroe Islands through Bergman films and just looking at maps and flags, it seems like a beautiful and wonderful place to live! Wishing peace to the residents
It is cool and impressive and terrifies me in a primal level. The idea of being under water in any type of structure just shuts my brain off. Wow. This is wild.
Visited in the summer of 2024, and it's such a unique place. Insanely beautiful, ridiculously well functioning infrastructure and kind albeit often aloof (very Scandinavian) people.
Good to see how the Faroe Islands being part of the Danish kingdom benefits the islands. There is self rule/autonomy, but on the same time the islands are also part of Denmark so there is financial support coming in - currently it is about 1.700 per year per capita. That has clearly helped paying for the tunnels.
Oh my God. Im still impressed by seeing this. Can´t wait to be on this faboulus Islands. Still waiting to start my journey for a couple of weeks to expire the Faore Islands in April.
I had a nice visit in the Faroe islands on a passage between Iceland and the Shetland islands during my high latitude singlehanded circumnavigation a few years back. I wish I could have spent more time there, but the sailing season up north is pretty short so I had to keep moving.
How on earth with a population of 53,000 they could afford all that, escapes me. Even with "a strong economy". The Channel Tunnel, for instance, was the combined effort of 2 states with a total (then) population of approx. 110 million
@@PeterMoss54321 Faroe Islands are a self-governing nation under the external sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark. Faroe Islands have exclusive competence to legislate and govern independently in a wide range of areas. These include for example the conservation and management of living marine resources, protection of the environment, sub-surface resources, trade, taxation, industrial relations, energy, transport, communications, social security, culture, education and research.
Very impressive - and in the north Atlantic as well... It's funny isn't it? How some countries thrive despite such difficult conditions and so few people while others don't.
That's amazing! I would think it might be a little unnerving to travel through these tunnels knowing that a little miscalculation could cause a collapse, with all that water above flooding the tunnels immediately. Hats off to the engineers! 👏👏
Incredible !!. We’ve just had a new roundabout built here in the midwest. Unfortunately, the direction signs have all been damaged as Americans are too stupid to use them !!
I went there in 2007, the last year of the ferry from Scotland. In 2008 the ferry ran from denmark only and I had the only uk car on the boat. The tunnels are cool, you can see some of the openings from the other side 😂 The Sandoy ferry was good. No doubt the tunnels will change island life. I want to go back to see it as it is now there are more tourists. I did the undersea tunnel in Iceland. Its stranger in your own car from the UK 😂😂😂
Countries have billions of dollars. Instead of letting all that money benefit a few individuals, Nordic countries invest in the population. Think how much a clown like Ellon Musk spends on houses, yachts, cars, planes etc
The fact that such a huge engineering project demanding such incredible investment was carried out to serve such a small country with no heavy industry, tells you one thing: it is expected and intended that there will be massive population growth in future, and the emergence of a new economy to serve it.
Just shows you how poor the infrastructure is in the UK, Scotland in particular. Huge number of islands and west coast areas that could be connected by tunnels or bridges. The oil money should have been spent on things like that, instead it was squandered and it’s now too late. Thanks Westminster!
The islands are Basaltic lava, 6 kilometres thick, so the tunnels are not lined or suffer from water seepage. The Solent is clay, sand and poor limestone, and rammed with people on both sides.
Whilst on a cruise ship ,we went past the south eastern tip of the islands a few months ago . It looked so mysterious, I'd love to go and explore one day...
Oh how I would love to retire there if I had the money! The way things are going in the USA, I wish I had gotten there a decade ago! You have the one thing that most Americans crave, Peace! And I could have gotten a couple decades work out of digging those tunnels too!
So it's a good thing that Denmark has put a lot of money into it. We were on the Faroe Islands at the end of November 2023. By ferry, of course. Paying the tunnel toll is really easy. Register and you're done. We will certainly do it again. The only thing they could work on is the hiking route labelling. Sometimes it's very erratic. . .
Denmark earns money on the Faroe Islands, The money they send is 0.2% of the Faroe Islands' GDP. They have borrowed the money to build the last 2 subsea tunnels from the UK and the USA.
Maybe a good sollution for the Dutch West-Frisia (Wadden) Islands? Connect Den Helder with Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling and Ameland with Holwerd. Schiermonnikoog maybe later.
My my *Many kudos or blessings to Danmark authority or government SO MUCH more cares about its citizens than worry about spending economic feasibility or cost! SO very well done Danmark! US
@@TheRedBaronHP Most of the money invested in the Faroe island tunnels comes from British based American Pension funds, borrowing money is easy but it must be paid back and the the monies borrowed will be be paid back from the toll charges placed on users of the tunnels. A single tunnel trip costs about 20 Euros or 20 US Dollars or 17 Pounds sterling so travel is not cheap. I am pretty sure if the public in the UK or elsewhere in Europe or America were willing to fork out high toll charges for such infrastructure projects as the Faroe island tunnels then the world would be crisscrossed with them.
Livelihoods, if a tunnel was created lots of the seafarers would lose their jobs, also these islands are very small communities compared to Faroe isles, some of the islands only have 1 or two active shops all year round.
@@grahamelliott6041 You're aware that it's mostly the residents who will pay (a lot) for those tunnels? Are you willing to pay just to have more roads?
Are the tunnels Toll Roads? In Australia all Tunnels are toll roads. It is bloody expensive and people avoid as much as possible. We do have roads around the Tunnels, so this is possible. That is not the case in the Faroe Islands, your tunnels are the major component of your road system and links the Islands.
@@DidiPort Of course there's a toll, we're talking about a place that put tolls on hiking trails because tourists would step on and potentially destroy grass (not kidding). And both are crazy expensive...
Funny seeing the traffic jam towards the end of the clip - one of the last places to expect this? Also worth mentioning that these tunnels are built by Norwegians.
Yeah, you'd expect traffic jams on a bunch of small islands to be warning sign that something's wrong with the infrastructure planning, yet they don't seem to realize building more roads for more cars has never been a fruitful decision...
Incredible design and sub ground level scaping, how Denmark Govt was able to come to with the cash was huge order but the network to the mainland will be of higr benefit to the islanders. One day I hope you drive or ride through the tunnels
I disagree with the assumption that more people moving to these remote villages and islands is a good thing worth spending that kind of money to achieve. There are many virtues to isolation to the wildlife, the environment and the native practices. Once you destroy that separation you can never return to it. A boat ride is a time-consuming cost of that generations of people have chosen to be part of that isolation. This changes WHO lives and comes to visit these places in a profound way, and something ancient dies. Somehow we have normalized this sort of thing because we can just get in our cars and drive there.
I worked one tunnel job about 45 years ago shortly after OSHA came into being in the USA. 7 guys got killed in the area that I worked! After that a lot of men were afraid to work in "Dead Man's Shaft!" But I'm not superstitious and nothing ever happened to me!
@@voltafy Faroe Islands are a self-governing nation under the external sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark. Faroe Islands have exclusive competence to legislate and govern independently in a wide range of areas. These include for example the conservation and management of living marine resources, protection of the environment, sub-surface resources, trade, taxation, industrial relations, energy, transport, communications, social security, culture, education and research.
No you wouldn't. It gets old real quick. Cold, rainy, dark. Last time I went, in the middle of the summer, the fog rolled in on the second and sat over Torshavn for two weeks, as it never got warm enough to burn off.
The shortest distance between the mainland and Vancouver Island is 56km, all under water. This would be (by far) the longest underwater tunnel in the world if it were to be built. Never going to happen, nor should it.
Lots of cars backed up in the images at the end of the video. If they are already having traffic issues those will likely exacerbate 😬 cool nonetheless
This is amazing. 390 million for that gem is nothing. In the USA, the thieves in government will do a regular road a quarter of that size. And try justifying 2.5 billion cost of construction. More countries could learn from the Faroe Islands .
I went to the Faroe Islands in 2023 and I was very impressed with the infrastructure and overall quality of life. After having lived in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Scotland, this was quite something. Happy that some countries choose its citizens rather than an economic elite who pay little to no taxes.
@@PhyllisJerryeconomic elite/corporations that pay little to no taxes have no impact on whether the state has the resources to pay for infrastructure and other public benefits? I don’t know what planet you live on but it’s not earth.
@@PhyllisJerry -- Actually they're 'not'. Citizenry' historically has connoted an important measure of equity (variably defined). 'Elite' -- in certainly material terms -- means you are beyond the general citizenry -- and less subject to its material essence. Thus, you will note the erosion of general society and infrastructural integrity of those societies prioritizing an 'economic elite' over the general welfare.
@@i.m.9918 The very well off should be more heavily taxed of course, but the fetishising of the word "elite" is mainly a ploy by some who are not yet elite but would like to be.
@@PhyllisJerryMaybe if you had used the term “miserly rich” it would have generated less complaining. ;)
@@PhyllisJerry Hmm nope.
As a New Zealander I wish we had a Cook Strait tunnel to connect our main 2 islands...
I presume you have heard of earthquakes for which New Zealand is famous. Especially around Wellington.
As they're a New Zealander, I don't think you need to be quite so patronising, do you?
NZ was formed at the edge of Australian and pacific plates. It will be very difficult. Not impossible since the Japanese did it
@@paullascelles8362 Alright Mr patronising. And to correct you, the tech exists to build an extremely safe tunnel in NZ. So next time, maybe less of the ignorance and less of the rudeness Paul.
@paullascelles8362 Tunnels are safer during earthquake, as the surface is the terminal point for the tremors. Listen to Elon talking about his tunnels under LA with the Boring Company.
Amazing, an underwater roundabout
Incredible engineering for such a small population.
I learnt so much about the Faroe islands in this short video. Thank you for posting.
Eager to learn so much more.
Fun fact: There are few lumberjacks, if any.
I was on the main island in 1978. A 3-day stopover of the ferry from Thurso (Scotland) to Seydisfjordur (Iceland). The ferry stoped in FarOer and lets all passengers off. Then it goes to Bergen (Norway) to pick up more passengers. So we had a few days to explore FarOer. We backpacked across the main island,and took the bus back to Thorshavn. It was very special. I can’t recall a single tunnel.
True, there were no tunnels on Streymoy in 1978.
I visited the Faroes in 2017 on a tour and have traveled through the tunnels. Faroe is a beautiful country, perfect really as everyone is taken care of and there is no crime. The young attend college wherever accepted and tuition and living expenses are paid. The people are valued by the government.
Ive been there too in 2018 (not on a tour…) and done extensive academic research and writing on the place. There is no country on earth that is a ‘paradise’ as you describe it. Some countries have issues that are visible and out in the open whereas some have issues that are far more hidden. You are naive if you think any country is perfect as you describe
What papers were published? Be interesting to see a different aspect @@Nooticus
@@nickchap what do you mean a ‘different aspect’?
the tunnels in the faroes are great and the food in the USA is great. neither of those are up for debate… the point i am making is that NO country or nation or region or city or town or village has no issues at all.
one issue in the faroe islands is the significant gender imbalance, to the extent that many men are having to fly out south-east asian women to the faroe islands that they met on online dating apps, simply because there aren’t enough faroese women that exist.
and this is just one of the issues in the Faroes that is well known and covered by the BBC and other major networks. most issues in countries are deep under the surface and never publicised. They exist within the communities themselves. Nowhere is paradise.
lol
Sounds like an amazing place to live! ☺️
Incredible. It breaks my heart that Scotland, with many times the population & fewer geographical problems to overcome, does not have this sort of forward thinking investment.
Or actual money.
If you were independent and in the EU you would have your tunnels.
@@daratheprofessional1827 I'm not sure that EU membership is required but I do think that the utterly rubbish transport infrastructure in Scotland is in no small part due to Scotland being in the Union. Though honesty compels me to acknowledge that it was the Union & the response to the subsequent Jacobite Revolutions that resulted in the Highlands being accessed by decent roads for the first time. Along with the British soldiers there also came trade... Thank you General Wade!
Could it be your government is only interested in war, not building infrastructure?
Snp wasting money on legal teams again stopped that
I am half Faroese and lived there in the time of taking ferries to get from island to island. The tunnels basically turn all of the Faroes into Torshavn, and suburbs of it. Maybe Klaksvik will have its own semi eco-system, but even that isn't too far of a drive to Havn. The tunnels drive down the cost of housing in the capital, which is good. However, the isolation made for a distinctive aspect to each island. Everyone had their own different accent when speaking Faroese.
In the US, we have places like this and no way they will ever get connected with a tunnel...does nothing for the rich folks, so won't be done, regardless of who is in power.
its crazy that an island of 1500 people getting its own tunnel, here in my village of 1500 we don't get a good road
They are making this subsea tunnel so they can make the next one to the southernmost island. Which will be about 23 km under the seabed where there are about 5000 inhabitants living.
It's working, I plan on travelling the entirety of the tunnel system when it's done, such a unique and fantastic place to travel!
Imagine Orkney and the Shetland islands having tunnels connecting all together and to mainland Scotland.
The UK only recently jettisoned almost all of HS2, an overground project.
Your tunnel suggestion is wonderful but I fear it'll forever remain a pipedream.
@@Evemeister12 Tunnels between many of the Scottish islands would be effectively cost neutral when compared to the ongoing costs of running ferry services, periodic replacement of the vessels and the economic costs of weather cancellations.
Untrue. I did an extended academic project on exactly this question; if tunnels in the scottish islands would work the same way as they do in the faroe islands. the answer is unfortunately probably not. CERTAINLY not a tunnel connecting the mainland/Orkneys to the Shetland isles… that would literally be 10-20 times longer than the longest road tunnel in the world, so clearly the original commenter here doesnt really know what they’re talking about in terms of distances.
I dont think the government is amazing here either, but what I do know is that complaining won’t help anything. Despite some mistakes, the advice from bodies that government ministers follow is in general pretty good and accurate. If you don’t believe me, then you should see the corruption in most other countries on earth
@@garysmith5025 I think they should do it, it would provide jobs and help businesses long term maybe not straight away but budget it and do it within 10 years
Do you have any idea of how far the Orkney and Shetland Isles are from each other, and the Mainland? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Faroe Islands got better infrastructure for 60 thousand people than the UK has for 60 million lol.
Not really. It is far far less costly than just the upkeep of all current infrastructure in the UK, let alone building and new infrastructure. (This is coming from someone who has been to the Faroe Islands and has written an academic piece on the tunnels there)
@@Nooticus yes, really. When you consider how many much money per person one of these tunnels costs for thr Faroe Islands. Then you realise the UK government wouldn't spend the same for a population 1000 times the size. Most of our motorways were built in the 60s and most of our trains were built in the 1800s ffs....
@@johnnychopping3655 yeah you’re absolutely wrong 😂 dude has zero idea. literally do a single google to see how much is spent upgrading and building new roads and railways each year. hint: its in the tens of billions. maybe even hundreds.
@@Nooticus oh you mean the hundreds of billions being spent on an already outdated railway system that will travel 1/4 of the country and take 30 years to build? Yeah that's definitely a sign of progress, not a state compelelty destroyed by corruption, a kleptocracy. Maybe you should Google White Elephant projects coz by your reasoning Equatorial Guinea has the greatest infrastructure in the world 🤣 you sir are whats known as a useful idiot. You keep spewing that jingoist chauvinist Rule Britainnia propaganda BS though look a good obedient subject. Brtiain DEFINITELY isn't a 3rd world nation now...
I lived and worked in the UK for 22 years until our company “pulled out” after Brexit.
The boomers have destroyed the UK and are quite smug about it.
The UK is finished and ripe for Reform idiots to exploit.
Blown away by this.
In some ways, I wish the northenmost Japanese island of Hokkaido was also joined with the largest island of Honshu too by a road tunnel. There is a railway tunnel already in existence. Hokkaido is the only main island in Japan that isn't connected by road. Nevertheless, having to take a ferry to reach the island does help with feeling separated from daily life and its grind if going on holiday. Especially as Hokkaido enjoys a different kind of climate to the rest of Japan and the influence of the Ainu people and their language and culture all help to make one feel that you are somewhere different. Japan is no stranger to tunnels and indeed, the second longest road tunnel in the world runs beneath Tokyo interweaving with the railway subway system. The Yamate Tunnel. There is also the Aqualine tunnel which is an undersea (Tokyo Bay) tunnel that comes out onto a manmade island in the middle and the remainder being a bridge. Creating tunnels in country with small population to reach islands with a relatively small population as in the Faroe Islands is unusual though and I think that they are doing the right thing given the harsh climate and winter storms must impede ferry service.
The tunnels open so much for islands and their people. Brilliant move.
When I see stuff like this, no wonder the European civilization is at it's peak now. Yes, the Mesapotomia, Indus-valley, Roman, Qing and other ancient civilizations had their heydays. But, we have to admit we are in a civilization which is the most global and influential this world has ever seen. Absolutely incredible, the way 50,000+ inhabitants came together, agreed on the finacials, rationale to connect themselves and prosper. Amazing !
Who built and designed this ? Asians probably
Perhaps the Nordic countries might be at their peak. The rest of Europe is quite far
@@daletowert Looks flashy but when it comes to actual innovation and progress, the West is pretty unrivalled.
@@daletowert yup and the inevitably fail due to shoddy workmanship an corruption
@@daletowert The engineering projects in China are very similar in speed of construction and scale of those built during the peak of the British Empire. Can you think of anything that China and the British empire have in common now?.... I'll give you a clue, it rhymes with staves.
Your work is a beautiful reminder of how incredible and diverse our planet's wildlife is
I would totally live there !
This is incredible! I only know the Faroe Islands through Bergman films and just looking at maps and flags, it seems like a beautiful and wonderful place to live! Wishing peace to the residents
It is cool and impressive and terrifies me in a primal level. The idea of being under water in any type of structure just shuts my brain off.
Wow. This is wild.
And weve had the same pot hole for 15 years on my road and never been fixed
it's a historic landmark by now, local heritage
Try drawing a big penis around it and share it on social media.
Fix it yourself, prove point.
This is so impressive , amazing !
Looks beautiful and peaceful and COLD !!
Visited in the summer of 2024, and it's such a unique place. Insanely beautiful, ridiculously well functioning infrastructure and kind albeit often aloof (very Scandinavian) people.
THATS something i never knew great achievement
It's an ad I'm willing to sit through ads to watch ..this is good marketing 👏
3:13 underwater roundabout!
Good to see how the Faroe Islands being part of the Danish kingdom benefits the islands.
There is self rule/autonomy, but on the same time the islands are also part of Denmark so there is financial support coming in - currently it is about 1.700 per year per capita. That has clearly helped paying for the tunnels.
The tunnels are paid by UK and USA
Lol are you a nationalist? A royalist? I dont know what they call you assholes in Denmark but you seem like a colonialism apologist either way
Oh my God. Im still impressed by seeing this. Can´t wait to be on this faboulus Islands. Still waiting to start my journey for a couple of weeks to expire the Faore Islands in April.
I had a nice visit in the Faroe islands on a passage between Iceland and the Shetland islands during my high latitude singlehanded circumnavigation a few years back. I wish I could have spent more time there, but the sailing season up north is pretty short so I had to keep moving.
Wow, that is very impressive. Well done the Faroe Islands.
I've been there several times, and indeed, amazing place to visit, and the underwater tunnel is also amazing.
When leaders work for the people and for good of country. Unlike our leaders who look for benefits in any deal at the expense of the country.
I found about these by watching videos about them on B1M's UA-cam channel.
How on earth with a population of 53,000 they could afford all that, escapes me. Even with "a strong economy". The Channel Tunnel, for instance, was the combined effort of 2 states with a total (then) population of approx. 110 million
Denmark/EU
@@Lex_Lugar uh-huh
The answer is, fish. These 53000 people have an immense, exclusive to them, area of sea.
I would *love* to go to the Faroe Islands...for those tunnels just as much as everything else.
How do so few people afford to build such a massive project???
Greenland and the Faroe Islands are part of Denmark.
@@PeterMoss54321 Faroe Islands are a self-governing nation under the external sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark. Faroe Islands have exclusive competence to legislate and govern independently in a wide range of areas. These include for example the conservation and management of living marine resources, protection of the environment, sub-surface resources, trade, taxation, industrial relations, energy, transport, communications, social security, culture, education and research.
Money borrowed from pension funds from the UK and USA, which will be paid back over 16 years.
@@TheRedBaronHPAustralia would do case studies for 16 years, spend what it would cost to complete project, then change governments and scrap it.
Thank You😊
Thanks for making this.
its amazingly beautiful...
Very impressive - and in the north Atlantic as well... It's funny isn't it? How some countries thrive despite such difficult conditions and so few people while others don't.
Absolutely stunning achievements 👏❤️
Stopped off in Torshavn outbound and return when we visited Iceland via the MS Norrona. A beautiful place.
They surpass Ireland in striking beauty
That's amazing! I would think it might be a little unnerving to travel through these tunnels knowing that a little miscalculation could cause a collapse, with all that water above flooding the tunnels immediately. Hats off to the engineers! 👏👏
I didnt know about these tunnels. I really want to visit the Faroes.
Omfg! Underground ROUNDABOUT 😮😮😮😮
Incredible !!. We’ve just had a new roundabout built here in the midwest. Unfortunately, the direction signs have all been damaged as Americans are too stupid to use them !!
Brilliant!
I like they show a traffic jam at the end.
It probably taken when they opened the tunnel
Its not a traffic jam. Its an auto corso (car meeting).
I went there in 2007, the last year of the ferry from Scotland. In 2008 the ferry ran from denmark only and I had the only uk car on the boat. The tunnels are cool, you can see some of the openings from the other side 😂 The Sandoy ferry was good. No doubt the tunnels will change island life. I want to go back to see it as it is now there are more tourists. I did the undersea tunnel in Iceland. Its stranger in your own car from the UK 😂😂😂
It's a colossal investment to make with such few people...
Countries have billions of dollars. Instead of letting all that money benefit a few individuals, Nordic countries invest in the population. Think how much a clown like Ellon Musk spends on houses, yachts, cars, planes etc
@@RcsN505 That would be Bezos, not Musk. The latter sold his houses and is very mission focused,
Yeah right 😂
Amazing,!
The fact that such a huge engineering project demanding such incredible investment was carried out to serve such a small country with no heavy industry, tells you one thing: it is expected and intended that there will be massive population growth in future, and the emergence of a new economy to serve it.
Just shows you how poor the infrastructure is in the UK, Scotland in particular. Huge number of islands and west coast areas that could be connected by tunnels or bridges. The oil money should have been spent on things like that, instead it was squandered and it’s now too late. Thanks Westminster!
Yeah if Scotland was independent and in the EU you would have some tunnels
The Orkneys have a Causeway as it is.
@@MrBoliao98 one causeway isn’t anything to cheer about
@@THE_ECONNORGIST these islands have barely anyone, and they get a bridge. How about East London and how no one is able to get more bridges across.
Amazing!❤
Yet the Isle of Wight tunnel is apparently not feasible or economically viable…
Maybe a movement to become a Danish protectorate instead of part of the UK would be helpful.
Worst thing they did was link up Syke with a bridge completely lost its magic now
The islands are Basaltic lava, 6 kilometres thick, so the tunnels are not lined or suffer from water seepage. The Solent is clay, sand and poor limestone, and rammed with people on both sides.
@@AaronNash-jt8xl, you can still take the ferry if you want 😉
@@andyphillips7435thank you for that explanation. Appreciate it.
If only more places valued rural communities.
Wow 👏👏👏👏
Wow this is a Big Project... should be more mainstream......
Australia has a lot to learn from this. Amazing
On my bucket list to visit...
Whilst on a cruise ship ,we went past the south eastern tip of the islands a few months ago . It looked so mysterious, I'd love to go and explore one day...
Oh how I would love to retire there if I had the money! The way things are going in the USA, I wish I had gotten there a decade ago! You have the one thing that most Americans crave, Peace! And I could have gotten a couple decades work out of digging those tunnels too!
So it's a good thing that Denmark has put a lot of money into it. We were on the Faroe Islands at the end of November 2023. By ferry, of course. Paying the tunnel toll is really easy. Register and you're done. We will certainly do it again.
The only thing they could work on is the hiking route labelling. Sometimes it's very erratic. . .
Denmark earns money on the Faroe Islands, The money they send is 0.2% of the Faroe Islands' GDP.
They have borrowed the money to build the last 2 subsea tunnels from the UK and the USA.
I would love to visit the Faroe Islands but... too damn expensive
Maybe a good sollution for the Dutch West-Frisia (Wadden) Islands? Connect Den Helder with Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling and Ameland with Holwerd. Schiermonnikoog maybe later.
😂 not in 1 million years
My my *Many kudos or blessings to Danmark authority or government SO MUCH more cares about its citizens than worry about spending economic feasibility or cost! SO very well done Danmark! US
The Faroe Islands have borrowed the money in UK and USA, which will be paid back over 16 years, so nothing to do with Denmark.
@@TheRedBaronHP Most of the money invested in the Faroe island tunnels comes from British based American Pension funds, borrowing money is easy but it must be paid back and the the monies borrowed will be be paid back from the toll charges placed on users of the tunnels. A single tunnel trip costs about 20 Euros or 20 US Dollars or 17 Pounds sterling so travel is not cheap. I am pretty sure if the public in the UK or elsewhere in Europe or America were willing to fork out high toll charges for such infrastructure projects as the Faroe island tunnels then the world would be crisscrossed with them.
@@fitzstv8506
The first 2 subsea tunnels that have been paid for cost £2.27 both ways
Any reason that we can't do that for many of the islands in Scotland ?
Corruption, immense class differences, lack of political will
shortsightedness!
Livelihoods, if a tunnel was created lots of the seafarers would lose their jobs, also these islands are very small communities compared to Faroe isles, some of the islands only have 1 or two active shops all year round.
@@grahamelliott6041 You're aware that it's mostly the residents who will pay (a lot) for those tunnels? Are you willing to pay just to have more roads?
@@Bouncy8864 the people of Scotland will pay for them
Strategic infrastructure. Strategic islands.
That end shot, looks like they've just created traffic jams in the middle of nowhere !
Are the tunnels Toll Roads? In Australia all Tunnels are toll roads. It is bloody expensive and people avoid as much as possible. We do have roads around the Tunnels, so this is possible.
That is not the case in the Faroe Islands, your tunnels are the major component of your road system and links the Islands.
@@DidiPort Of course there's a toll, we're talking about a place that put tolls on hiking trails because tourists would step on and potentially destroy grass (not kidding). And both are crazy expensive...
Yes these undersea tunnels have tolls, because they are expensive to build and maintain
There are indeed tolls, and it is quite pricey for one-time users but daily commuters can get sensible discounts.
...will be warmer when the planet is tropical globally.
Infrastructure is the backbone of a healthy society.
Infrastructure helps but it is people who make a society.
Funny seeing the traffic jam towards the end of the clip - one of the last places to expect this?
Also worth mentioning that these tunnels are built by Norwegians.
And Faroese
Yep
These are street lights.
@@wrigleybiscuit6806ya gotta have your eyesight checked
Yeah, you'd expect traffic jams on a bunch of small islands to be warning sign that something's wrong with the infrastructure planning, yet they don't seem to realize building more roads for more cars has never been a fruitful decision...
The Faroe Islands: where people are more important than money.
Incredible design and sub ground level scaping, how Denmark Govt was able to come to with the cash was huge order but the network to the mainland will be of higr benefit to the islanders. One day I hope you drive or ride through the tunnels
This has nothing to do with the danish goverment
That’s incredible for redundancy and convenience. Seas horrible? Take tunnel. They can send freight
I disagree with the assumption that more people moving to these remote villages and islands is a good thing worth spending that kind of money to achieve. There are many virtues to isolation to the wildlife, the environment and the native practices. Once you destroy that separation you can never return to it. A boat ride is a time-consuming cost of that generations of people have chosen to be part of that isolation. This changes WHO lives and comes to visit these places in a profound way, and something ancient dies. Somehow we have normalized this sort of thing because we can just get in our cars and drive there.
I worked one tunnel job about 45 years ago shortly after OSHA came into being in the USA. 7 guys got killed in the area that I worked! After that a lot of men were afraid to work in "Dead Man's Shaft!" But I'm not superstitious and nothing ever happened to me!
As ilhas precisam de árvores!! como viver em um lugar quase sem árvores alguma?
Wow.. Denmark is so progressive..
Denmark? Faroe Islands is not Denmark.
@@TheRedBaronHP Is it not !?
@@voltafy Faroe Islands are a self-governing nation under the external sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark. Faroe Islands have exclusive competence to legislate and govern independently in a wide range of areas. These include for example the conservation and management of living marine resources, protection of the environment, sub-surface resources, trade, taxation, industrial relations, energy, transport, communications, social security, culture, education and research.
@@TheRedBaronHP Oh I see.. So what year was that when Faroe Islands declared its independence from Denmark !!
And the year the other way around?@@voltafy
I want to go there.
I prefer travelling with a translator... Immersive translate makes travel more easier especially with all the language barrier left right and centre
I'd love to live there
No you wouldn't. It gets old real quick. Cold, rainy, dark. Last time I went, in the middle of the summer, the fog rolled in on the second and sat over Torshavn for two weeks, as it never got warm enough to burn off.
meanwhile in the UK, we cant even get basic railway infrastructure built...
I live on vancouver island and dream of the can do attitude that is shown on Faroe.were still living in the 50s with the ferries
The shortest distance between the mainland and Vancouver Island is 56km, all under water. This would be (by far) the longest underwater tunnel in the world if it were to be built. Never going to happen, nor should it.
This ^ completely insincere comparison
Although costly, a train system using the tunnels would be the next step IMHO.
Can you cover this year's stealth 16 ai studio as well
Didn't mention the constant traffic jams at rush hour
Would be great to see trains and other public transportation included in these tunnel plans
There are buses.
Literally reminded me of Death Stranding, main theme being “connecting“
Lots of cars backed up in the images at the end of the video. If they are already having traffic issues those will likely exacerbate 😬 cool nonetheless
The opening
I didn't expect the government is willing to spend so much on remote islands
Then it gets new people to move in and real estate is higher, cost of living is higher plus the traffic jam 🎉🎉🎉
No, it reverses the depopulation that was happening before the tunnels were built.
Wow, it's strange to see the traffic jam at the end of the video
That must have been from the official opening. It was free to go through. That was the line for the tunnel with the roundabout.
This is amazing. 390 million for that gem is nothing. In the USA, the thieves in government will do a regular road a quarter of that size. And try justifying 2.5 billion cost of construction. More countries could learn from the Faroe Islands .
If Faroe Island nailed to make tunnels, why not Orkney with the Highlands?
Imagine the infrastructure we could have in the U.K., if the government was just competent.
A county's government is a reflection of its people.