A view of a fish farm on Bordoy. Fishing is the main industry on the Faroe islands and is mainly done by men.

Every day at one o'clock Aadne and Joannes (52) eat dinner at their father's house. Aadne and Joannes are twin brothers and are both unmarried.

Men skinning and butchering sheep at a farm in Kaldbaksbotnur which consists of just this one single farm.

Paetur (43) in the living room in his childhood home, where he lives together with his grandmother. He used to study theology in Denmark, but decided to take over the family farm. Paetur is unmarried,...

Paetur walking towards his home in Kaldbaksbotnur after feeding sheep. He says that the close relationship between family members in the Faroese culture becomes a substitute and a security for unmarri...

A young man carrying a rope and an anchor prepares to go whale hunting in Hvannasund.

Hans Jakob (35) in the harbour where he and his friends often meet..

A dead fulmar bird hangs by the neck after having had its feathers removed. Fulmar hunting is popular among young men in the Faroes. Their bodies are singed after the feathers have been removed before...

Hans Jacob and his friend spend an evening together in a shack in the harbour. They're drinking spirits and preparing fulmar birds they've caught by removing their feathers, singing their bodies and t...

A concert during a village festival celebrating autumn.

Johan (67), a retired fisherman who worked as a fisherman his whole life, and never thought of marrying or having a family. Even now that he is retired, he still goes to the harbour every day to meet...

A road through the mountainous landscape on the island of Bordoy.

A road through the landscape, surrounded by green hills and steep mountains. The weather on the Faroes is characterised by rapid changes, with mild winters and cool summers, marked by lots of rain and...

Andrias Justesen (56) eating lunch with his mother Olova (82). Andrias is one of many unmarried fishermen. He doubts he will ever find a girlfriend. He lives together with his mother in the very north...

A cat staring at a leg of dried sheep meat in the home of Andrias Justesen. The meat dries outside from September until December.