Traditional Architecture on the Faroe Islands
One of the first things tourists will notice about the Faroe Islands is that the houses are made with grass roofs.
These have curved stone walls similar to the old Viking-age homes and have a large common room with a longfire in the center. Benches or seats are placed along the edges of the common room, giving these the name “seat houses”. They have earthen floors.
Some of the stone walls have been replaced by wood with the exception of the part of the house that faces the fiercest wind. Churches are simple affairs made of horizontally placed wood and a special carving between the nave and the choir.