I Asked The Faroe Islands What Their Favourite Book Is

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  • I went out to the street in The Faroe Islands and asked people what their favourite book is! This is what they answered!
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Komentáře • 139

  • @Danny_Matson
    @Danny_Matson Před rokem +29

    That was so heartwarming and unlike any content other booktubers are making. I loved it. Thank you for sharing your home land and its people with us.

  • @elenasreadingcorner
    @elenasreadingcorner Před rokem +18

    The guy that changed his mind and looked for you to tell you is such a mood 😂

  • @jnwilk4
    @jnwilk4 Před rokem +24

    I'll echo what others have said. This is a really cool idea and executed well. I enjoyed hearing everyone's answer, especially given it's from such a different perspective and area than what I assume is your target audience. Well done!

  • @wastehazey6468
    @wastehazey6468 Před rokem +3

    Randomly stumbled upon this video only to see my little brother and second cousin being featured
    The Faroes really are a small country

  • @AntecQ
    @AntecQ Před rokem +3

    pretty cool video. Fun to hear how much i can actually understand of faroese as a norwegian.

  • @dansiegel333
    @dansiegel333 Před rokem +3

    This was wonderful! I’ve always been fascinated by your background since you started the channel. Thanks for opening this window on the Faroe Islands and it’s people. I hope they are proud of you!

  • @bentheoverlord
    @bentheoverlord Před rokem +4

    Fantastic vid man ! I loved the way Virgar and Høgni talked about books, it was really really nice to see other perspectives on reading. Also glad to see that Jade Legacy is one of your favs, classic in the making !

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +1

      Thank you Ben! I am really glad you enjoyed it. Yes, Jade Legacy is incredible!

  • @esmayrosalyne
    @esmayrosalyne Před rokem +1

    What a unique and heartwarming video!!
    The people of the Faroe Islands all seem like lovely people. Also, that event looks like a lot of fun, I hope you had a blast!
    Really interesting to hear what books different people deem worthy of that 'all-time favourite' title. Thanks for putting this together!! 🤩

  • @ragnarlothbrok6195
    @ragnarlothbrok6195 Před rokem +7

    We're all waiting for new book by rothfuss

  • @MurphySR8
    @MurphySR8 Před rokem +2

    Probably my favourite video you've done to date , absolutely loved it and was so cool seeing more of the beautiful Faroe Islands !

  • @vcarr938
    @vcarr938 Před rokem +1

    This was a fun video! Everyone seemed to be in such a good mood.

  • @messy678
    @messy678 Před rokem +1

    This is so frickin cool!! I love seeing how books around the world can both be so familiar and foreign. I loved this so much, I even let all the ads play through, lol. Great work!

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem

      Thank you so much messy678! I really appreciate and I am glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @Bloomgirl_books
    @Bloomgirl_books Před rokem +1

    What a fun video! I loved seeing all the different answers. And that festival looks like so much fun!

  • @abigase135
    @abigase135 Před rokem +3

    I didn't know you were religious, Muslim here and I've been following you since you posted about your channel on ig and I'm always impressed by your creativity. This was so fun to watch, also informative as I didn't know about this day or celebration!
    Lol it's impossible to mention rothfuss without wondering about the release of the next book

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +1

      Thank you for supporting me since the start! It means the world to me!
      Hahah everyone's waiting!

  • @brightwatcher3757
    @brightwatcher3757 Před rokem +1

    This was a delightful video!! It felt like a dose of joy and I would love more.🥰

  • @gregoryamato8693
    @gregoryamato8693 Před rokem +2

    "When you really hate your own work, that is when you are ready to publish it."
    Oh man, I hope he's wrong.

  • @alexislpagel
    @alexislpagel Před rokem

    That was a fun video! Thanks for being so creative and letting us experience a little bit of the Faroe Islands!

  • @Bookishfjord
    @Bookishfjord Před rokem

    Wow, great video! Thank you for sharing it with us. The atmosphere is fantastic.

  • @OverlyAverageBen
    @OverlyAverageBen Před rokem +1

    Henrik Ibsen getting a shout out is fantastic! I loved that man's answers!

  • @raadzulqurnain3320
    @raadzulqurnain3320 Před rokem +6

    So many kite runner fans I adore that book.

  • @Johanna_reads
    @Johanna_reads Před rokem

    I loved this! What a neat event. So wonderful to see you interact with your mother, sister, and all these lovely people! Always a fun question to ask the title of a favorite book. 😊

  • @karlchristiansen6409
    @karlchristiansen6409 Před rokem +1

    Incredibly nice show Johan, in the heart of the capital on our National day, you managed to spice up the show. Keep up the good work🤘

  • @vivic.k.c.4244
    @vivic.k.c.4244 Před rokem

    OMG! I loved the video! The fancy clothes are so amazing, everybody looks so elegant!✨✨✨And it was really nice to hear the answers, there is definitely a book out there for everyone!📚

  • @juanfelipemichelcors3938

    The mom is like: "My favorite book is the Holy Bible, and you should be reading that instead of that big piles of papers that you call library"

  • @crisnice1
    @crisnice1 Před rokem +1

    this is awesome. you have amazing content, speacially for someone who is just starting. you're gonna blow up

  • @gitexercise9021
    @gitexercise9021 Před rokem +6

    A couple of things:
    1. The last book was quite a shock, as I have rarely heard anyone talk about it. But it is permentely etched into my memory.
    2. How much of this video I understood without subtitles (I speak a Scandinavian language)
    3. I am glad Johan didn't say LOTR as his first answer because we want to hear more unique answers (presumably)
    4. I haven't checked but were any of the authors from the Faroes?

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +2

      Thank you for the comment! The author I talked to mentioned two Faroese authors!

  • @noname3609
    @noname3609 Před rokem +2

    Gotta agree with The old man on classics

  • @AbiofPellinor
    @AbiofPellinor Před rokem

    this requires a level of confidence I will never have, love it!

  • @serdaryilmaz6718
    @serdaryilmaz6718 Před rokem

    I recently discovered you. Watchin all your videos. Great content man!

  • @ZackArgyleAuthor
    @ZackArgyleAuthor Před rokem

    Loved this! Fearless and fun!

  • @readbykyle3082
    @readbykyle3082 Před rokem +3

    This video is unique and awesome! Loved seeing everyone's answers and seeing some people answer in Faroese! The poem guy was my favorite, and also the dude who remembered later that JK, obviously LOTR is his favorite 🤣also loved the shoutouts to Born a Crime and When Breath Becomes Air, both of those books are extraordinary. Please do more videos like this in the future!

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem

      Thank you Kyle! I loved how he changed his mind about his favourite book haha!
      I need to read Born A Crime and When Breath Becomes Air!

  • @soleyalexandravalbergsdott3126

    Faroese is so much like Icelandic it's funny to listen to, even though I don't know all of Icelandic yet. (I'm half Icelandic. Learning it, but far from being fluent yet) Great video as always :)

  • @kevinyoung5033
    @kevinyoung5033 Před rokem

    I loved this video and I love your channel!

  • @pjlights164
    @pjlights164 Před rokem

    Enjoyed this one a lot!

  • @WeAreTheTwintails
    @WeAreTheTwintails Před rokem +1

    I am glad that The Bible is your favorite. This makes me want to visit the Faroe Islands now.

  • @Kapteinpro
    @Kapteinpro Před 4 dny

    2:40 Bro im Norwegian and I umdrestood all of that

  • @AnEruditeAdventure
    @AnEruditeAdventure Před rokem +1

    This is so cool to me for lots of reasons. I think probably the biggest one is because I love languages (even though I only speak English). So seeing you talk to people about books in another language was just super cool.
    -T

  • @reginad91
    @reginad91 Před rokem

    I love these kind of video! I really enjoyed it and I'm so happy to see Momo on there, even if he changed his mind later 😄 Momo is my absolute favorite childhood read 🥰

  • @claraklein3095
    @claraklein3095 Před rokem

    Such a great video!!!

  • @joshuacornelissen5546
    @joshuacornelissen5546 Před rokem +2

    Haha this was incredibly fun - and very unique. My answer for this question is very much like yours or a couple of those you interviewed (the Bible, but for fiction...) and right now The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson has that spot.
    Again, a really fun video. Well done.

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +2

      Thank you Joshua. Glad to hear the Bible is your favourite as well! The Way of Kings is also brilliant!

    • @noname3609
      @noname3609 Před rokem

      Same here. 😁

  • @pandittroublejr
    @pandittroublejr Před rokem

    Oh...So the short was from a book fair...😁📚🙏🏾

  • @fizzysensei
    @fizzysensei Před rokem

    A very interesting and resourceful video.. Hopefully to see more sharing like this.. Thanks Mr. Cute Viking sir.. 👍🏼👍🏼😎

  • @akellerhouse83
    @akellerhouse83 Před rokem +3

    Wow. This was really interesting. I'm trying to imagine doing this in America. I don't think many people would have an answer because no one reads books around here.

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +1

      I am glad you enjoyed it! All the Americans in this video had favourite books!

    • @akellerhouse83
      @akellerhouse83 Před rokem

      @@libraryofaviking ha. I guess that's true.

  • @Coderama
    @Coderama Před rokem

    Would love more videos in this series

  • @safinan8008
    @safinan8008 Před rokem +1

    Hi 👋 wow a fantastic video, nice to see ur culture too!! Happy reading to you!! 🦋😊

  • @tovx76
    @tovx76 Před rokem

    Very interesting and fun video! Hope you have a good day!

  • @apebblemaster4570
    @apebblemaster4570 Před rokem +1

    I don't live in the Faroe Islands, but my favorite book is The Bible, too! I was just telling a lady today about how many cool "hidden details" there are in the Old Testament, and how neat things like that make it exciting to read! My other favorite books include all of The Bellmaker by Brian Jacques, Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, and The Martian by Andy Weir.

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +1

      That is so cool! Exactly! There are so many neat details! Thank you for sharing your favourite books! The Martian is on my tbr!

  • @VicRibeiro777
    @VicRibeiro777 Před rokem

    This was a great video. Thank you for making it.
    I've wondered about the Faroe culture, and I've wondered previously where you were from because of your accent.
    You speak English well, but you do have an accent and one I was having trouble placing.
    I think I caught a couple of the words. I'm Afrikaans myself.

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +1

      Glad you enjoyed it! I definitely do have an accent!
      Thank you Vic! Best wishes.

  • @nathanielanderson6356
    @nathanielanderson6356 Před rokem +2

    This was a great video, I enjoyed seeing the wide variety of books people enjoyed. The Faroe Islands look beautiful, is Danish the primary language there?

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem

      Thank you Nathaniel. I am really glad you enjoyed it! Faroese is our primary language, but almost all Faroese also speak Danish and English :)

  • @lolaevergreen9077
    @lolaevergreen9077 Před rokem

    I'm Norwegian and it's funny how many words I can understand. Faroese sounds like a mix between Norwegian and Icelandic (which I guess is exactly what it is haha). This was a really cool video, it's interesting to hear what random people's favorite books are and why.

  • @Cladestinecandle
    @Cladestinecandle Před rokem +1

    What most people in my country would say: "Who even reads anymore?"

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +1

      To be fair, some people did say they didn't have a favourite book!

  • @cubbeige7104
    @cubbeige7104 Před rokem

    Watching this video really solidified how impactful and influential the Harry Potter series is. That book has reached far and wide in every corner of the planet.
    Anyways you deffo put Jade City up in my tbr after I finish the liveship traders series.

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +1

      Exactly! It had a HUGE impact on my generation! The Green Bone Saga is fantastic!

  • @EivindurToftegaard
    @EivindurToftegaard Před rokem

    First one. Momo. Yeah; We really don't like wasting (other peoples') time. :)

  • @tbrown4080
    @tbrown4080 Před rokem

    The Faroe people are British/Irish too in ancestry

  • @henriksorensen82
    @henriksorensen82 Před rokem

    No offense intended, but Faroese sounds a bit like a heavily drunk Bergensare (A person from Bergen in Norway). It was very interesting, I can't claim that I understood everything without the subtitles, but with my Swedish/Danish background and as a resident in Norway, I was able to pick out certain words.
    And very fun video.

  • @andreassundberg9426
    @andreassundberg9426 Před rokem +1

    Fun to hear ondskan by Jan Guillo. A book I think most swedes now a day have read at least once in school xD (I know a had to read it at least twice and watched the movie so many times that I got tired of it😅)

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +1

      Love this comment! We read Ondskaben in school during our Danish classes. I remember how much I enjoyed it!

  • @Alkemisti
    @Alkemisti Před rokem

    That looks like a nice place to live. Tórshavn?

  • @vaughnroycroft999
    @vaughnroycroft999 Před rokem +1

    Fun glimpse into the culture of the Faroe Islands! Quite a wide array of replies. My hunch (and my fear) is that if you did this at an American outdoor summer festival, the most prominent answer would be: "I don't really read," or something to that effect. I also bet you'd get more Harry Potter here than the Bible. For myself, no hesitation or deep thought would be required to answer The Lord of the Rings (which Tolkien considered one story, in spite of being published as a trilogy).

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +1

      I am glad you enjoyed it! A lot of people did say that actually! The Lord of the Rings is such a classic!

  • @GaryBoal
    @GaryBoal Před rokem

    Loved how many said The Bible.

  • @aussiization
    @aussiization Před rokem +1

    Very cool! Is Faroese similar to Dutch? I can hear some similar sounds and words.

    • @VicRibeiro777
      @VicRibeiro777 Před rokem

      Im Afrikaans and i think i caught a couple of words too.

    • @aussiization
      @aussiization Před rokem +1

      @@VicRibeiro777 Very cool! Languages are so interesting!

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +1

      Thank you! I am pretty certain that Dutch and Faroese come from the same root! I often find Dutch sounding similar to Faroese as well!

    • @010arschloch
      @010arschloch Před rokem

      well Dutch is a West germanic language. Faroese is not. So not really the same roots. But as those are both germanic languages, we often find similar words

  • @ViriuZ7
    @ViriuZ7 Před rokem

    Watching this as a Norwegian is so strange, everything looks like Norway, and everything sounds like Norwegian but the words are not Norwegian.

  • @pjlights164
    @pjlights164 Před rokem +1

    Which version of the bible do you recommend? There are a ton! I've never actually read it...

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +1

      I don't have a favourite but use NIV quite a lot!

    • @VicRibeiro777
      @VicRibeiro777 Před rokem

      Niv or Nlt for easier reading.
      Esv or other more formal equivalent translations for more indepth study. That would be my suggestion.

  • @flowersfantasy9686
    @flowersfantasy9686 Před rokem +2

    That was a great video so interesting to hear the variations of peoples favourite books. Also pleases me that a few still say the Bible . Please make more videos like this.

  • @arkaazizul6673
    @arkaazizul6673 Před 10 měsíci

    “Name 10 books 📚” Clinton kid 😂

  • @gordhanx
    @gordhanx Před rokem

    Nice to see what Faroe Islands read beside the Bible 😂

  • @michaelantonace6739
    @michaelantonace6739 Před rokem +1

    The faroe Islands is a very pretty place. Quick question is it Danish that you were speaking? Also what's your favorite Stephen King novel?

    • @libraryofaviking
      @libraryofaviking  Před rokem +1

      It is very pretty! We speak Faroese!
      My favourite Stephen King novel is probably It or The Green Mile!

  • @michok009
    @michok009 Před rokem

    First comment.Come visit Bangladesh someday

  • @some5794
    @some5794 Před rokem +4

    Ok the fact that u r a Christian made me love this channel 1000000000x more

  • @DefenderOfChrist_
    @DefenderOfChrist_ Před rokem

    My favorite book is the Bible

  • @correctpolitically4784

    I love how they have favorite books. Ask an American and youll get Dr.Seuss . The entirety of the west has been dumbed down.

  • @user-oj6gk3wi8p
    @user-oj6gk3wi8p Před 8 měsíci

    stop Grindhvalfangst

    • @7sagas7
      @7sagas7 Před 6 měsíci

      Stop enslaving highly intelligent innocent pigs

  • @lassehaug3348
    @lassehaug3348 Před rokem +1

    We vikings dont read the bible,.
    We read Snorre and dream about the good times, before christianity ruined our culture.

    • @6ixpoint5ive
      @6ixpoint5ive Před rokem +1

      you do know Snorri was Christian right?
      He wrote the eddas a few hundred years after Iceland was already a Christian country, to pass down the stories as a mythology (similar to passing down Greek Myths) He had no interest in the religious qualities of the norse myths, he just wanted to ensure the stories got passed down for generations the same way the greco/roman ones did. The fact that the eddas are still being read and taught today, that many old names are still given to nordic children, and many older traditions are still a big part of nordic culture, I think he succeeded.
      One can both have appreciation and respect for their culture's history and lore AND be Christian. You don't have to pit them against each other, mate. One look at this video is enough to show coexistence between the two is allowed and accepted

    • @Leif208
      @Leif208 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@6ixpoint5ive Excellent comment! I fit that description perfectly, as a Christian and as a Scandinavian American (actual last name ends in "son") who appreciates my ancient Nordic heritage as well (even my children have Nordic names).