Torshavn, Faroe Islands

This colourful capital city of the Faroe Islands on the island of Steymoy features a panoply of Nordic landscapes, with fjords, straits, deep green valleys, and a wonderful harbour dotted with colourful boats. Thorshavn began as a Viking settlement, and later became a thriving town, replete with quaint, colourful neighbourhoods, and historic cathedrals and fortresses from the Middle Ages.