Hey,Ivan. Omg It's you who uploaded this documentary!! I am so glad Hattarvík is still surviving after 15 years the documentary was shot. Definitely one of the highlights of my trip, thanks to you : ) - Hui (Msia)
What are they trying to tell us? That the village is going to die soon because the life there is very boring? I can´t understand that , because the people living in this village , are living there for a long time , so they know their situation and I think they would not like the life in a bigger city , so they should be satisfied with their life in hattarvik or not?
GrinnZful Well, those are probably satisfied - or maybe they just don't have any alternative... but all their relatives apparently were not satisfied and moved for good.
Farerets Wow thanks for the fast answer. The documentary was produced in 2001 so it´s 14 years ago , do you maybe know how many people actually live in hattarvik? I think the most people of the documentary are dead , because they were old or whatever.
GrinnZful In fact, only one person out of seven from the documentary is dead - the sole woman. All men are alive and the oldest of them (Símun Gullaksen) is 91. Some men are still there but most reside only part time. I think that the postman (Leivur Fuglø) is the only real permanent resident of Hattarvík at the moment.
600 sheep, no cows. Only old people, no youth - the recipe for famine and extinction if it were'nt for modern society. There is a change going on, on the Faroe Islands. Main food source birds and fish is polluted, reducing the lifespan of the people up there. They dont like to talk about it, it's how they lived for 1000 years and now it's beginning to end.
The author of the documentary spent some of his younger days in this village, where his parents, albeit not locals, own a house - and he knew all the local people well. I think the main statement is sorrow, that the village, inevitably, is going to die out, as a permanent settlement at least.
Farerets No, they didn't have many children. Families have moved away, mostly to the main islands with larger populations - or the capital Torshavn for example. There are very few families (in Europe or on the cusp of Europe) nowadays having more than three children. In fact even in the Anglosphere and in countries founded principally by European peoples, or white people, the people are really not repopulating themselves. There is a major demographic winter my dear friend, and I think we will be going the way of the dodo bird. Also, Japan is experiencing a terribly bad similar situation - children are a rarity. I sometimes wonder if the book "Children of Men" by P.D. James was a warning to us? Or perhaps with globalized travel and shifting populations people have become confused over what is important. I don't know, but it's sad.
Well, one of the men in the documentary had 6 children, the woman had 4. Other men there also had children. If 6 are not many, then I don´t know what is many. Btw the Faroes have one of the highest birth rates in Europe, 3+ (before, it was even higher), still the population is not growing, because many younger people move away and never come back to settle again.
Farerets Yes, I was aware they have one of the highest birth rates in Europe. I didn't hear that part about the 6 children, mea culpa! Oh well... c'est la vie.
Hey,Ivan. Omg It's you who uploaded this documentary!! I am so glad Hattarvík is still surviving after 15 years the documentary was shot. Definitely one of the highlights of my trip, thanks to you : ) - Hui (Msia)
Amazing documentary
What are they trying to tell us? That the village is going to die soon because the life there is very boring?
I can´t understand that , because the people living in this village , are living there for a long time , so they know their situation and I think they would not like the life in a bigger city , so they should be satisfied with their life in hattarvik or not?
GrinnZful Well, those are probably satisfied - or maybe they just don't have any alternative... but all their relatives apparently were not satisfied and moved for good.
Farerets Wow thanks for the fast answer.
The documentary was produced in 2001 so it´s 14 years ago , do you maybe know how many people actually live in hattarvik? I think the most people of the documentary are dead , because they were old or whatever.
GrinnZful In fact, only one person out of seven from the documentary is dead - the sole woman. All men are alive and the oldest of them (Símun Gullaksen) is 91. Some men are still there but most reside only part time. I think that the postman (Leivur Fuglø) is the only real permanent resident of Hattarvík at the moment.
Farerets Thanks a lot for the answer.
600 sheep, no cows. Only old people, no youth - the recipe for famine and extinction if it were'nt for modern society.
There is a change going on, on the Faroe Islands. Main food source birds and fish is polluted, reducing the lifespan of the people up there. They dont like to talk about it, it's how they lived for 1000 years and now it's beginning to end.
Gandalf the grey, where's your pointy hat?
Holy shit this is so depressing.........
Uncalled for.... and your reason being?
+Guaco Oropeza You should stay away from this, because you won't enjoy for this kind of life. Keep yourself in city.
The other more populated islands are more interesting. They also have the only replacement level fertility rate in Europe.
What statement is this trying to make? That people are miserable in rural føroyar?
The author of the documentary spent some of his younger days in this village, where his parents, albeit not locals, own a house - and he knew all the local people well. I think the main statement is sorrow, that the village, inevitably, is going to die out, as a permanent settlement at least.
So sad and lonely. People must always have more children or this is what will happen.
In fact, most of the people in the documentary did have children - some, many children. They just have all moved away.
Farerets No, they didn't have many children. Families have moved away, mostly to the main islands with larger populations - or the capital Torshavn for example. There are very few families (in Europe or on the cusp of Europe) nowadays having more than three children. In fact even in the Anglosphere and in countries founded principally by European peoples, or white people, the people are really not repopulating themselves. There is a major demographic winter my dear friend, and I think we will be going the way of the dodo bird. Also, Japan is experiencing a terribly bad similar situation - children are a rarity. I sometimes wonder if the book "Children of Men" by P.D. James was a warning to us? Or perhaps with globalized travel and shifting populations people have become confused over what is important. I don't know, but it's sad.
Well, one of the men in the documentary had 6 children, the woman had 4. Other men there also had children. If 6 are not many, then I don´t know what is many. Btw the Faroes have one of the highest birth rates in Europe, 3+ (before, it was even higher), still the population is not growing, because many younger people move away and never come back to settle again.
Farerets Yes, I was aware they have one of the highest birth rates in Europe. I didn't hear that part about the 6 children, mea culpa! Oh well... c'est la vie.
lack of faith...
Do you mean nonreligious? Because the Faroe Islands are extremely religious.