Volcano of Capelinhos
In 2021 the volcanoes of Reykjanes in Iceland and since a week the volcano of Cumbre Vieja on the island of La Palma hit...
Mixed Feelings
These days, the Hanseatic Inspiration, according to the shipping company an expedition class cruise liner, is visiting the Azores. When we went today to...
Beyond Faial
The Azores are an archipelago of nine islands, Faial is part of the central group made out of Faial, Pico, São Jorge, Graciosa and...
Faial and the sea
Unsurprisingly for an island situated in the middle of a vast ocean, the sea is determinating the life on the island. Faial and the...
The geography of Faial
Like all the islands of the Azores, the geography of Faial is dominated by the volcanic origin of the island and the subtropical climate...
The history of Faial
The beginnings
The history of Faial dates back to 1375 when the island first appeared on the Catalan Atlas, at the time named Ilha de...
Culture in the middle of the Atlantic
Faial, the blue island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean has about 15.000 inhabitants. You think life is boring if you are living...
New sculpture at the whaling museum
At this year’s International Museum Day on May 18, a project of a new sculpture at the whaling museum of Horta Fabrica da Baleia...
Pico, the mountain
Pico island is most famous for Mount Pico. Pico, the highest point of Portugal, is a dormant stratovolcano rising 2351 meters above sea level....
São Jorge, cheese and headlands
São Jorge is famous for its cheese and its headlands, the so called Fajã's. It is probably the most underrated of all Azorean Islands....
