The oldest brewery in the Faroes is called Föroya Bjór, it has produced beer since 1888 with exports mainly to Iceland and Denmark, it was originally located in Klaksvík, but after bying and merging with Restorff's Bryggjarí in Tórshavn, Føroya Bjór is now also located in the capital.
The population of the Faroe Islands as per December 2009 was 48,660. With a population density of 34,5 per square kilometer, the Faroe Islands have the second highest population density of the Nordic countries after Denmark. The Faroese are of Scandinavian origin, descendants of Vikings who came from Norway.
The Faroe Islands are an island group consisting of eighteen islands off the coast of Northern Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic, about half-way between Iceland and Norway. Its coordinates are 62°N 7°W. It is 1,393 square kilometres in area, and includes no major lakes or rivers. There are 1,117 kilometres of coastline, and no land boundaries with any other country.