The island only has 9 people

Stora Dimun Island can only be reached by helicopter, if traveling by boat, visitors must climb vertical cliffs, about 200 m high.

Stora Dimun is one of 18 islets, in the Faroe Islands, Denmark, in the North Atlantic, between Iceland and Norway. The island has an area less than 2.7 km2 is the residence of two families of Eva ur Dimun brothers, including 4 adults and 5 children. Their ancestors have acquired the island since 1807 and looked after it for 8 generations. The time when the island was most populated was in 1914, when 36 people lived.

Stora Dimun means the big island, in the distance is the small uninhabited Litla Dimun island. Photo: Magnus Nilsson.

At the age of 14, Eva moved to Torshavn, the largest city on the archipelago to continue high school. Until college, she married Jogvan Jon Petersen. Both decided to return to the island, take care of the farm, grow vegetables, welcome visitors in the summer and live freely. In 2010, her brother Janus and his family moved to the island.

The two families live in solid houses, surrounded by stone fences. The electricity was supplied from the generators they ordered and delivered by helicopter. Outside the house is a children's playground. Every morning, family members and herds of sheep herds walk through magnificent slopes, covered with early morning dew. The sheep on the island are not too big but the meat is solid, providing the main source of income for the people here. In addition to sheep, Eva's farm also raised cattle for meat, milk and geese.

Family of 9 members on the island. Photo: Eva ur Dimun.

Around September, they will do slaughtering. Animal meat is stored enough for members to live for a year. The rest is exported to other islands and many localities throughout the country. Family members, from small to large, have to work. Children can grow more beets, potatoes, vegetables to get food. Winter is a time when families remodel homes and dye their wool.

To serve children's learning. The family built another cozy house for teachers to live in, following the Faroe Islands policy. In addition, they can study via Skype and concentrate at school 5, 6 weeks a year in Torshavn. Going to high school will move to the city.

In the summer, the family welcomes more tourists to visit the island. They rent the teacher's house, which is fully equipped with a kitchen, bathroom, shower, Internet and television for 135 EUR (VND 3,400,000 per night). This place is enough for 6 - 8 people. In addition to sightseeing, visitors can experience farm work with their families. Helicopters come here 3 times per week, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

In an episode of producer Green Renaissance, Eva said, people are inherently part of nature, so her family feels free and happy to live on the island, with trees, many kinds of animal. "Life on the island is not lonely, rather than when you are in a crowd but people do not really care and talk to each other," she said.