To commemorate the latest James Bond film, ‘No Time to Die’, and its heart-stopping ending, the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands has unveiled a gravestone for Ian Fleming’s revered Secret Service agent.
Part of a new James Bond Sightseeing Tour, the sparse, rugged landscape of The Faroe Islands could possibly be one of the most remote Bond locations yet, and it was here that 007 may have met his final moment.
Now Scottish James Bond fans can take a trip to these incredible islands with daily flights from Edinburgh and tour the film locations with a guide, plus ferry crossing, hiking and boat trip all included.
Priced at £313pp the tour takes in Kalsoy – one of the archipelago’s 18 islands, in the wild North Atlantic – where the film was shot and there is little there besides the dramatic scenery, stretching across 18km, with just four villages and around 150 inhabitants.
Due to its twisting roads and deep valleys, the gravestone had to be transported onto the island via helicopter; it has been erected next to the stunningly-positioned Kallur Lighthouse.
The idea for the gravestone came from Johannus Kallsgard, a 27-year-old local sheep farmer based in the tiny village of Trollanes, near the island’s northern tip.
Described by the production company in the movie credits as ‘The King of Kalsoy’, Johannus was in fact the location coordinator, and integral in finding the filming location, guiding those who wanted to climb to the lighthouse, coordinating the movement of equipment, and so on.
The gravestone was created by a Faroese company located on the island of Sandoy.
You can find out more about the tour here.
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