6,500 Faroese have bought tickets for the Faroe Islands' matches at the European Championship, and they will arrive by plane and ferry to Oslo in the coming days.
Two years ago, Berlin was packed with Faroese fans when the Faroe Islands made their European Championship debut. And now they are invading Oslo to back up their team in another final tournament.
According to the Norwegian news agency NTB, around 6,500 Faroese have bought tickets for the Faroese matches in Oslo. This means that more than ten percent of the country's population will be pouring over the border to Norway in the coming days.
According to the Faroese media outlet KVF, the national airline Atlantic Airways has arranged 18 flights to Oslo, bringing 3,000 Faroese fans to the handball festival in Norway. In total, 26 flights have been booked.
The ferry MS Norröna will also be transporting Faroese handball fans to Oslo. KVF writes that approximately 1,000 people are on board the ferry, which will dock at the Norwegian capital on Friday morning.
Faroese handball is enjoying a bit of a golden age for both men and women.
The men's national team is blessed with a very talented bunch of young players who are carrying the team forward. Among the most prominent are cousins Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu from THW Kiel and Óli Mittún from GOG, as well as Mathias Gidsel's teammate Hákun West av Teigum from Füchse Berlin.
The Faroe Islands are in a group with Switzerland, Slovenia and Montenegro in the initial group stage.