Miklagarður — Local services in Tórshavn

50 DKK for a tiny watermelon 🍉 — can you believe it?! 😱

This supermarket is located inside the largest shopping mall in the area, and it’s definitely one of the biggest chain stores in the Faroe Islands! 🏬 It’s well-stocked with all kinds of daily necessities — they even have a hot food section.

You’ll find pre-cut fruit trays here, but a small box of sliced watermelon and pineapple costs 45 DKK, which is even more expensive than in Singapore supermarkets! 😵‍💫 Snack prices like chips are also outrageously high.

Shopping here really tests your life experience 🛒 — some items are a good deal, while others are total rip-offs. For meat lovers, you can find thick cuts of steak 🥩 to cook at home, which is much more economical than dining out.

Surprisingly, berries like raspberries, blueberries 🫐, and strawberries 🍓 are reasonably priced — globally these fruits tend to be pricey anyway, so the difference here isn’t too shocking.

Locals seem to buy a lot of the boxed milk 🥛 — around 16 DKK, that the price is pretty reasonable. Faroese specialties like small sweet shrimps are also priced fairly. Overall, it’s still a decent supermarket, just gotta...

A big supermarket, spacy and well organized, and very clean. Good variety of cheese, fresk meat and sea food, in addition to all the other stuff. They're selling some specialities from the Faroe Islands, like the dried fish and meat. Maybe you should try them before you buy them... Some days it's possible to buy fresh milk from a tank in the supermarket, and that milk was really delicious. We also bought some of the best butter we 've ever tasted! This is a supermarket to be...

Great free from section here for vegans, lactose free, gluten free and other allergies! A short aisle of gluten free foods and one for vegan foods. Additional gluten free foods in the freezer section (saw frozen bread, rolls and pizza). They also had a section of sugar free items and candies. The bakery inside the grocery store also had 2 gluten free options and allergens were labeled in the...