A Review of Ress Spa

With the recent addition of a new swimming pool and sauna area to the already well-equipped Ress Spa at Hotel Føroyar, we asked a recent guest to share his thought of the experience. You can read his review below.

– written in August, 2025. All images courtesy of Beinta á Torkilsheyggi

I’m not exactly a “spa person.” Wellness, massages, face masks? Been there, done that, bought the overpriced robe. So when I got invited to Ress Spa, my expectations were somewhere between “meh” and “will there be snacks?”

I arrive, get my shorts, sandals, and kimono (already feeling like an overdressed samurai), and suddenly—boom—I’m outside in the Faroese summer cold. Shorts flapping, drizzle kissing my toes, I’m standing on a hill where I’ve only ever been fully clothed and windproof. Now I’m dressed like I wandered away from a sauna cult.

The walk to the spa? Unreal. A wooden path between rock cliffs, like Moses split the hillside just for me. Old stone houses, dramatic cliff vibes—it’s a 100-meter stroll that makes every hotel basement spa feel like, well… a hotel basement spa.

Inside, my feet are washed with hot water flowing from both sides of the floor. Ah. Now I get it—they wanted me to freeze so they could thaw me into pure bliss. Genius.

Then you step inside… and it’s paradise. Pools with views to make poets cry. The calm, the quiet, the stillness—it’s like your brain hits the world’s nicest “mute” button. And the best part? Ress Spa has everything and more—wine, soda, you name it—because apparently they believe happiness should come in both liquid and scenic form.

This is not your average hotel basement spa. This is the best spa in Europe, if not the world, perched on a hill with a view that could stop time. I went in skeptical and came out wondering if I could live there forever.

10/10. Would stroll that 100 meters in the cold every single day.

– Filip M. Mortensen