The second-longest subsea tunnel on the planet delves deep beneath the North Atlantic Ocean, making it one of many world’s most distant infrastructure initiatives.

Costing an estimated £111.2 million (1 billion DKK), the Faroe Islands created Eysturoyartunnil to attach two of its most populous rocky volcanic islets in a harsh local weather between Iceland and Norway. 

The 6.9 mile subsea tunnel dives 189 metres(620 ft) under the North Atlantic Ocean on the lowest level.

Solely the Ryfast tunnel at Stavanger in Norway is longer.

It is a powerful feat of engineering contemplating the small inhabitants of the archipelago which is an autonomous area of Denmark and residential to only over 53,000 folks.

It stretches underneath the Atlantic from the capital Tórshavn on Streymoy island, earlier than splitting off in two instructions so residents can attain both Runavík or Strendur, each located on the island Eysturoy.

​It cuts down journey time between the capital Tórshavn and Runavík from 64 minutes to 16 minutes, so locals are extra linked and travellers can simply go to the beautiful Fjords.

The driving expertise may even be enhanced by tuning into FM radio 97.00 which performs music composed by Faroese musicians and sound-engineers to accompany the experience. 

The three tubes meet at an illuminated roundabout surrounding an enormous central pillar of pure rock, left behind through the blasting constructions. 

It options an 80-metre metal sculpture of figures holding palms, designed by a outstanding Faroese artist, Tróndur Patursson. 

He advised the Guardian: “The figures are strolling from darkness into the sunshine. And so they symbolise the very Faroese concept that by becoming a member of palms and dealing collectively we obtain nice issues.”

A sophisticated rain and wastewater system underneath the highway drains water away from the carriageway to the bottom level within the tunnel, the place massive bar pumps ship the water again to the floor and out into Skálafjørður fjord.

The Faroe Islands, a sequence of 18 islets within the North Atlantic positioned midway between Iceland and Norway, represent an autonomous area of Denmark.