A road, ferry, and helicopter-based internal transportation system provides service to the Faroe Islands. The majority of the Faroe Islands' population centers have been connected to a single road network via bridges and tunnels since the 1970s.

High costs, long distances, and bad weather, especially in the winter, continue to make international transportation for passengers and freight challenging. As a result, exporting domestically produced goods is costly; This hinders the growth of an economy based on commodities.