By World War I, Stromness was no longer a significant herring port. Features of the area Orkney is one of Scotland’s 32 unitary council areas.

Located off the northern coast of Scotland is Orkney, an archipelago consisting of over 70 islands, 20 of which ... Starting in Stromness, the app's various stories become available as you reach ...

Stromness in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. For me, Orkney is something to crave in itself, particularly if you love everything wild. There are 70 islands to explore, with each one gifted a ...

Why Orkney of all places? How did this scatter of islands off the northern tip of Scotland come to be such a technological, cultural, and spiritual powerhouse? “For starters, you have to stop ...

The view it offers is breathtaking. Orkney is an archipelago of 70 or so islands lying off the northeast tip of Scotland. “Everywhere in Orkney there is the sense of age, the dark backward and ...

It is only the second time the games has been hosted in Scotland. Orkney is one of the smallest group of islands in terms of population to have ever hosted the Island Games, which started in 1985.

Orkney’s 70 or so islands lie low in the ... Visitors also enjoyed ‘friendly’ Stromness and ranked it top for shopping. Shetland’s 100 or so islands, only 16 of which are inhabited, are where to head ...