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.

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 ...

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 ...

readers praised Orkney’s many prehistoric sites – including the Ring of Brodgar, a stone circle; Maeshowe, a chambered cairn; and Skara Brae, a preserved Neolithic village – as having a five-star draw ...

Scotland's "best place to ... It is home to more than 70 islands and islets, of which around 20 are inhabited. Time Out praised Orkney's "cultural identity" and "wind-battered coasts".

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.