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 ...

were described as "some of the most beautiful of all the islands of Scotland", while Orkney received praise for its whisky distilleries and beauty spots such as The Old Man of Hoy and the 12th ...

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".

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 ...