Use the arrows to drag to fade between the old and new photographs Lat:58.966 Lon: -3.297 Stromness is the second-largest town in Orkney, located in the south-west of Mainland. A long-established ...

As you wander through some of the world’s most remarkable Neolithic ruins and standing stone circles, you could be forgiven for thinking the fierce winds that blow over the remote Orkney Islands carry ...

The Scottish archipelago is home to some of the UK's 'most beautiful' beaches with white sand and turquoise waters ...

Why do you go there? I was born and raised in Orkney. I grew up in the harbour town of Stromness. How often do you go? I’m based there in my head and heart, but I don’t live there now. I think a lot ...

For film fans across the world, the English actor Robert Shaw will always be Quint. The hard-bitten, shark-hunting, salty sea dog from Steven Spielberg's 1975 summer blockbuster Jaws was a defining ...

The 42nd annual The Orkney Folk Festival will take place at various locations around Stromness, Orkney Islands, in Scotland from Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th May 2025. Expect a line-up of music ...

With its neolithic stone circles, spiralling cliffs and sea stacks, Caribbean-esque coves and lush, loch-carved farmland, the Orkney Islands are blessed with inspiring scenery. And that’s before we ...

Plans for a £6.5m research and innovation campus in Stromness in Orkney have taken a step forward after the organisations driving the project agreed funding. Highlands and Islands Enterprise and ...