“Look,” gestures Shapinsay native and sea kayaking guide Kristian Cooper as the North Sea wind ruffles his Viking-length beard and braided ponytail. “This is Orkney.” He guides his vessel through ...

For the third time in half a century, Orkney, UK, has raised the issue of its Nordic origins and an apparent desire to embrace them once more. Earlier this week, Orkney Islands Council voted on a ...

Warren Frye on “The Saga of the Earls of Orkney,” edited and translated by Judith Jesch.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. On the windswept islands of Orkney, where the North Sea meets ...

Weapons dating back to the 1600s which belonged to a naval captain from Orkney have been gifted to the islands. Captain James Moodie died in 1725. He had received a scimitar and scabbard, a mace, and ...

Standing Stones, also known as "the First Stonehenge," in the Ring O Brodgar in Orkney © Andrew Wilson/LOOP IMAGES/Loop Images/Corbis Ten years ago a farmer was ...

Mr Leith could always be seen cycling home from Stromness library every Wednesday with a bag of books over his shoulder and that a ladder was required to reach his “book-stacked loft”, Mackay Brown ...

When digging in islands off the coast of Scotland, researchers were able to uncover a wide collection of stone age artefacts, including neolithic villages, tombs, weapons and mysterious religious ...

A Scots photographer has snapped an incredible picture of an ancient settlement on Orkney that is older that Great Pyramid of Giza. Jimmy Ireland shared the photo of the "absolutely spectacular" Skara ...