Orkney Islands Council has removed a number of flags from Kirkwall town centre as it says they were put up without permission. Union flags and saltires appeared on poles along the front of the grounds ...

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 ...

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 ...

Norwegian flags will be flying in Kirkwall’s high street this weekend alongside Scottish Saltires, Union flags and the Orkney ...

In the North Sea just beyond the tip of Scotland, the Orkney Islands often fail to register with tourists. Almost never are they included on any list of Europe's highlights, but why? Because, despite ...

Life on these isles is, if not simpler (have you tried getting from A to B on 70 islands?), then more elemental What’s going for it? The Orkney islands are my Plan B (though I haven’t told my wife).

A small Scottish island supermarket received enough bananas for nearly two per resident - and couldn’t send them back to the vendor. The Tesco store in Kirkwall, the main town in the Orkney Islands ...

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