Orkney is famed for its stunning and rugged landscape, dramatic coastlines, sunsets, and Neolithic and Viking heritage. In terms of whisky making, Orkney is unique for a few reasons.

Across a windswept Orkney landscape where wellies and waterproofs tend to be norm, the historic and mystical sights can have an overwhelming impression on visitors. In the case of one group of ...

Orkney’s magnificent Neolithic landscape may have been painted with colour, experts now believe. Rock art – the carvings and marks used to decorate some ritual spaces, ...

Bronze Age women altered genetic landscape of Orkney, study finds. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 02 / 220207155634.htm. University of Huddersfield.

University of Edinburgh. (2022, February 7). Bronze Age women changed genetic landscape of Orkney. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 02 ...

Orkney has embraced renewable energy like no other corner of the UK. The tiny islands have more than 650 wind turbines dotted across the rugged landscape. Add almost 400 solar installations and a ...

Amy Liptrot writes about extremes — from growing up on a cliffside farm in Scotland's rugged Orkney Islands, to her struggles with alcoholism while living a wild life in London in her 20s.