Residents take the chance to try out the technology - and give feedback on how it works.

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

Just 10 miles off the northern tip of mainland Scotland, Orkney is an archipelago of 70 islands, rich in Neolithic relics and ...

Residents of Orkney are being invited to try out a self-driving Auto-Pod as part of a study exploring the feasibility of ...

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 ...

A £5 levy on cruise ship passengers arriving in Orkney could raise more than £1m a year, councillors have been told. The Scottish government is exploring giving local councils new powers to charge ...

Orkney Islands Council has announced a major upgrade for a campsite. Birsay Campsite is set to undergo a significant upgrade after the council’s Sport and Leisure Service successfully secured over ...

There are rock arches, mysterious headlands and myriad wildlife bursts from the sea, shore and land. Stepping off Orkney Ferries I was delighted to find my Treasure Island unfurling ahead of me like ...

From the moment Stonehenge was rediscovered in the Middle Ages, locating the origin of its megaliths has been an obsession. In his 12th century chronicle of Britain, Geoffrey of Monmouth claimed King ...

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 ...

The fakes used names of people known to the developer of the proposed new hotel in Kirkwall.