The medals for the first International Island Games to be held in Orkney will feature an image of the islands' famous ...

Orkney is part of Scotland, but don't be fooled: these islands are Viking territory. Their great monument is St. Magnus Cathedral in the island's largest city, Kirkwall. Towering over the narrow ...

In Partnership with Highland Park To understand Highland Park, you need to understand Orkney. Orkney is a series of 70 ...

Hundreds of images from her North Ronaldsay albums have now been digitised by Orkney Library and Archive. More recently, work has been done to add additional images, with Dr Garvie’s notes of ...

I had discovered the bay early on in my three-month stint working at BBC Radio Orkney. It was just a ... and taking off from the nearby Kirkwall Airport adds to the charm of this picture postcard ...

The red star indicates the position of South Orkney during the late Eocene (37 million years ago). The blue regions indicate where Antarctica may have had land ice at the time. The grey and light ...

"The Peedie Sea is a special part of Kirkwall and the area offers a unique birdwatching opportunity in a relatively urban setting," explains Orkney.com. "There aren't many town centres that ...

The 20-year-old Dundee man appears in court after disruption in Orkney at the weekend. Flights at Kirkwall Airport were grounded on Saturday morning after reports of a "threatening communication".

“Not to mention, you rarely meet anyone else.” St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney Islands, Scotland. Of all the cinematic seascapes to explore, perhaps none is better ...

The medals feature a representation of Orkney's standing ... held in Orkney will feature an image of the islands' famous standing stones. Jodie Brown, 23, from Kirkwall, designed the medals ...