On a recent trip to Great Britain, I decided at the last minute to snip two days off from my time in London and go somewhere I’ve never been before: the Orkney Islands. Perched just an hour’s ferry ...

Scotland's iconic Orkney Islands archipelago is looking at ways it might split off from the U.K. and potentially become a self-governing territory of Norway. Under new proposals brought forward by the ...

LONDON (AP) — Sick of being ignored by far-away politicians, officials on Scotland’s remote Orkney Islands are mulling a drastic solution: rejoining Norway, the Scandinavian country that gave them ...

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 ...

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Britain's Orkney Islands, an archipelago about 10 miles off the north coast of Scotland, is considering "alternative forms of governance" which could include becoming part ...

London — It was a pretty routine order for Dan ap Dafydd. The shopkeeper on Scotland's remote Orkney Islands was just trying to get ahead of the looming Easter holiday rush by ordering chocolate eggs ...

I didn’t know if I would retire in Scotland until almost the day that I did. But things happen during a life if you say “yes” to new opportunities. And now, this former elementary-school teacher from ...

Up in the remote northeast of Scotland, residents of the Orkney Islands use small island-hopping aircraft to commute around the archipelago. The longest flight in the area is 15 minutes, traveling 33 ...

On a recent trip to Great Britain, I decided at the last minute to snip two days off my time in London and go somewhere I’ve never been before: the Orkney Islands. Perched just an hour’s ferry ride ...

FILE - Visitors look at the 5,000 year-old remains of Skara Brae village in the Scottish Orkney Islands, July 19, 2005, which was revealed by a huge storm in 1850. Sick of being ignored by far-away ...