Unearth Orkney's unique history, wildlife, islands, activities and culture by taking time to browse our Orkney blogs.
We’d always recommend visiting Orkney for a few days to get a full flavour of the isles. However, if one or two days in Orkney is all you have, here are the essential sites we’d recommend you visit during that time!
An Orkney Chair is wooden, handcrafted and has a straw back. Master craftsman Robert H. Towers has been making Orkney Chairs for over 38 years and explains the history and process of making them.
We’ve been told that our previous guides to the hidden highlights of Orkney have been helpful for frequent visitors looking for something different to do! We hope you’ll enjoy this guide to ten more brilliant and less well-known places to go in Orkney.
In Orkney there’s a natural and safe landscape, with fascinating history and wildlife and delicious food and drink. Orkney is a great place to take children and here are a few reasons why!
We’ve long been admirers of the artwork of Jon Thompson and Lesley Murdoch, which can be seen in the fantastic Yellowbird Gallery, found in the north west corner of Orkney, near the Brough of Birsay. Read on to find out more about the Gallery and their work.
Last year we wrote about some of the great places to visit in Orkney that don’t make the front cover of the tourist brochure! Here are ten more brilliant places to visit, that are a bit more unusual, quieter and less well known than the Ring of Brodgar!
Orkney is a brilliant place to explore, and taking a caravan, motorhome or tent is a brilliant way to see the best of the islands. We’ve written a guide to caravan, motorhome and camp sites in Orkney!
As a companion piece to the recent ‘Things to do on a rainy day in Orkney’ article, we have compiled a list of great things to do in Orkney when the sun is shining and you have no business being indoors!
The Ness of Brodgar is an archaeological discovery located in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. Nick Card, Director of the Ness of Brodgar, UHI Archaeology Institute tells us more about the fascinating site.
