From left: A home in Bigton, in Scotland’s Shetland Islands; Lerwick, the archipelago’s main town. That transnational history is also visible in other aspects of Shetland culture. First-time visitors ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. This sandbar connecting St Ninian's Isle with the mainland of ...

A significant portion of the Shetland Islands is now available for purchase. Located about 110 miles from mainland Scotland, floating in the North Sea between the Faroe Islands and Norway, is the ...

Set sail with Explorer Stewart McPherson, to The Farne Islands, Bass Rock and beyond. On Bass Rock, discover the world’s largest population of gannets. In the Shetland Islands, prehistoric villages ...

It comes a day after Andrea Manson vowed to "fight on" as the civic head of Shetland Islands Council.

There’s a moment in the latest season of the BBC crime drama “Shetland” when the camera pans slowly over the cliffs of Eshaness in the north of the island of Mainland, Shetland. Volcanic cliffs drop ...