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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 ...

Rather than a hotbed of criminal minds, Shetland is Scotland at its wildest. From the ancient settlement at Jarlshof to towering sea stacks, Shetland rewards curiosity rather than speed. For years now ...

The Scottish islands of Shetland are taking a digital hit as a deep-sea internet cable has reportedly been compromised. The islands, located northeast of Scotland, are seeing landline and mobile phone ...

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 ...

The U.K. wants to generate enough wind energy to power every home in the country by 2030. And a cluster of remote islands is central to that goal. We visited a wind farm on the Shetland Islands, ...

FROM today, single bus tickets in Shetland will be capped at £2 as part of a Scottish Government pilot scheme.

Island leaders say Scotland’s renewable energy ambitions will stall unless investment catches up with the infrastructure deficit facing ...

Explore knitting, jewelry design, and more in this Scottish archipelago. That transnational history is also visible in other aspects of Shetland culture. First-time visitors might expect wildness, ...