The most northerly inhabited island in Scotland could be set to rival Cape Canaveral as a space centre. Unst in Shetland is preparing a bid to enter the 21st century space race as a launch base for ...

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 ...

The founder and chief executive of SaxaVord Spaceport has died aged 67 after a short battle with cancer. Frank Strang, who founded the UK’s first spaceport on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, ...

With a profile like that who wouldn’t want to visit Unst, the last outpost of Scotland’s Shetland Islands? It was certainly inducement enough for us. And one spring morning in May this year, my ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a 4,000-year-old cemetery in the Shetland Islands in northern Scotland, ahead of the construction of one of the U.K.'s first rocket launchpads. The finds at the site on ...

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 ...

SCOTS space pioneer Frank Strang MBE has died aged 67 after a short battle with cancer – just months before his firm looks set to launch a rocket into orbit. The founder of SaxaVord Spaceport, in Unst ...

The Shetland Islands were part of Norway for hundreds of years, until they were annexed by Scotland in 1462. Though the Norn language has gone, the local dialect remains distinctive, as fans of the ...