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Stromness is historic seaside town and burgh in Orkney, Scotland. It is in the southwestern part of the Orkney Mainland. It has a parish around the outside with the town of Stromness as its capital.
A view of Stromness
The Pier, Stromness
Stromness Museum
Statue of John Rae
Orkney
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Orkney, also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago off the north coast of mainland Scotland. The plural name the Orkneys is sometimes used, but this is erroneous. Part of the Northern Isles a
Stromness
…Stromness (locally , Old Norse: Straumnes; Norn: Stromnes) is historic seaside town and burgh in Orkney, Scotland. It is in the southwestern part of the Orkney Mainland. It has a parish around the outside with the town of Stromness as its capital. A…
Ring of Brodgar, on the island of Mainland, Orkney
Midhowe Broch on the west coast of Rousay
According to the Orkneyinga Saga, Harald Fairhair (on the right, with fair hair) took control of Orkney in 875. He is shown here inheriting his kingdom from his father Halfdan the Black, in an illustration from the Flateyjarbók.
Artist's conception of King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway, who forcibly Christianised Orkney. Painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo.