Orcadians cite their Nordic links and neglect by Edinburgh as they digest a council decision to explore alternative governance
The skyline in Kirkwall’s bustling harbour is dominated by the squat silhouette of a Norwegian ship, a floating school for trainee sailors, with Norway’s national flag fluttering from its mast.
Its students were ashore, mingling with Orcadians absorbing the news that the local council had just formally agreed to investigate the potential for far closer economic and political links to Norway and its Nordic neighbours.
