NorthLink Ferries

01/06/2026

A great turn out for the NorthLink Open at the Stromness Golf Club at the weekend - A HUGE Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all who came along despite the rain! ⛳️😊

Orkney Islands Junior Golf Partnership Stromness Golf Club Junior Section

29/05/2026

Applications are invited for the position of Able Seafarer (Deck) within the Serco NorthLink Ferries fleet.

▶️ https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/support/job-opportunities/vessel/

28/05/2026

WIN an exclusive Burra Bear!

Burra Bears are beautiful, unique, hand-crafted teddy bears, made by talented maker Wendy Inkster in Burra, Shetland.

Hakon o’ Holmsgarth is one such Burra Bear (and the star of our ‘Week of discovery’ video) and NorthLink Ferries are offering you the chance to win him!

Hakon decided to hibernate in the back of one of the storage cupboards at the NorthLink Ferries Holmsgarth terminal! He has woken up very hungry and is in the mood for a lovely picnic - can you tell us what you think Hakon’s favourite food is?

We’ll choose our favourite answer, and the winner will be Hakon’s new owner!

Enter here: https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/burra-bear-competition/



𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬/𝘔𝘌𝘛𝘈

27/05/2026

Are you visiting Shetland and interested in learning some traditional Shetland dancing? The Sound Dance Club are running some 'come and try nights' and are happy to welcome locals and folk visiting!

26/05/2026

We had 17-year-old Connor MacGruer and his Dad from Thurso travelling with us on Sunday. Connor is taking on the 10k a day for 100 days challenge raising money for Brain Tumour Research in Memory of his Granny, who sadly died from an aggressive brain tumour last year.

They decided as it was day 80, he would sail over and do the run round Stromness with his Dad joining him. We organised a Bridge Visit for Connor with Master Gary Watt.

Connor has raised just over £2000 so far.

We would like to wish him all the best with his fundraising efforts. If you would like to contribute donations can be made here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/conor-macgruer-1

26/05/2026

This Weekend is the long awaited Junior NorthLink Ferries 18-hole Open, here is a reminder to have your name in for this year's event on Saturday 30th May 2026.

Enter via the Scottish Golf App or message Stromness Golf Club Junior Section page to have your name entered.

Draw will be made on Thursday 28th of May at 6pm, good luck to all.

Stromness Golf Club Orkney Islands Junior Golf Partnership

25/05/2026

Shetland Heart Screening began with the loss of John Pirie (PJ) from Gulberwick, who sadly died following a Cardiac Arrest in December 2017, aged just 29. Folk came together in John’s name, raising money to provide heart screening events in the hopes that nobody in Shetland has to lose a loved one again.

This year’s free heart screening event took place at the weekend and it was once again a hugely successful event reaching a huge milestone of screening with the 1000th person screened! A huge well done to everyone involved ❤

Shetland Heart Screening continue with their fundraising efforts to enable them to book future screenings. Follow their page for more information.

Cardiac Risk in the Young

Another successful screening event done ❤️👏🏻 We’re absolutely delighted to say we’ve reached a huge milestone of screening our 1000th person this weekend! Looking forward to many more in the future ❤️

Pictured- Top Left: Twins, Alec and Connor Sinclair, our 999th and 1000th persons screened, Bottom Left: CRY team and Bottom Right: Kristian Poleson getting his screening with CRY team member.

Thanks again to everyone who makes our screening event run so smoothly. See you next year! 🌟

23/05/2026

Duncan Swainston, a local Airtask pilot flying the inter island service from Tingwall captured this image recently as he was bringing one of the Shetland aeroplanes back from maintenance. Normally they would fly to Tingwall but it was closed so he landed at Sumburgh.

This photo was taken as he was approaching the ‘sooth mooth’ of Lerwick harbour.

22/05/2026

Award-winning travel writer, Robin McKelvie, explores Sumburgh Head in Shetland – a dramatic headland rich in coastal views, history, wildlife and lighthouse heritage.

▶️ https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/shetland-blog/discover-the-magic-of-sumburgh-head/

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse & Visitor Centre

21/05/2026

Curtains up for the 43rd Orkney Folk Festival (21st-24th May 2026) today!

The campsite will fill up and the streets and pubs are alive with traditional music – the festival is worth attending for the atmosphere alone. There are some brilliant concerts and sessions to look forward to 🎻🎶🪗🎼

https://orkneyfolkfestival.com/

We would like to wish all those organising and attending the festival over the next few days a fantastic time!