Highland Park distillery, where whisky meets history in Scotland’s Orkney region


As you walk through the front gates of Highland Park, you feel a strange sense of homeliness and history throughout the area. — Photos: MICHAEL CHEANG/The Star

One of the most unique places you can visit in Scotland is Orkney, an archipelago of over 70 islands in the far North, of which only 20 are inhabited. It is a land that is full of history, culture, beautiful windswept landscapes, and most importantly (for this column at least), great whisky.

There are only two single malt whisky distilleries in Orkney, one of which is Highland Park, which, by virtue of its location, lays claim to being the northernmost distillery in Scotland.

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