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Aberdeen www.northlinkferries.co.uk Operated by The Northern Isles are breathtaking and wild, rich in Norse and Scottish history, wildlife, delicious food and drink, unique folklore, music, poetry and prose. Orkney and Shetland are both quite unlike anywhere else in the UK. With NorthLink Ferries they’re closer than you think.

Travelling from Aberdeen The Aberdeen ferry terminal is conveniently located in the heart of the city, close to the rail and bus stations at Union Square. NorthLink Ferries has partnered with Stagecoach to offer passengers the 727 Jet Bus service to (and from) Aberdeen International Airport.

…to There is a daily service to (and from) Lerwick, leaving Aberdeen in the evening and arriving at 07:30 the following morning in Shetland’s MV Hamnavoe sails past the Old Man of capital.

Discovering the islands has never been …to Kirkwall easier as NorthLink Ferries operates up to There is also a direct link to Orkney from three sailings a day to Orkney and Shetland. Aberdeen. The service to (and from) Lerwick Sailings routinely depart from Scrabster (near calls into Kirkwall frequently, arriving in the ) to Stromness in Orkney and there are late evening before sailing on to Lerwick nightly sailings from Aberdeen to Lerwick in (or Aberdeen). Shetland. Up to four sailings from Aberdeen You can also travel aboard NorthLink’s also travel via Orkney’s capital: Kirkwall. freight ships MV Helliar and MV on For islanders and visitors alike, NorthLink this route. Ferries provides a comfortable and reliable Travelling from Scrabster service that is a vital link to and from mainland Scrabster is located in the far north of Scotland. Purpose built for the routes, mainland Scotland, near Thurso in . NorthLink’s modern passenger vessels, MV There are road, rail and bus links from Hamnavoe, MV Hjaltland and MV Hrossey, Inverness to Thurso. offer the highest standards of safety and comfort. On board, travellers can expect a …to Stromness service that is a testament to the islands’ NorthLink Ferries operate a 90-minute warmth and friendliness. crossing up to three times a day between Scrabster and Stromness in Orkney. MV Whether you are exploring all of Scotland’s Hamnavoe is the only ferry crossing to Orkney wonderful wilderness or discovering the which passes the breathtaking sea stack, the Northern Isles for the first time, get in touch . by phoning our call centre on 08001114422 (free from UK landlines and mobiles) or visiting www.northlinkferries.co.uk to plan and book your trip. Services On Board

NorthLink Ferries prides itself on making En-suite cabin accommodation journeys to Shetland and Orkney as comfortable as possible. Enjoy a range Shop and vending machines of services on board MV Hamnavoe, MV Purchase drinks, snacks, or a keepsake or gift Hjaltland and MV Hrossey including: from your visit to Orkney and Shetland.

Keeping you entertained Enjoy the game zone, a cinema (MV Hjaltland and MV Hrossey only) and free wifi.

The PressReader app Install before travelling to download magazines on your mobile device free of charge.

Other services available on board The Feast Restaurant Include: kennels, showers, celebration packages and valet parking. Restaurants and Bars Hamnavoe Bed and Breakfast Meals served on board are prepared using Board the night before an early sailing from locally sourced produce, where possible. Stromness for a good night’s sleep. Magnus Lounge A range of accessible facilities are available to Purchase entry to this premium lounge; a quiet allow easy access for all passengers. These place to work or unwind. include specially designed cabins, accessible Children’s play area toilets, wheelchair access, boarding The Vikling’s Den which has a range of assistance and Changing Places facilities. activities to keep children entertained. During the COVID-19 pandemic some services En-suite Cabins may be suspended. Please visit https://www. Including 2, 3 and 4-bed cabins, accessible northlinkferries.co.uk/thejourney/ for more cabins, and pet-friendly cabins. about services on board.

Reclining seats Comfortable seats which can be reserved at the time of booking.

Sleeping pods (MV Hjaltland and MV Hrossey only) A comfortable reclining chair with footrest, blanket and pillow. Shower facilities are also provided.

Sleeping pods 2021 Timetable and Standard Fares

(Prices in £’s) Scrabster – Stromness Aberdeen – Lerwick Aberdeen – Kirkwall Lerwick – Kirkwall All fares single passage Low Mid High Low Mid High Low Mid High Low Mid High PASSENGERS Adult Single (16yrs & over) £17.50 £18.95 £20.45 £22.75 £29.50 £35.50 £21.60 £28.00 £33.50 £14.70 £17.25 £20.85 Child Single (5-15yrs) £8.85 £9.50 £10.30 £11.40 £14.40 £17.25 £10.90 £13.60 £16.50 £7.40 £8.70 £10.50 Infant (0-4yrs) FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE VEHICLES Car (< 6m) £57.00 £59.00 £63.00 £93.00 £118.00 £124.00 £86.00 £112.00 £118.00 £55.00 £78.00 £88.00 Motorhome <= 6m £57.00 £59.00 £63.00 £93.00 £118.00 £124.00 £86.00 £112.00 £118.00 £55.00 £78.00 £88.00 Long and towed vehicle £10.30 £12.10 £13.25 £12.45 £15.35 £18.30 £11.45 £13.60 £15.35 £11.00 £13.25 £14.70 (supplement per m) Bicycle FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE Motorcycles/Scooters £16.80 £18.95 £21.25 £24.05 £27.50 £30.00 £18.95 £22.70 £27.50 £18.95 £21.90 £24.80 ACCOMMODATION Premium Outer 2 berth 72.00 72.00 72.00 108.00 139.00 150.00 108.00 139.00 150.00 108.00 139.00 150.00 Executive Outer 2 berth ------108.00 139.00 150.00 108.00 139.00 150.00 108.00 139.00 150.00 Outer 2 berth 55.00 55.00 65.00 79.00 110.00 121.00 79.00 110.00 121.00 79.00 110.00 121.00 Outer 2 berth - Pet Friendly* ------79.00 110.00 121.00 79.00 110.00 121.00 79.00 110.00 121.00 Outer 3 berth ------79.00 110.00 121.00 79.00 110.00 121.00 79.00 110.00 121.00 Outer 4 berth 55.00 55.00 65.00 ------Inner 4 berth ------76.00 107.00 118.00 76.00 107.00 118.00 76.00 107.00 118.00 Inner 4 berth - Pet Friendly* ------76.00 107.00 118.00 76.00 107.00 118.00 76.00 107.00 118.00 Inner 4 berth with TV ------86.00 117.00 128.00 86.00 117.00 128.00 86.00 117.00 128.00 Inner 2 berth 41.50 41.50 47.00 62.00 76.00 91.00 62.00 76.00 91.00 62.00 76.00 91.00 Inner 2 berth - Pet Friendly* 41.50 41.50 47.00 62.00 76.00 91.00 62.00 76.00 91.00 62.00 76.00 91.00 Sleeping Pods ------18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 Reclining Seats ------3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 * plus supplement per pet 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 EXTRAS Kennel Small £7.80 £7.80 £7.80 £7.80 Kennel Large £10.40 £10.40 £10.40 £10.40 Valet Parking £19.75 £19.75 £19.75 £19.75

Low season: 7 January to 23 March; Mid season: 1 to 6 January; 24 March to 14 June; Peak season: 15 June to 31 August 1 November to 17 December. 1 September to 31 October; 18 to 31 December.

LERWICK – KIRKWALL – ABERDEEN (SOUTHBOUND) ABERDEEN – KIRKWALL – LERWICK (NORTHBOUND)

MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT SUN

1 DEP DEP LERWICK 1730 1900 1730 1900 1730 1900 1900 1900 17001 1900 1700 1900 1700 1700 ABERDEEN

2 ARR KIRKWALL 2300 – 2300 – 2300 – – ARR KIRKWALL – 23002 – 2300 – 2300 2300

2 DEP KIRKWALL 2345 – 2345 – 2345 – – DEP KIRKWALL – 23452 – 2345 – 2345 2345 ARR 0700 0700 0700 0700 0700 0700 0700 ABERDEEN ARR LERWICK 0730 0730 0730 0730 0730 0730 0730

1 Departure Lerwick 19:00 from 2 Jan-31 Mar & 1 Nov-30 Dec 1 Departure Aberdeen 19:00 from 2 Jan-31 Mar & 1 Nov-30 Dec 2 No Kirkwall call from 2 Jan-31 Mar & 1 Nov-30 Dec 2 No Kirkwall call from 2 Jan-31 Mar & 1 Nov-30 Dec

Kids Go Free With the ‘Kids Go Free’ promotion children can travel for free on direct Lerwick to Aberdeen and Aberdeen to Lerwick routes. The offer is open for travel all year round and is available to families who book a car and a cabin. 2021 Stromness to Scrabster Timetable Timetable subject to change

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Monday 1 1 1 Tuesday 2 2 1 2 Wednesday 3 3 2 1 3 1 Thursday 4 4 1 3 1 2 4 2 Friday 1 5 5 2 4 2 3 1 5 3 Saturday 2 6 6 3 1 5 3 4 2 6 4 Sunday 3 7 7 4 2 6 4 1 5 3 7 5 Monday 4 8 8 5 3 7 5 2 6 4 8 6 Tuesday 5 9 9 6 4 8 6 3 7 5 9 7 Wednesday 6 10 10 7 5 9 7 4 8 6 10 8 Thursday 7 11 11 8 6 10 8 5 9 7 11 9 Friday 8 12 12 9 7 11 9 6 10 8 12 10 Saturday 9 13 13 10 8 12 10 7 11 9 13 11 Sunday 10 14 14 11 9 13 11 8 12 10 14 12 Monday 11 15 15 12 10 14 12 9 13 11 15 13 Tuesday 12 16 16 13 11 15 13 10 14 12 16 14 Wednesday 13 17 17 14 12 16 14 11 15 13 17 15 Thursday 14 18 18 15 13 17 15 12 16 14 18 16 Friday 15 19 19 16 14 18 16 13 17 15 19 17 Saturday 16 20 20 17 15 19 17 14* 18 16 20 18 Sunday 17 21 21 18 16 20 18 15 19 17 21 19 Monday 18 22 22 19 17 21 19 16 20 18 22 20 Tuesday 19 23 23 20 18 22 20 17 21 19 23 21 Wednesday 20 24 24 21 19 23 21 18 22 20 24 22 Thursday 21 25 25 22 20 24 22 19 23 21 25 23 Friday 22 26 26 23 21 25 23 20 24 22 26 24 Saturday 23 27 27 24 22 26 24 21 25 23 27 25 Sunday 24 28 28 25 23 27 25 22 26 24 28 26 Monday 25 29 26 24 28 26 23 27 25 29 27 Tuesday 26 30 27 25 29 27 24 28 26 30 28 Wednesday 27 31 28 26 30 28 25 29 27 29 Thursday 28 29 27 29 26 30 28 30 Friday 29 30 28 30 27 29 31 Saturday 30 29 31 28 30 Sunday 31 30 29 31 Monday 31 30 Tuesday 31

SAILING TIME 90 MINUTES OFF PEAK PEAK WEEKEND No sailing

STROMNESS TO SCRABSTER 0630 1645 0630 1100 1645 0900 1645

SCRABSTER TO STROMNESS 0845 1900 0845 1315 1900 1200 1900

*County Show Day: 1745 & 2000 sailings

Low season: 7 Jan - 23 Mar; 1 Nov - 17 Dec The ‘Landbridge’ offer Mid season: 1 - 6 Jan; 24 Mar - 14 Jun; 1 Sept - This offer enables passengers to travel from Caithness to Shetland, 31 Oct; 18 - 31 Dec routing via Scrabster to Stromness, and then onwards from Kirkwall to Lerwick, for a reduced fare. Peak Season: 15 Jun - 31 Aug Concessions 10% discount available on standard fares to senior citizens (aged 60 years and over), those in full-time education and disabled passengers. Final check-in is 30 minutes prior to published departure. Discover the Shetland Islands Shetland is a place of drama. “Nature”, wrote one visitor, “appears in her wildest dress” in these, Britain’s most northerly islands, and it is the wildness and grandeur of the Shetland landscapes and seascapes which inevitably become visitors’ most enduring memory.

There are more than 100 islands here, each forged by the waves of the North Atlantic. Everywhere one goes, there are dramatic cliffs, perfect deserted beaches, huge vistas across awe-inspiring voes and inlets, and above, the cry of seabirds.

Why not tick all the sites of interest that you visit?

Shetland towns and villages A Lerwick B C Cunningsburgh D Sandwick E Levenwick F Bigton G Whiteness H I Walls J Sandness K Voe L North Nesting M N O P Q R S T Toft U V W Oddsta X Y Belmont Z

Shetland sites of interest 1 Clickimin Broch 27 Da Kame cliffs 2 & 28 Skellister Standing stone Archives 29 Lunna Kirk 3 Kirkabister Ness Lighthouse 30 The Stones of Stofast 4 Noss National Nature 31 The Hams of Reserve 32 5 Broch 33 Da Drongs 6 Catpund Viking quarry 34 Tangwick Haa Museum 7 St Ninian’s Isle 35 Dore Holm 8 Spiggie Loch and Beach 36 Eshaness cliffs 9 Quendale Mill 37 10 Crofthouse Museum 38 Lang Ayre 11 39 12 / 40 13 The Ness of Burgi 41 White Wife of 14 North Haven Pier 42 The Memorial 15 Sheep Craig 43 Underhoull Norse house 7 16 George Waterston 44 Muness Castle Memorial Centre 45 Bobby’s Bus Shelter 17 Banna Minn Beach 46 Skidbladner galley and 18 Meal beach longhouse 19 47 Boat Haven 20 Tingwall Loch 48 Norwick beach 21 The Scord of Weisdale 49 Nature Reserve 22 Bonhoga Gallery 50 23 Culswick Broch 51 Interpretive Centre 24 Huxter water mills 52 Battle Pund 25 Maiden Stack 53 Pier House Museum 26 Gaada Stack Explore the Orkney Islands With green rolling fields bordered by huge seascapes, Orkney has an incredible allure and huge range of attractions. Visitors can enjoy extraordinary remains of villages, stone circles and tombs and the sunken fleet at whilst sampling award winning food and drink. An abundance of entertainment and activities on offer include festivals and shows, island-hopping, golf at midnight, traditional music and crafts and of course spectacular wildlife watching.

Why not tick all the sites of interest that you visit?

Orkney towns and villages A Stromness B Hatston C Kirkwall D E F G H Evie I J St Mary’s K L St Margaret’s Hope M Herston N Longhope O Balfour P Whitehall Q Kettletoft R Lady Village S

Orkney sites of interest 1 Skara Brae Neolithic village 29 Rackwick valley 2 The Ring of Brodgar 30 Dwarfie Stane 3 Standing Stones of 31 Scapa Flow Visitor Centre Stenness 32 Stanger Head cliffs 4 33 The Churchill Barriers 5 Unstan Cairn 34 The Italian Chapel 6 Stromness Museum 35 Orkney Fossil & Heritage 7 Yesnaby cliffs Centre 8 Marwick Head 36 Hoxa Head cliffs 9 The 37 The Tomb of the Eagles 10 Barony Mill 38 Balfour Castle 11 Skiba Geo whalebone 39 Burroughston Broch 12 Kirbuster Farm Museum 40 The Vat of Kirbister 13 The Click Mill 41 Midhowe Broch and Cairn 14 The 42 Blackhammer Cairn 15 The Doocot 43 Cubbie Roo’s Castle 16 Corrigall Farm Museum 44 St Magnus Kirk 1 17 The Knowes of Trotty 45 The Stone of Setter 18 Cuween Chambered Cairn 46 Vinquoy Chambered Tomb 19 Rennibister Earth House 47 Quoyness Chambered 20 Cairn 21 Covenanters Memorial 48 Start Point Lighthouse 22 The Brough of 49 Castle O’Burrian 23 50 Noltland Castle 24 The Royal Oak wreck site 51 Noup Head cliffs 25 Orphir Round Kirk 52 The Knap of Howar 26 The Hall of Clestrain 53 The sheep dyke 27 St John’s Head 54 The New Lighthouse 28 The Old Man of Hoy 55 The Old Beacon Highlights of travelling with NorthLink Ferries

Pet friendly cabins Let your four-legged friend enjoy the open spaces of Orkney and Shetland! NorthLink ships have comfortable cabins available which are also ideal for your pet.

The Old Man of Hoy One of the most iconic sea stacks in the UK, the Old Man of Hoy stands at 137m high. Make sure you travel to Orkney on MV Hamnavoe to see it for yourself!

Facilities for those with accessibility requirements NorthLink ships and ports are built with easy access in mind. Accessible facilities include cabins, lifts, boarding assistance and Changing Places.

Local food and drink NorthLink Ferries use delicious food and drink from Orkney and Shetland on board wherever possible. Enjoy a taste of the isles before you even arrive!

Friendly local staff NorthLink ports, ships and offices are manned by knowledgeable local staff who are more than happy to assist you with your sailing.

The Neolithic Heartland of Orkney The prehistoric Skara Brae, Maeshowe and the Ring of Brodgar are an easy cycle ride from Stromness. Bicycles are free of charge on NorthLink Ferries.

Your dream holiday is closer than you think… Simply travel to Aberdeen and catch the teatime ferry. You will be in Orkney before midnight or in Shetland by the following morning.

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