16/10/2026
Friday Photo Time. Wick...
It's very easy to drive straight through Wick on your Northern Highlands adventures.
However, look a bit deeper. This is both a historic town and royal burgh. It is famous for its Norse heritage, dramatic cliffside castles, and for once being Europe's busiest herring fishing port.
Top things to do and see near Wick are:
Wick Heritage Museum: This community-run museum offers a dense look into the town’s maritime past, featuring the famous Johnston collection of historical photographs and fully restored fishing gear.
Old Pulteney Distillery: Founded in 1826, this is one of the most northerly distilleries on the Scottish mainland. It is famous for producing a distinctively coastal, salt-tinged single malt Scotch wh**ky.
Castle Sinclair Girnigoe: Perched dramatically on cliff edges about three miles north of the town, these spectacular ruins consist of two medieval castles spanning the 15th to 17th centuries.
Ebenezer Place: Officially recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's shortest street, measuring exactly 2.06 metres (6 feet 9 inches) long and containing only one address: Mackays Hotel.
Caithness Seacoast Boat Trips: High-speed RIB boat tours depart from Wick Marina to explore the local sea caves, dramatic geos (narrow inlets), and coastal wildlife like seals and orcas - and puffins (in the right season).