Stornoway

Stornoway is the fundamental town of the Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland. The town's populace is around 8,000, making it by a wide margin the biggest town in the Hebrides, and additionally the second biggest island town in Scotland after Kirkwall in the Orkney. The customary common area of Stornoway, which incorporates different close-by towns, has a joined populace of a little more than 10,000.

Stornoway is a vital port and the significant town and authoritative focus of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and an assortment of instructive, donning and media foundations. Recognition of the Christian Sabbath has for quite some time been a part of the island's way of life. Ongoing changes imply that Sunday on Lewis now more intently looks like Sunday on the other Western Isles or the territory of Scotland.

The town was established by Vikings in the mid 9th century, with the Old Norse name Stjórnavágr. The settlement grew up around a protected normal harbor close to the focal point of the island; individuals made a trip to Stornoway from everywhere throughout the island, either by family vessel or by pony drawn mentor, for ahead movement to and exchange with whatever remains of Scotland and further abroad.