V&A Dundee, Scotland
The Kengo Kuma–designed landmark opens.
Bringing together nature and architecture, Kengo Kuma’s vision of the first design museum in Scotland has been realized with the opening of the V&A Dundee.
Scotland
Edinburgh’s Scotch Whisky Experience
The world’s largest unopened private whisky collection.
There are a few pilgrimages all appreciators of fine whisky should make in their time.
Scotland’s Iconic Gleneagles Hotel
A Scottish playground.
Since opening in 1924, the iconic Gleneagles estate has earned a certain pedigree within the canon of Scotland’s destinations—albeit without the pomp and circumstance one might imagine.
Should Auld Acquaintance
Discovering the woman behind Robbie Burns.
A captivating lyrical portrait of Jean Armour.
The Scottish Isles
Exploring the Inner Hebrides.
Just as famous paintings rarely greet visitors at gallery entrances, stellar destinations are rarely quick to reveal themselves at first blush. But all things great—truly great—take some getting to. Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum houses an apt exhibit of the first instance; the country in which it lives is the second.
Balvenie Whisky Distillery
Masters of malt.
The craft of whisky making has not changed much in the Balvenie’s production during the past century, and the distillery is one of the last in Scotland to boast in-house floor maltings that use locally hand-cut peat.
Art in Edinburgh
Artists examine the commons.
Scotland may have been dominating headlines as of late for its political referendum, but its art scene is well worth some ink as well, particularly in its capital city. As cultures become increasingly global, art that examines them assumes a new, multi-layered relevance.
Johnnie Walker
New expressions.
Johnnie Walker is ubiquitous, stocked in the finest bars in the world and also found down dirt roads in Cambodia. People have been sipping it neat for close to 200 years.
A Look Back: Journeys
Celebrating our 15th anniversary.
The holidays often signal a time for travel, whether discovering new ski trails on foreign slopes, or escaping the winter chill for a warm destination. Over last 15 years, we have travelled to the far corners of the globe and brought home sentimental and unexpected insights. Here, a vicarious visual journey.
