From favorites like Malta and Menorca to gems like Lofoten and Hvar, these islands in Europe should be on your radar in 2026.

Sweden and Poland launched a military exercise named Gotland Sentry to boost defenses of the strategic island in the Baltic Sea as concerns over an increasingly assertive Russia are rising in the ...

Swedish police officers are probing a suspected sabotage incident on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea—which is playfully now dubbed by some Western officials as the "NATO lake." ...

The southernmost inhabited island in the Stockholm archipelago, Utö is visited by many Swedes in summer weather, but remains a charmingly simple place. You can enjoy beautiful walks (a 15 km trail up ...

Rügen and Usedom, long-cherished vacation spots for Europeans, are redefining what it means to be sustainable. Preservation is part of their DNA, say officials. Here’s how they’re doing it.

Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans. These animals weren’t dogs, but true wolves that ate the same marine food ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Electricity to the Danish island of Bornholm was cut off on Wednesday due to a technical fault that caused an undersea cable to be disconnected, authorities said. The power ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Wolf bones unearthed on a tiny island in the Baltic Sea were ...