The picturesque whitewashed croft house on the shoreline and the rich textured mix of sand, pebbles and wild flowers makes Norwick beach, in the north of Unst, a favourite for photographers and artists.
Norwick is also known for its burn, the natural course of which is forever changing direction. There's also 'the Taing', a distinctive narrow tidal island that juts out from the north of the beach. 'The Taing' is particularly interesting for geologists as it marks an ophiolite – where a section of the Earth's crust from beneath the ocean collided with an ancient continent and was pushed up onto it over 420 million years ago. Immediately to the north of 'the Taing' there is a shallow sand filled trench and you can see where the ophiolite and continent meet.