High energy neutrino telescopes in the Northern Hemisphere

We review the status and results of the high energy neutrino telescopes in the Northern Hemisphere, namely ANTARES and Baikal (NT200+). After a brief introduction to Neutrino Astronomy, we describe these telescopes in their past and present configurations and report briefly on the results obtained in several areas, such as the search for high energy cosmic neutrino diffuse fluxes and point sources, the indirect search for dark matter, the multimessenger studies and the search for exotic particles, such as monopoles and nuclearites