The streets of Lerwick are once again filled with fire and smoke as Shetland holds its world famous Up Helly Aa fire festival ...

The streets of a tiny Scottish town were filled with fire and smoke as hundreds gathered together for a Viking festival. Up ...

The northernmost settlement in the UK celebrated “Up Helly Aa”, an annual fire festival with ancient origins. Last night, a thousand people, dressed as Vikings, marched through the town holding ...

Lerwick, United Kingdom - January 28, 2025 Lerwick is once again the setting for the Up Helly Aa festival, which dates back to the 1880s and celebrates the culture and heritage of the Vikings of ...

Up Helly Aa is one of the most spectacular celebrations in Britain and pulls in tourists from around the world.

Here is everything you need to know about Up Helly Aa in Shetland as the fiery festival returns this week for 2025.

LORD lieutenant Lindsay Tulloch and council convener Andrea Manson led the laying of wreaths at a short ceremony today ...

Lockerbie and District Rotary Club members enjoyed a tour of the Shetland Isles at their latest meeting.

Viking-inspired fire festival of Up Helly Aa, described by organizers as “a northern Mardi Gras,” was held in the town of Lerwick in Scotland’s Shetland Islands on Tuesday,8.The festival involves a ...

Watch live coverage of the annual Viking festival ‘Up Helly Aa’ in Scotland, showing the torchlit evening procession and ...

Residents on a remote Scottish island have been celebrating an old Viking fire festival. More than a thousand people, dressed ...

Viking-inspired fire festival of Up Helly Aa, described by organizers as “a northern Mardi Gras,” was held in the town of Lerwick in Scotland’s Shetland Islands on Tuesday8.The festival involves a ...