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

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 ...

The Viking celebrations are filled with fiery symbolism, camaraderie, storytelling and community feasts on the UK's most ...

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

Up Helly Aa is returning to Shetland this week ... However for many across Scotland and the UK, the event is little known, leaving many curious as to what Up Helly Aa is. According to the organisers ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Up Helly Aa is returning to Shetland ... many across Scotland and the UK, the event is little known, leaving many curious as to what Up Helly Aa is. According to the organisers of Lerwick's ...