It was an un-fire-gettable night in Lerwick this week as their world-famous fire festival filled the streets with flames and ...

The streets of Lerwick will once again fill up with fire and smoke later as Shetland gears up for the return of its world ...

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 ...

Thousands of visitors travel to the UK's most northerly islands each year to watch the evening torchlit procession through Lerwick, which reaches its climax when the replica of a Viking long ship ...

Shetland's famous Up Helly Aa fire festival - with women and girls in the torchlit procession for the first time - has witnessed the burning of a replica Viking galley light up the sky over Lerwick.

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

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 ...

Scotland is one of several natural attractions ... and natural environment. A Viking boat in the harbor of Lerwick, the biggest urban area on the Shetland Islands. On the edge of Lerwick ...