Check out this fiery Viking festival in Shetland
It was an un-fire-gettable night in Lerwick this week as their world-famous fire festival filled the streets with flames and ...
Up Helly Aa - the roots and Viking traditions of the Shetland celebration
Up Helly Aa echoes the long rule of the Kingdom of Norway over Shetland and the return of the sun following the darkest winter days.
Spectacular Up Helly Aa fire festival lights up Shetland as thousands take to the streets in torchlit procession
THOUSANDS of Shetland islanders took to the streets last night for the spectacular Up Helly Aa fire festival. The traditional ...
Europe's biggest fire festival lights up Shetland
The streets of Lerwick are once again filled with fire and smoke as Shetland holds its world famous Up Helly Aa fire festival. The event, which is traditionally held on the last Tuesday of January, ...
Norse code: Keeping the flame at the Up Helly Aa festival
Revellers have gathered on Shetland for the annual Up Helly Aa fire festival. The event marks the end of the Yule season in Nordic culture, and features “guizers” in Viking costume marching through ...
Viking-Inspired Fire Festival Lights Up Scottish Island
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 ...
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Norse code: Keeping the flame at the Up Helly Aa festival
The event culminated in the burning of an imitation Viking galley ... Members of the Jarl Squad parade through Lerwick (Jane Barlow/PA) Originating in the 1880s, the festival celebrates Shetland ...