Residents of Shetland in the UK celebrate their Viking heritage at the Up Helly Aa fire festival, held in Lerwick. View on ...

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

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

On Tuesday, the Up Helly Aa festival brought fire and tradition to the Shetland Islands as costumed participants, known as ...

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

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

Viking tales and bawdy jokes were among the highlights of the speeches at the Up-Helly-A’ civic reception. Shetland Islands ...

At the request of the UK Coastguard, Lerwick lifeboat launched at 10.30pm last night to a report of a local 10-metre scallop ...

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

An annual fire festival celebrating Shetland’s Norse heritage has kicked off in Lerwick to mark the end of the Yule season. Up Helly Aa is held on the last Tuesday in January in the main town in the ...

Natasha Cornick and Andrew Hall will be the names on the ballot paper in the Shetland North by-election when voting takes ...