Helly Aa fire festival lights up Shetland

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.
Everything you need to know about Up Helly Aa in Shetland
Here is everything you need to know about Up Helly Aa in Shetland as the fiery festival returns this week for 2025.
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Up Helly Aa fire festival lights up Shetland
Up Helly Aa - the biggest fire festival in Europe - is held on the last Tuesday in January in Shetland The spectacular annual event in Lerwick sees people celebrate Norse heritage The celebrations culminate in a torchlit procession and the burning of a replica Viking galley.
Residents celebrate Shetland's Norse heritage at Up Helly Aa fire festival
Residents on a remote Scottish island have been celebrating an old Viking fire festival. More than a thousand people, dressed as Vikings, marched through the town of Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands,
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 Lerwick,
Europe's biggest fire festival returns to Shetland
The streets of Lerwick will once again fill up with fire and smoke later as Shetland gears up for the return of its world famous Up Helly Aa fire festival. Up Helly Aa - Europe's biggest fire festival - is traditionally held on the last Tuesday of January and celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage.
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Historic annual fire festival takes place in Shetland, Scotland
The streets of a tiny Scottish town were filled with fire and smoke as hundreds gathered together for a Viking festival. Up ...
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Annual fire festival Up Helly Aa returns to mark end of Yule season
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 ...
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Viking tales and bawdy jokes – convener has town hall in stitches during civic reception
Viking tales and bawdy jokes were among the highlights of the speeches at the Up-Helly-A’ civic reception. Shetland Islands ...
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Viking festival LIVE: Galley burning at ‘Up Helly Aa’ in Scotland
Watch live coverage of the annual Viking festival ‘Up Helly Aa’ in Scotland, showing the torchlit evening procession and ...
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Shetland in the winter, anyone? Not for the faint-hearted!
There are around 100 islands and skerries within Shetland ... Of those people, 7,500 live in Lerwick – Shetland’s only town, where I stayed – and the largest local industry is seafood.
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Mischievous Manson pokes fun as Guizer Jarl Grains handed freedom of the town
A WATERY mishap at the Scalloway Fire Festival and fluffy slippers and sweet sherry were fertile comedic grounds for convener ...