Up Helly Aa echoes the long rule of the Kingdom of Norway over Shetland and the return of the sun following the darkest ...

Two power outages hit Shetland this morning — one in Lerwick, the other stretching across all of Unst and onto north Yell.

THE SCOTTISH Government will look “much more closely” at the Gilbert Bain Hospital replacement project following budget ...

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

PIONEERING proposals for what Shetland should seek in community benefit from energy developments will go in front of ...

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 ...

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

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, seeing thousands of people across the islands come together ... According to the organisers of Lerwick's Up Helly Aa, the event is a "relatively ...

Residents on a remote Scottish island have been celebrating an old Viking fire festival. More than a thousand people, dressed ...