Up Helly Aa in Lerwick is Europe’s largest fire festival and has been an annual tradition since around the 1880s. The festival features fire-lit processions, a Viking longboat burning, as well as dancing and singing…
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Get down with the Vikings at Up Helly Aa
Up Helly Aa is a traditional celebration on the Shetland mainland with marches, processions, galley burning and dancing lasting into the early hours…