Helly Aa fire festival lights up Shetland

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 celebrations culminate in a torchlit procession and the burning of a replica Viking galley
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.
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,
Up Helly Aa: A fiery celebration of Shetland's Norse Heritage
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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.
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, celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage.
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 event celebrates the island’s Norse heritage and is annually
Norse code: Shetlanders keep the flame alive at Up Helly Aa festival
Revellers 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, bearing torches.
UK: Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Lights Up Lerwick, Shetland
Shetland celebrated its famous Up Helly Aa fire festival, honoring its Norse heritage, on Tuesday, January 28. The event featured a torchlit procession and the ceremonial burning of a Viking longship.
Up Helly Aa: Woman takes on Guizer Jarl role on Scottish island for first time
Lesley Simpson became Shetland’s first ever adult female Guizer Jarl at the South Mainland Up Helly Aa in 2015. Women were ...
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Historic annual Up Helly Aa fire festival blazes back in Scotland to celebrate Norse heritage - with women and girls allowed for only the second time
Up Helly Aa in Lerwick on the Shetland Islands, is held on the last Tuesday of January every year and celebrates the area's Norse heritage. Participants don Viking-style clothing and carry ...
Watch: Shetland skies set alight in Europe's largest fire festival
Shetland has once again celebrated its annual fire festival - the largest of its kind in Europe. Up Helly Aa has been held ...