During the event local "guizers" throw their torches at a replica of a Viking long ship until it is consumed by flames.

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 ...

After waiting for 18 years, a man from Shetland becomes a Viking chief that leads the famous Up Helly Aa festival.

Up Helly Aa made a roaring comeback to the streets of Lerwick as thousands gathered to watch the world-famous fire festival. Guizer Jarl Richard Moar leads the Jarl Squad through Lerwick (Andrew ...

Pioneering Spirit, one of the world's largest vessels, reached Lerwick Harbour on Friday, August 28, carrying aboard the 14,200 tonne Ninian Northern Platform topside.Prior to the arrival in Lerwick, ...

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Shetland as the world famous Up Helly Aa fire festival gets under way. The spectacle, which attracts visitors from around the globe, takes place in ...

The record for the biggest cruise ship into Lerwick Harbour will be broken on Today (Sunday) when Celebrity Silhouette enters the Shetland port on a 14-nights British Isles Cruise. On her maiden call ...