Helly Aa fire festival lights up Shetland

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 - 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.
Up Helly Aa fire festival lights up Shetland
Welcome to our coverage of the spectacular Up Helly Aa. The annual event celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage, on the last Tuesday in January in Lerwick. The celebrations will culminate in the burning of a replica Viking galley tonight.
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Here is everything you need to know about Up Helly Aa in Shetland as the fiery festival returns this week for 2025.
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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Europe’s biggest fire festival begins with flaming torch parade Hundreds of Shetlanders march through Lerwick carrying flaming torches to mark the ancient Viking festival of Up Helly Aa. Watch more on Independent TV: The Independent is the world’s most free-thinking newsbrand,
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