Hundreds of people in Scotland's Shetland Islands marched with burning torches alongside a replica Viking ship on Tuesday ...

It was an un-fire-gettable night in Lerwick this week as their world-famous fire festival filled the streets with flames and ...

Squads take part in the 'Up Helly Aa' festival in Shetland's main town of Lerwick, which celebrates the Scottish islands' ...

Galley burning at ‘Up Helly Aa’ in Scotland Watch live coverage of the annual Viking festival ‘Up Helly Aa’ in Scotland, ...

The northernmost settlement in the UK celebrated “Up Helly Aa”, an annual fire festival with ancient origins. Last night, a thousand people, dressed as Vikings, marched through the town holding ...

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

But in Golden, where recent highs peaked in the single digits, a group of modern-day Vikings is preparing to celebrate the reason for the season with the annual UllrGrass festival. The beer and ...

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 ...

IN January 1985 Rosalind Bowden initiated and directed the first Jorvik Viking Festival and directed it until 1993. With a small team of helpers, it was devised as a means of attracting publicity ...

The streets of Lerwick are once again filled with fire and smoke as Shetland holds its world famous Up Helly Aa fire festival ...

Viking-inspired fire festival of Up Helly Aa, described by organizers as “a northern Mardi Gras,” was held in the town of Lerwick in Scotland’s Shetland Islands on Tuesday8.The festival involves a ...

Viking-inspired fire festival of Up Helly Aa, described by organizers as “a northern Mardi Gras,” was held in the town of Lerwick in Scotland’s Shetland Islands on Tuesday,8.The festival involves a ...