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 ...

Up Helly Aa - the biggest fire festival in Europe - is held on the last Tuesday in January in Shetland The spectacular annual ...

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

Youngsters set their smaller Viking replica boat alight first [PA ... the evening torchlit procession at Europe's biggest fire festival. At the head of the crowd is the "Jarl Squad" led by its ...

THOUSANDS of Shetland islanders took to the streets last night for the spectacular Up Helly Aa fire festival. The traditional ...

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 ...

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 ...

Revellers have gathered on Shetland for the annual Up Helly Aa fire festival. The event marks the end of the Yule season in ...