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

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

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 ...

But in Golden, where recent highs peaked in the single digits, a group of modern-day Vikings is preparing to celebrate the ...

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 ...

On Tuesday, the Up Helly Aa festival brought fire and tradition to the Shetland Islands as costumed participants, known as ...

The streets of a tiny Scottish town have once again been filled with fire and smoke as hundreds take part in a historic Viking festival. Up Helly Aa in Lerwick on the Shetland Islands ...

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

St Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny has grown this year from a one-day event to a lively four-day spectacle. A firm favourite for ...

Here is everything you need to know about Up Helly Aa in Shetland as the fiery festival returns this week for 2025.