Foula, a small island in the Shetland Archipelago, has just 35 residents and no pubs, shops, or Wi-Fi. They follow the Julian calendar, celebrating New Year on January 13th.

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The tiny island of Foula will celebrate New Year's Day today, a whole 12 days after the rest of the UK - it's an occasion they will mark with visits to relatives' houses and a party ...

Foula - which is home to less than 40 people - never fully adopted the modern Gregorian calendar, preferring instead to follow some of the traditions of the Julian calendar. So this sees islanders ...

Located 20 miles off the west coast of Shetland, lies Foula - a Scottish island where its 35 residents ring in the New Year nearly two weeks after the rest of the country. Foula, sometimes ...

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And islanders will also see in the New Year nearly two weeks after the rest of the country - because Foula still adheres to an ancient calendar for the festivity. Foula in Shetland, Britain’s ...

Foula in Shetland adheres to an ancient calendar for both occasions, so Christmas Day is on January 6 and Newerday (New Year's Day) is not until January 13. There are just 28 people living on the ...

Tonight, the Isles will be mostly cloudy with further showers of rain, sleet and snow. Northern parts of the mainland will see snow showers, but it will be drier to the south. A bitterly cold ...