Up Helly Aa - the biggest fire festival in Europe - is held on the last Tuesday in January in Shetland The spectacular annual event in Lerwick sees people celebrate Norse heritage The celebrations ...

Tonight in Lerwick, Shetland’s Norse heritage will be celebrated in a blaze of glory at the town’s Up Helly Aa. Almost 1,000 guizers, or warriors, in full Viking dress of helmets and shields ...

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

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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, is held on ...

Up Helly Aa in Lerwick, Shetland, began in the 1880s but only allowed women and girls to join the Jarl Squad and lead the torchlight procession for the first time this year. More than 1,000 ...

The Guiser Jarl has to serve on Lerwick’s Up Helly Aa committee for 15 years before taking on his role, which is considered a huge honour. His costume and the character from Norse saga he will ...

Up Helly Aa in Lerwick on the Shetland Islands, is held on the last Tuesday of January every year and celebrates the area's Norse heritage. Participants don Viking-style clothing and carry ...

However for many across Scotland and the UK, the event is little known, leaving many curious as to what Up Helly Aa is. According to the organisers of Lerwick's Up Helly Aa, the event is a ...

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 ...