Helly Aa Fire Festival Lights Up Lerwick, Shetland

Europe's biggest fire festival lights up Shetland
Up Helly Aa - Europe's biggest fire festival - is traditionally held on the last Tuesday of January and celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage. Thousands of visitors travel to the UK's most northerly islands to watch the evening torchlit procession through Lerwick, which reaches its climax when the replica of a Viking long ship is set on fire.
UK: Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Lights Up Lerwick, Shetland
Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, UK Video Recording Date/Time 28, 2025 Shetland celebrated its famous Up Helly Aa fire festival, honoring its Norse heritage, on Tuesday, January 28. The event featured a torchlit procession and the ceremonial burning of a Viking longship.
Spectacular Up Helly Aa fire festival lights up Shetland as thousands take to the streets in torchlit procession
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