For the second consecutive afternoon, harness racing trainer Jaymes McAssey recorded an Open victory at Saratoga Casino Hotel ...

Up Helly Aa echoes the long rule of the Kingdom of Norway over Shetland and the return of the sun following the darkest winter days. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman ...

From fiery festivals to nature's most dazzling "sky-dance", interest in the night skies is booming, with "noctourism" poised ...

FIRE festival fever has reached Unst as the Uyeasound Up Helly Aa gets underway. This year’s guizer jarl is Duncan Scott, who ...

Revellers gathered on Shetland for the annual Up Helly Aa fire festival. The event marks the end of the Yule season in Nordic culture, and features “guizers” in Viking costume marching through ...

Welcome to our coverage of the spectacular Up Helly Aa. The annual event celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage, on the last ...

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Up Helly Aa is one of the most spectacular celebrations in Britain and pulls in tourists from around the world.

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

Alice Jamieson, 35, will lead the Cullivoe Up Helly Aa on Yell next month - and will shave her head just as all jarls have done before her. Ms Jamieson was appointed as the Guizer Jarl - a most ...

The streets of Lerwick are once again filled with fire and smoke as Shetland holds its world famous Up Helly Aa fire festival. The event, which is traditionally held on the last Tuesday of January ...