Shetland's Up Helly Aa: Lerwick's Viking Fire Festival
The Shetland Islands' spectacular Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival sees Lerwick engulfed in flames as over 1,000 torch-bearing Vikings march before burning a longship.
The Shetland Islands' spectacular Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival sees Lerwick engulfed in flames as over 1,000 torch-bearing Vikings march before burning a longship.
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