Shetland Museum curator Dr Ian Tait, boat enthusiast Brian Wishart and Emma Miller of Shetland Amenity Trust introducing Shetland Boat Week, a new festival being held for the first time from 8 to 14 August. | Shetland News

62K views · 1.2K reactions | Here is your 4 minute tour of Lerwick Up Helly Aa 2019. Shetland's 12 annual fire festivals celebrate the end of winter and the largest is held in Lerwick, Shetland, on the last Tuesday of each January. | Promote Shetland | Facebook

4.4K views · 176 reactions | High Tide at the Shetland Museum early this afternoon. | BBC Radio Shetland | Facebook

Did you know: Christmas in Shetland is celebrated on 5th January and not December 25th. 🤯 It comes from changing from the old Julian calendar to the new Gregorian one where we lost 11 days. But many communities still celebrate Christmas on the old dates: 5th January is Auld Yule and 6th January is Auld Yule Night. Yule is an ancient Norse midwinter festival celebrated long before Christianity reached Shetland. Our lands were settled by Norse people and therefore Yule traditions stayed deeply ro

In the first of our “Inspired by Shetland” films we spoke to several people to ask what Up Helly Aa means to them. 🔥🔥🔥 Shetland’s annual Up Helly Aa fire festival season starts in early January and lasts until mid-March, with 11 spectacular community celebrations across the islands to mark the passing of the darkest winter nights. Up Helly Aa is inspired by Shetland’s Norse heritage and celebrates the islands’ unique history and culture in a remarkable way. The fire festivals are about much m