Fancy getting up close and personal with the Vikings? Maybe one of these festivals in Norway, Sweden or Denmark will take your fancy. Viking culture has always been popular but in the past few years
Yup, Up Helly Aa is as fierce as it looks. Hoards of angry Vikings and their burning ships surround the Shetland Islands on an annual basis; bringing - How To Experience Up Helly Aa: Scotland's Viking Festival - Travel, Travel Advice - Europe, Scotland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom - Travel, Food and Home Inspiration Blog with door-to-door Travel Planner! - Travel Advice, Travel Inspiration, Home Inspiration, Food Inspiration, Recipes, Photography
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The Grand Old Duke of York took his men up and down hill. This marching group were being instructed by a film crew, directed by Waldemar Januszczak, the Art Critic and film maker who had them marching in circles, which was very useful for those of us with cameras.
Yesterday, January 30, people in Lerwick, Scotland, celebrated an annual Viking festival known as Up Helly Aa. Up Helly Aa is a variant of the Scottish Gaelic word Uphaliday, meaning end of holiday.
A selection of some of the most striking news photographs from around the UK in 2018.
The Norsemen made their mark in northern Europe and beyond. Come with us on a tour of the best-known Viking settlements. Thanks in part to a slew of TV shows, Viking culture has never been
I just got back from a five-day trip that I will never forget — ever. I traveled with Haggis Adventures to the remote Shetland Islands, northeast of Scotland, to experience Up Helly Aa, the Viking Fire Festival held in Shetland every January. This may have been my best trip…EVER. Seriously. I am still reeling from […]
Yup, Up Helly Aa is as fierce as it looks. Hoards of angry Vikings and their burning ships surround the Shetland Islands on an annual basis; bringing - How To Experience Up Helly Aa: Scotland's Viking Festival - Travel, Travel Advice - Europe, Scotland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom - Travel, Food and Home Inspiration Blog with door-to-door Travel Planner! - Travel Advice, Travel Inspiration, Home Inspiration, Food Inspiration, Recipes, Photography
A visit to Finland is a great choice for history enthusiasts keen to explore the lesser-trodden Viking Age paths.
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With expansive sand dunes and mudflats, Viking festivals and great restaurants, there are plenty of amazing things to do in Morecambe.
Each year in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles the Vikings come to town in the form of Up Helly Aa festival
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Members of the Viking Jarl Squad march with burning torches during the annual Up Helly Aa Festival, Lerwick, Shetland Islands,. Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian vikings in the Shetland Islands and has employed this theme since 1870. Up Helly Aa is held on the last Tuesday in January every year, whatever the weather
Every year, thousands of Scots gather for the Up Helly Aa fire festival in Lerwick on the Scottish Shetland Islands to pay homage to the cou...
Unique Festivals of the World, Snow and Ice Festival, China, Cascamorras, Spain, Up HellyAa Fire Festival, Scotland, Oktoberfest, Germany, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, New Mexico, Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake, England, Wanderlust Yoga Festival, Hawaii, Taiwan Lantern Festival, Taiwan, Ágitagueda Art Festival, Portugal, Winter Light Festival, Japan, The International Highline Meeting Festival, Italy, Rouketopolemos Rocket War, Greece, Jaipur Elephant Festival, India, Monkey Buffet Festival, Thailand
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Shetland's famous fire festival has women and girls in the torchlit procession for the first time.
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