After waiting for 18 years, a man from Shetland becomes a Viking chief that leads the famous Up Helly Aa festival.

During the event local "guizers" throw their torches at a replica of a Viking long ship until it is consumed by flames.

Up Helly Aa transforms Lerwick in the Shetland Islands every January as over 1,000 torch-bearing Vikings march through the ...

Up Helly Aa - the biggest fire festival in Europe - is held on the last Tuesday in January in Shetland The spectacular annual ...

On Scotland’s Shetland Islands, a fire festival called Up Helly Aa celebrates the region’s Norse heritage. It takes place ...

Scottish vikings march through the streets for Up Helly Aa festivities Hundreds of vikings in Lerwick celebrated Up Helly Aa with a torchlit procession, ending with the ceremonial burning of a replica ...

Europe’s largest fire festival will potentially be watched by millions of people worldwide, shining a light on the festival.

A large bonfire lit up the night sky in the town of Lerwick in Scotland’s Shetland Islands as revelers celebrated the annual Up Helly Aa – Europe’s largest fire festival – on Tuesday7.According to the ...

'Vikings' took to the streets in Shetland to celebrate the world-famous Up Helly Aa fire festival.

Video. The Up Helly Aa festival, Europe's largest fire festival, is held on the last Tuesday in January in Shetland.

Guizer Jarl Lynden Nicolson has suggested people will be surprised by the suits he and his squad will wear for Up-Helly-Aa ...

Video. Hundreds of vikings in Lerwick celebrated Up Helly Aa with a torchlit procession, ending with the ceremonial burning ...