Participants dressed as Vikings prepare to participate in the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, on January 28, 2014. Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the… Getty Images ...

Grab your ax and head to your longship as LiveNOW celebrates the Scottish Shetland Islands' Nordic heritage. Tuesday, beginning at 2 p.m. ET, LiveNOW from FOX will be covering the annual Up Helly Aa, ...

A multi-million pound expansion of Lerwick Harbour was officially opened this week as part of a long-term strategy to attract investment to Shetland and consolidate its role as a hub for the fishing ...

On Wednesday evening the lifeboat rescued a stranded dog walker, on the east side of the Knab. They had become trapped by ...

Jenna Moar and three cousins will be first female full members of Viking-dressed squad that will lead annual fire festival Jenna Moar will win a small place in history next week, marked by the ...

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A man and dog have been rescued by lifeboat after getting stuck at the bottom of cliffs. The man followed the animal after it ran down a steep slope at The Knab coastal walk near Lerwick in Shetland ...

LERWICK, Scotland — Shetlanders are fond of saying that their nearest train station is the Norwegian city of Bergen, such is the islands’ distance from the British mainland. Perched on a rocky outcrop ...

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MS Island Sky will be the first cruise ship to visit Scotland since the pandemic The first cruise ship to visit Scotland since the Covid pandemic is set to arrive in Lerwick Harbour next week. It ...