Over a thousand people dressed in custom Viking suits and wielded axes, swords and torches as they marched through Lerwick in the Shetland Islands ... The festival, held annually, is organised ...

seeing thousands of people across the islands come together to mark the spectacular occasion. The event has been a staple of the Shetland calendar for years now with the day after the festival ...

Every year on the Shetland Islands, the Up Helly Aa festival is held. The highlight of the festival is the burning of a Viking longboat. The Vikings raided to steal gold from monasteries and also ...

The ruins of a Viking longhouse in the Shetland Islands recall a proud past ... participants at the Slav and Viking Festival in Poland tend to be sticklers for authenticity.

The streets of Lerwick are once again filled with fire and smoke as Shetland holds its world famous Up Helly Aa fire festival ... to the UK's most northerly islands each year to watch the evening ...

seeing thousands of people across the islands come together to mark the spectacular occasion. The event has been a staple of the Shetland calendar for years now with the day after the festival being a ...