St Ninian's Isle beach is one of the most iconic and beautiful places in Shetland. The sand causeway that links the mainland ...

At a pub in Lerwick, the biggest town on the islands, Judy Klevan tapped her feet to live traditional music as her hands moved swiftly along her knitting, which peeked out of a small cloth bag. Ms ...

A 12-hour rocky ferry ride north of Aberdeen, Lerwick in Shetland is one of Britain's most isolated towns. However, it's anything but remote, as Maddy Fletcher discovers ...

Shetland celebrated its famous Up Helly Aa fire festival, honoring its Norse heritage, on Tuesday, January 28. The event featured a torchlit procession and the ceremonial burning of a Viking longship.

Vikings ruled the Shetland islands over a 1,000 years ago, after invasions that began around 800 A.D. ... Lerwick is used to gale force winds, ...

Because later that evening, we were about to experience our first real Shetland session, in Lerwick's iconic Lounge Bar. [musicians tuning] [background chatter] [piano keys tapping] - 2, 3, 4 ...

Shetland was one of the UK areas worst hit by Covid-19 ... Lerwick's Gilbert Bain Hospital "was never built for this." There is no intensive care unit anywhere on the islands.

Windstar Cruises to add Asia sailings for 2017. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The ship will make day visits to Lerwick in the Shetland Islands and Kirkwall in the Orkney ...

The rugged Shetland Islands sit about 110 miles north of mainland Scotland, some 190 miles west of Norway. More than half of the islands’ residents live within 10 miles of Lerwick, and the rest ...

Unst almost makes Lerwick [Shetland’s capital] look like a metropolis. When you get up to Unst, it's really remote. And you really feel it there – you’re part of the landscape.

In a hotel lounge in Lerwick, Shetland’s main town, two women lamented the difficulty in getting tickets for the most popular courses on Wool Week’s website.