David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. This sandbar connecting St Ninian's Isle with the mainland of the Shetland Islands off the north of ... [+] Scotland is one of ...

Residents of Shetland in the UK celebrate their Viking heritage at the Up Helly Aa fire festival, held in Lerwick.

Lovers could be in for an early Valentine’s Day treat as the Northern Lights becomes visible for million of Brits this week.

The Shetland Islands are Scotland’s northernmost isles; the nearest city is Bergen in Norway, not Inverness. During ‘Simmer Dim’, the long twilight hours of midsummer, the sun barely sets on ...

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The streets of Lerwick are once again filled with fire and smoke as Shetland holds its world famous Up Helly Aa fire festival ...

The first 'vertical' rocket launch from UK soil will finally go ahead this year from SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst, the northernmost of the Shetland Islands. The 100ft RFA One launch vehicle ...

The Shetland Islands are a part of Scotland. They are surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, so to get there from the Scottish mainland you need to take a plane, or a ferry.