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Up Helly Aa 2021. Up Helly Aa 2021 is on Tuesday 26th January 2021. Jarl Squad Timetable. Outlined below is the outline timetable for the Jarl Squad for Tuesday morning: 09:00 March to British Legion - starting location varies year on year. 09:40 Leave British Legion and march along Esplanade, along Commercial Street pausing at the Bill located at Market Cross.
Up Helly Aa 2017 (Guizer Jarl: Lyall Gair) Up Helly Aa 2016 (Guizer Jarl: Mark Evans) Up Helly Aa 2015 (Guizer Jarl: Neil Robertson) Up Helly Aa 2014 (Guizer Jarl: Ivor Cluness) Up Helly Aa 2013 (Guizer Jarl: Stephen Grant) Up Helly Aa 2012 (Guizer Jarl: David Nicolson) Up Helly Aa 2011 (Guizer Jarl: John Hunter) Up Helly Aa 2010 (Guizer Jarl.
Taking place annually on the last Tuesday of January in the town of Lerwick, the Shetland’s Viking Fire Festival, or Up Helly Aa as it’s known locally, is the largest event of its kind in Europe. Thousands of visitors from across the world travel to this northernmost corner of Scotland to join in this Scandinavian Vikings’ style celebrations of the end of winter and the return of the sun.
SMUHA Photographer. SMUHA Galley on the Waves. Mobile Guizer. SMUHA 2015 Jarl Squad. Raven Banner Beneath the Stars. Gulls above the Waves. Walk on the Meal Beach. Gulberwick Kirk. Aurora, Snow and Moonlight. Pick out the Penguin. Up Helly Aa Burning Ring of Fire. Throwing in the Torches 2015. Up Helly Aa Galley 2015. Bathed in Firelight. Vikings Ready for Action. Guizer Jarl 2015. Up Helly Aa.
I fell in love with Shetland seaweed when I was in Scoop Wholefoods a few years ago and saw a packet of Bod Ayre Shetland Seaweed Sprinkle for sale. I started using it in cooking and became hooked, putting it in absolutely everything from fairy cakes, ice cream, home made pasta, seaweed pesto, breakfast smoothies and even, once, a giant Shetland pepperkakehus for Christmas.
Up Helly Aa 2018. Saga of Thorvald Thorvaldsson; Bill Head; List of Squads; Halls Open; Up Helly Aa 2017. Saga of Sweyn Forkbeard Haroldsson; Bill Head; List of Squads; Halls Open; Up Helly Aa 2016. Saga of Solmund Sigurdsson; Bill Head; Jarl Squad Gallery; List of Squads; Halls Open; Up Helly Aa 2015. Saga of Olav Haraldsson; Bill Head; Jarl.
Up Helly Aa day involves a series of marches and visitations, culminating in a torch-lit procession and the burning of a galley. Preparations Up Helly Aa is a community event, with countless volunteers contributing many hours each winter towards organising and planning the following year’s festival.