The sparks were flying tonight! #uphellyaa

Lerwick #UpHellyAa is under way. Three cheers for guizer jarl Calum Grains and his squad of 61 Vikings ⁦@Shetnews⁩

Plenty of guizers took part in the #UpHellyAa torchlit procession.

There we have it… The mighty Up Helly Aa galley ablaze and warming the streets of Lerwick with its mighty glow! Three cheers for #UpHellyAa! 🪓🔥🍻 #Shetland

This evenings paraffin fuelled viking galley burning, kicks off with the junior Up Helly Aa squad’s from the local school. It warms the streets ahead of the main procession later. Three cheers to the Junior Jarl Squad! 🪓🔥🔥 #UpHellyAa #Shetland

Hear them roar! Guizer Jarl Calum Grains and his squad of 61 Vikings are taking to the streets of Lerwick! 🔥 #Shetland #UpHellyAa

Well that was amazing 🤩 #uphellyaa #Shetland

The #UpHellyAa going up in flames at the procession earlier tonight. More to come at https://t.co/DssMwxOiyG

What an incredible experience! Lerwick Up Helly Aa 2024 #Shetland #Uphellyaa

🔥✨ Celebrate the end of the #Yule season end of January in epic style at #UpHellyAa in Lerwick, Shetland Islands Origin: 1881. This fire festival, one of the U.K.'s largest, resurrects Viking heritage with participants decked out as Vikings, culminating in the dramatic burning

Up Helly Aa! Lerwick, Shetland this evening! #uphellyaa #shetland

1000 flaming torches, 50 mph winds, one big party. The 2023 #UpHellyAa galley burning in Lerwick, #Shetland yesterday evening 🔥🔥🔥 @VisitScotland @PromoteShetland @Shetnews @stormhour @NLFerries @JudithRalston @Juddhunt1 @ShetlandLibrary

The Up Helly Aa jarl squad was in fine voice earlier this morning as they walked through Lerwick ahead of a busy day - and night - ahead. Read more at https://t.co/DssMwxOQoe #uphellyaa

Embers fill the sky in Lerwick during the torchlight procession and burning of the galley at Up Helly Aa :: #Shetland #Lerwick #Scotland #UpHellyAa #fire #Vikings

There are so many unique experiences to try in #Scotland! 😍Have YOU ever attended an #UpHellyAa fire festival? 🔥@PromoteShetland

Today is #uphellyaa and I thought I would share some of the amazing costumes #Shetland

And that's the Cullivoe Up Helly AA galley Lastdragar well alight on Friday evening. All the best to Jarl Brian Spence and his squad of Vikings @shetnews #UphellyAa

NHS Shetland's Senior Charge Nurse Heather Tulloch, staff, and patients welcomed the Up Helly Aa Guizer Jarl Richard Moar (aka King Harald Olafsson), squad and musicians to the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick today. Thanks again for all the dancing and fun 🔥❤️🎶 #uphellyaa

‘Third generation’ jarl leads most northerly #UpHellyAa Story here: https://t.co/O9qwyFaCUC via @Shetnews