Invaders from the Norse 🇳🇴🇩🇰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔥 Footage from Up Helly Aa 2025 and 2026 plus @edhogmanay Torchlight Procession 2025 . Up Helly Aa is a traditional winter fire festival in Scotland’s Shetland Islands, celebrating their Viking heritage. . Shetland was part of the Kingdom of Norway for centuries. It became Scottish in 1469, when it was pledged to Scotland as part of a dowry agreement for a royal marriage—and it was never redeemed. Norwegian influence still shows strongly in Shetland