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Map of places in Shetland compiled from this list The List of places in Shetland is a list for any island, town, village or hamlet in the Shetland Islands council area of Scotland.
Boats at the Shetland Museum. The building sits on the shore of the biggest exhibit, the Category B listed Hay's Dock, which was built in 1815 by the company Hay & Ogilvy. As part of the project the dock area has seen major refurbishment works including the restoration of the pier house, and dredging of the dock itself, which will be home to the museum's floating exhibits.
Lerwick (/ ˈ l ɛ r ɪ k / or / ˈ l ɜː r w ɪ k /; Old Norse: Leirvik; Norn: Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick had a population of about 7,000 residents in 2010. [3] It is the northernmost major settlement within the United Kingdom.
Shetland News. 26 October 2022 "Walls Junior Up Helly Aa". Shetland.org; Up Helly A' Official Programme 2020. Lerwick: The Shetland Times. 28 January 2020. pp. 9– 11. Up Helly A' Official Programme 2024. Lerwick: The Shetland Times. 30 January 2024. pp. 5, 13. ISBN 9781904746539.
Mareel is designed as a multi use venue [1] and hub for the creative industries. [2] The site is near the new Shetland Museum and Archives in Lerwick. [3] Shetland Arts are the lead agency behind the project, Gareth Hoskins were the architects and D.I.T.T. the building contractors. [4]
The Lerwick Up-Helly Aa was first established by the Total Abstinence Society in the 1870s to give the young men who would otherwise drink themselves silly something to do. [citation needed] The name itself derives from Upholiday, the lowland Scots' word for Twelfth Day, and was brought by them to the Shetland Islands in the 19th century. [13]
There are so many things to love about the Shetland Sheepdog that we have a feeling they’ll be at the top of your wish list by the time you finish reading this — if you don’t already have ...
This is a list of Shetland islands in Scotland. The Shetland archipelago is located 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of mainland Scotland and the capital Lerwick is almost equidistant from Bergen in Norway and Aberdeen in Scotland. [1] The Shetland archipelago comprises about 300 islands and skerries, of which 16 are inhabited.