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Up Helly Aa
🇬🇧LerwickUnited Kingdom
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Up Helly Aa
🇬🇧 Lerwick · January 2027
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Torches, embers and controlled destruction. Fire festivals burn the old year literally, and the crowd watches the sky turn orange.
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A thousand torches, one burning longship, at 60 degrees north.
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The last Tuesday in January, a town of 7,000 dresses as Vikings and burns a full-size galley in front of the town hall.
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