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Up Helly-Aa 27 January 2009, Lerwick, Shetland


The largest and finest fire festival in Europe, where around 1000 "Guizers" parade with this year's Guizer Jarl Stephen Mouat through Lerwick and on to the spectacular burning of the magnificent galley "Is Bjorn". With images of some of the processions, visits, the burning and a taster of some of the guizers' acts, these pages give a flavour of this year's events.

 

Galley Photo

 

Jarl Stephen Mouat and Tommy Watt at Museum

 

Galley Is Bjorn well alight

 

Pandas

The Morning procession to the Market Cross and Galley Photo

 

The Jarl Squad's visit to the Lerwick Museum and Archive, Hay's Dock

 

The evening Torchlight Procession, Galley Burning and Fireworks

 

Some of the visiting squads at Sound Hall, Lerwick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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