Residents of Shetland in the UK celebrate their Viking heritage at the Up Helly Aa fire festival, held in Lerwick.View on euronews ...

The streets of Lerwick are once again filled with fire and smoke as Shetland holds its world famous Up Helly Aa fire festival ...

Its members, who become Vikings for the day, wear custom-made suits, axes and shields. They also have to build their own replica galley - a Viking long ship - that will be set on fire at the end ...

The team building the replica of a famous Anglo-Saxon burial ship have told of their aspirations to eventually sail it down ...

The team building the replica of a famous Anglo-Saxon burial ... "Maybe we'll get across to Denmark and have a drag race with the Viking ships." The ship is between 50 and 60% complete and reaches ...

A REPLICA Viking longboat is set to be displayed in York city centre before setting sail later this year. “Stormbird” measures 30 feet in length and will be shown off in Parliament Street at this year ...