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Cultures·United Kingdom
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United Kingdom

On the last Tuesday of January, Shetland marches a hand-built Viking galley through the winter dark and burns it — light and common purpose at the year’s bleakest point.

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    United Kingdom· Europe
    January 26, 2027

    Up Helly Aa — the fire procession

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