Around a thousand guizers in costume, led by a Viking squad, carry burning torches through Lerwick behind a replica Viking galley. They surround it and throw their torches in, then visit halls round the town through the night.
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Free, Free to watch outdoors; tickets to the halls are very limited.
© Mike PenningtonCC BY-SA 2.0 Sets off from
Hillhead
The torchlit procession walks from Hillhead through the town to the King George V playing field, where the galley is burned. The public watches from outside the burning site.
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