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Böd of Gremista
There's a lot of memorabilia at the Böd of Gremista, a restored 18th-century fishing booth. The highlight is definately the chatty old salt who shows visitors around and gives an unmistakeable air of authenticity to the whole experience.
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Clickimin Broch
The fortified site of Clickimin Broch was occupied from the 7th century BC to the 6th century AD. It's impressively large and its setting on a small loch gives it a feeling of being removed from the present-day - unusual given the surrounding urban encroachment.
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Up-Helly-Aa Exhibition
The Up-Helly-Aa Exhibition explains the bizarre, annual Viking fire festival. Up-Helly-Aa is all about fancy dress and pageantry: costumed revellers with flaming torches lug a wooden galley through Lerwick to the designated torching site. This festival for pyros dates back to Norse times, when Vikings celebrated the rebirth of the sun at Yule by torching a longship in the bay.
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