The Up Helly Aa celebration proves that where's there's smoke, there could be a horde of dressed up, torch-carrying Scots close behind
It's no accident that we included Up Helly Aa, the self-proclaimed "Europe's largest fire festival," in our master list of crazy fun things to do in 2013.
Officially running since the 1880s in Lerwick on the Scottish Shetland Islands, the festival has its roots in an uproarious celebration for sailors and soldiers returning home after weeks at sea.
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