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Sommerakademiet arrangerer turer til Shetland, Orknøyene og Hebridene. Se program http://www.sommerakademiet.com/index.html

Shetlands annual Viking and fire festival coming up Tuesday 26. January http://www.uphellyaa.org/

(Sorry, no picture from the festival, so here’s a typical kale yard instead)

Dublin is nr. 3 on Lonely Planet list of 10 top cities to see in 2016 – read more:

Source: Lonely Planet: Dublin – Top ten cities 2016

Curious about Scandinavian footprints in Scotland? Read the New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/travel/scotland-viking-history.html

Shetland’s 28th Accordion & Fiddle Festival will be held between Thursday 8th – Monday 12th October 2015.
«The festival is a must for anyone who enjoys the sound of traditional music and has the stamina to absorb it for four hectic days.»

(photo: Kirsti MacDonald Jareg)

http://www.shetland.org/things/events/music/accordion-fiddle-festival

(Foto: Kirsti MacDonald Jareg)

Fiddle Frenzie er Shetlands årlige feiring av den shetlandske fela og øygruppens distinkte spillestil. Musikere fra hele Europa kommer for å delta i workshops, høre hverandre og glede seg over øyene. Men festivalen trenger også publikum – så kom selv om du ikke spiller!
http://www.shetlandarts.org/whats-on/festivals/fiddle-frenzy/

The beautiful, sandy island of Tiree host this annual festival http://tireemusicfestival.co.uk/
Looking forward to it, my first time!

(Photo: Kirsti MacDonald Jareg)

A Scottish Distillery Celebrates 200 Years by Changing Absolutely Nothing.
Read article and see film: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/13/inside-scottish-whisky-distillery-laphroaig-video/?_r=0

(Photo and copyright: Kirsti MacDonald Jareg)

The author on four decades of inspiration from the austere but beautiful islands that you must call Shetland and not the Shetlands. Shetland’s influences are far more Scandinavian than Celtic. Lerwick is closer to Bergen than Edinburgh. Some visitors expect people to speak Gaelic and that there are going to be cèilidhs. Shetland belonged to Norway until the 15th century and while there is traditional music, it’s not Scottish: http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/may/15/ann-cleeves-shetland-islands-breaks-holidays