The Shetlanders - The Cultured Crofters

Meet the Shetlanders - a series of films featuring people who have chosen to make Shetland their home.
Here we introduce you to Tim and Floortje, who live on Shetland's west side with their daughter. Watch their film and learn more about their life in Shetland.
Tim and Floortje aren’t exactly what you might imagine when you think of Shetland crofters. He’s got tattoos and a not-quite rockabilly quiff; she’s got a short back and sides and a nose ring. They help look after some of the 125 sheep owned by Floortje’s family-but they also wouldn’t look out of place on London Fields.
When they’re not crofting, Tim and Floortje both work at Mareel, Lerwick’s slightly left-field arts and culture centre, which is all Scandi-style blonde wood, slick branding and big windows overlooking the harbour. It’s got gallery spaces, an arthouse cinema and spaces for students to study film-making and music, including state-of-the-art recording studios.
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[@Midnight-Sun907]

I get the strongest ache in my soul watching this. I’ve grown up in Alaska, and recently traced my genetics back to the Shetland Islands. At 29 years old, I already know that this life, this wonderful life that you have with your family is the one that I long for.
I can’t live without Nature, and all I want in life is to have a family to enjoy the world with me. Why is it that something so simple, is so hard to come by.

[@DrPfeiffer]

The sound on this video is set too low, almost impossible to hear them. 🥲