The unofficial A-Z of Shetland

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  • Опубликовано: 23 сен 2013
  • Aimed at those coming to live and work in Shetland and with a sensible dose of humour.
    Find out more about Shetland as a place to visit, live and work here: www.shetland.org
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Комментарии • 296

  • @bobcollier001
    @bobcollier001 10 лет назад +71

    That was really fun. Thank you. I met the girl who became my wife in Shetland, in 1974, when I came up from England for the fiddle music. Spent three summers in a row working at Shetland Seafoods, where the Mareel complex is now. One of my abiding memories is of getting thrown out of The Planets along with a Glaswegian friend of mine - in a perverse kind of way, I'm rather proud of that achievement, but I'm a reformed character these days. My wife and I live in Australia now. We came over for a visit in 2012 after we read about Mareel on the internet. I'd forgotten how strong - and constant - the wind is. I remember the Sullom Voe refinery being built, went to see it on our visit, and drove up to Muckle Flugga, first time on Unst. I was in that northernmost shop. Shetland certainly is a special place and long may it be so.

    • @katy3901
      @katy3901 4 года назад +5

      This was wonderful to read. I hope Australia's treating you well!

    • @itsonlyacommentsnowflake3346
      @itsonlyacommentsnowflake3346 4 года назад +2

      Nice story, thanks for sharing.

    • @Blue24Osprey
      @Blue24Osprey Год назад

      Interesting reading your memories, thanks. 1974 huh - long time ago.......

  • @lisachiapputo3178
    @lisachiapputo3178 10 лет назад +44

    Ah, you know it's a great place when you have to pause the video halfway through to look up how much the flights there will cost. :D

    • @defalt_11x26
      @defalt_11x26 8 лет назад +8

      The flights are as bumby as you can get so get there with your own windy risk but it's worth living here

    • @rachhhhhh90
      @rachhhhhh90 3 года назад +1

      Spoiler- loads

    • @shrutijoshi421
      @shrutijoshi421 3 года назад

      @@defalt_11x26 q

  • @leahl6625
    @leahl6625 5 лет назад +6

    Idk how many times I’ve watched this but it’s amazing!! Living on shetland from mainland been here for 1 and a half years best choice ever made... ❤️

    • @PromoteShetland
      @PromoteShetland  5 лет назад

      Excellent! Glad you hear you're loving Shetland :)

  • @ThadmanKane
    @ThadmanKane 10 лет назад +12

    Nothing like a short vacation to a place I'll never be able to afford to get to! Thanks!

  • @jackieshanley5706
    @jackieshanley5706 9 лет назад +9

    we, an american married to a brit and living near london....yuk....havent had a vacation in 4 years.....we discussed everything from germany to spain....but after 2 vacations in scotland about 6 and 8 years ago, we talked, hubby gave free reigns and i picked shteland to consider first. well, we LOVE to laugh and i can honestly say the A TO Z video has me sold....and with very little prodding, i am sure i can convince my husband to take the ride up and out in April [knowing it will still be chilly, yes] to as far in the islands as we can manage!!!! Thanks for the laughs and the introduction.....getting excited already for the probable trip north!!!

  • @julia-soloonthetrains2245
    @julia-soloonthetrains2245 4 года назад +2

    Wonderful. Watching this on a bus in western Australia, can't wait to get back!

  • @lauralbriar
    @lauralbriar 9 лет назад +15

    Really enjoyed this video and wee look at Shetland! We are planning a month to Scotland as our once in a lifetime holiday - and Shetland is on the list of "must see" - hope to spend at least a week there. Thank you for the video from fans in Canada!

  • @gilmoyes8950
    @gilmoyes8950 10 лет назад +1

    My father was born in the Shetland, and I have many great memories of summer holidays in the islands.

  • @yayforgreentrees
    @yayforgreentrees 6 лет назад +11

    This made me laugh so hard and is really well-produced. Thanks for sharing.

  • @robrtduke
    @robrtduke 7 лет назад +2

    Came to this by way of researching the locales in Ann Cleeves's books, of course. What a super video -- charming and clever and very funny. Makes me want to leave my apartment in NYC and wander through Shetland.

  • @gslgilber1
    @gslgilber1 10 лет назад +1

    AZee da best advert for Shetland i'm seen fur a start - superb

  • @mariohaase
    @mariohaase 3 года назад +3

    Very well done and funny! I am looking forward to spend part of my sabatical next year on Shetland isles. I will watch out for this guy with remarkable sideburns.

  • @evelynfreeman9215
    @evelynfreeman9215 9 лет назад +1

    What a great wee film. Well done JJ, Bryan, Joanne, Stevie and all the team. I lived there for many years and worked with all these great people in the Bongshang days. I miss the place so much, without doubt the best place I have, or will ever live, and I have lived and worked in lots of countries.
    All the very best to you all and have one in the Lounge for me.

  • @coplandsmith3461
    @coplandsmith3461 8 лет назад +1

    Brilliant! Brought back lots of memories.

  • @Rosie99999
    @Rosie99999 Год назад +1

    Thanks, I want to visit Shetland more now 😃💙

  • @apexxxx10
    @apexxxx10 5 лет назад +1

    *Drehbuch & Konzept: Kamera, Ton und Schnitt SUPER! Dankeschön Bangkok-Johnny*

  • @JOHNNYCRAIG
    @JOHNNYCRAIG 4 года назад +2

    Loved that video! Shetland will always hold a special place in my heart 😍

  • @michaeltaylor3358
    @michaeltaylor3358 6 лет назад +4

    One of the best videos I’ve seen on RUclips. Very professional! I’m hoping to go to Unst in January to see where my dad was stationed at Saxa Vord, Thank you!

  • @NickHewlettTHATCHIT
    @NickHewlettTHATCHIT 2 года назад

    Brilliant Great Fun!!!
    I did a removal from RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire to RAF Saxaford.
    Early Eighties.
    One of the most memorable journeys in my life.
    A Wobderful Journey!!!
    Thank-you for Your Video.
    FAB😅😜💃💭🤺
    PS.
    Can't wait to Go Back.!!! ⛵🐸🤺

  • @davecooper3238
    @davecooper3238 2 месяца назад

    Shetland. The good lady & I first visited in the early 1990s. Only really meant to go once. We have been back on twenty three occasions.

  • @bevanpope7924
    @bevanpope7924 4 года назад +3

    That was absolutely brilliant!
    Hilarious and informative at the same time.. thanks for making and sharing. From Hermanus, South Africa. (Almost the most Southerly town in Africa)

  • @AMMandrea123
    @AMMandrea123 7 лет назад +1

    Looks lovely! Can't wait to visit.

  • @bigtonview
    @bigtonview 10 лет назад +2

    Very funny, Shetland and our culture down to a t! Well done to all involved in the production.

  • @MyWoodrowForever
    @MyWoodrowForever 2 года назад

    I LOVED this! I "learned" about Shetland by watching the TV crime drama by the same name - and now I want to visit - from Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada.

  • @samfischer1970
    @samfischer1970 7 лет назад

    Thank you for this great movie !!!

  • @thewomenshearth6804
    @thewomenshearth6804 6 лет назад +4

    This is wonderful. Thank you! Really useful info and very amusing. You are a crack up!

  • @anthonyodonnell8724
    @anthonyodonnell8724 7 лет назад +1

    This was hilarious. Thanks for making.

  • @Julie090995
    @Julie090995 10 лет назад +1

    Absolutely fantastic!

  • @alanpatey620
    @alanpatey620 4 года назад

    Excellent - going up this weekend - can't wait!

  • @valeriebishop561
    @valeriebishop561 3 года назад

    I am seeing this for the first time during the event-that-shall-not-be-named.... emmm and dreaming....! Brilliant job!

  • @renderizer01
    @renderizer01 7 лет назад

    It's plain to see that the craic is mighty in Shetland. Thanks for the video. 👍

  • @MsWendy0303
    @MsWendy0303 10 лет назад +5

    You made my day, what a good laugh !

  • @raysummers8958
    @raysummers8958 5 лет назад +1

    Fantastic place and People spent a week there in 2018. Would love to go back for longer.

  • @stevegoddard9756
    @stevegoddard9756 4 года назад

    Brilliant! Cheered me up.😀

  • @AnkushDey1
    @AnkushDey1 6 лет назад +2

    Loved the video and introduction ... got interested because of the detective series Shetland ... Love from India!

  • @monicalifornia_
    @monicalifornia_ 4 года назад +2

    This is hilarious.
    Great job!
    👍❤

  • @sallydavis739
    @sallydavis739 3 года назад

    That was a great video
    Seeing Hazel Tindall was the best
    Looking forward to visiting Shetland again when we are able to😊🇨🇦

  • @heatherrobertson1652
    @heatherrobertson1652 4 года назад

    Oh my word, I love a good laugh! :D Looking forward to a visit!

  • @BarneyLeith
    @BarneyLeith 10 лет назад +1

    Wonderfully funny and reminds me of the good times I spent in Shetland.

  • @aussiebritophile9241
    @aussiebritophile9241 6 лет назад

    Great video. Myself and my family are visiting for a holiday and can't wait to visit Shetland.

  • @ApehangerUK
    @ApehangerUK 10 лет назад +1

    Brilliant! Well done.

  • @sonnenhut2868
    @sonnenhut2868 4 года назад +1

    Lovely Shetland! I love to be there in holidays 😍. Greetings from Germany

  • @civilwheels
    @civilwheels 9 лет назад +2

    I really enjoyed this Video,,, gave good Advice with a great dash of tasteful humour,,,

  • @yakacm
    @yakacm 7 лет назад +6

    Great video, I'm moving from Glasgow.

  • @spiggiewiggie
    @spiggiewiggie 10 лет назад +1

    Very proud to be the 15,000th watcher! Hilarious film - love it. Ready to pack my bags and move north now!

    • @walshjable
      @walshjable 4 года назад +1

      Hi spiggie i lived in the Spiggie flats in the 80s 4 miles from Sumburgh airport give the area a visit if you ever go stunning

  • @pauldormont4470
    @pauldormont4470 6 лет назад +1

    Great fun video. Well Done and informative!

  • @neilstocks7477
    @neilstocks7477 10 лет назад +1

    Brilliant Bryan & Co, highly entertaining and fuuny as..............
    Keep it up, we want more... :)

  • @jeanpierre3930
    @jeanpierre3930 9 лет назад

    Thank for your kindness and I'will appreciate your kindness

  • @MEDZI0T0JAS
    @MEDZI0T0JAS 10 лет назад +2

    Thoroughly entertaining video. Well done to all involved.

  • @toyalauren82
    @toyalauren82 9 лет назад +2

    Fun and informative. I like it.

  • @LisaHouserman
    @LisaHouserman 3 года назад

    WONDERFUL!

  • @op-pv2nn
    @op-pv2nn 3 года назад

    I’m headed there soon. Loved the puffin scene. Good on you.

  • @Soyouvebeendumped
    @Soyouvebeendumped 8 лет назад +2

    I love this video. Well done. Shetland's on my list :)

  • @3trilogy
    @3trilogy 8 лет назад +2

    Great video, but I don't have what it takes to deal with the constant cold! Beautiful scenery. Bet the lady knows how to knit a warm sweater. For staying warm nothing beats real wool!

  • @angge4261
    @angge4261 2 года назад

    Bloody marvelous.

  • @mrsvickrey
    @mrsvickrey 6 лет назад +2

    Thanks a lot for this video. I found it quite informative and fun. It's increased my desire to visit Shetland someday. :-)

  • @bergjagger
    @bergjagger 10 лет назад +1

    I love it so funny, great piece of work!

  • @jaclynallen6911
    @jaclynallen6911 5 лет назад

    Allo from Texas! We will visit hopefully soon!!

  • @normannormiemates4844
    @normannormiemates4844 9 лет назад +2

    I went there about 9 years ago. I'll have to go back to visit my pa who live in Unst.

  • @thomasldeanjr3337
    @thomasldeanjr3337 5 лет назад

    LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Thank you !

  • @adelmeka5552
    @adelmeka5552 7 лет назад

    hello from algeria
    Shetland looks amazing, & good video by the way

  • @Clavinovaman
    @Clavinovaman 4 года назад +1

    Super video chaps. Thoroughly enjoyed that - one for my bucket list to visit Shetland.
    What about doing a video for Scarborough or Skermersdale?

  • @88happiness
    @88happiness 3 года назад +1

    10 flights is more than I expected. The area my parents live in only has 2 each way a day. Shetland is obviously alot bigger.

  • @vikkibrown1988
    @vikkibrown1988 5 лет назад

    This is a great video shows Shetland for all people that have never been here before. Definitely worth visiting x

    • @catc8164
      @catc8164 5 лет назад

      Vikki Brown i bet, hope to be able to visit this soon. 🤭😁

    • @vikkibrown1988
      @vikkibrown1988 5 лет назад

      @@catc8164 if you was able to visit you would surely fall in love with Shetland and never want to leave x

  • @florence1368
    @florence1368 3 года назад

    Loved the video❤️ from Australia

  • @deborahlanemcguire4315
    @deborahlanemcguire4315 Год назад

    Delightful!

  • @katespin99
    @katespin99 3 года назад

    That was hilarious. Can’t wait to visit now.

  • @danvitesse
    @danvitesse Год назад

    Pretty much spot on! :)

  • @remyworldpeace
    @remyworldpeace 10 лет назад

    Loved this

  • @aldohook8372
    @aldohook8372 4 года назад +1

    Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @yourforte
    @yourforte 10 лет назад +1

    Amusing and informative video.

  • @Welovecostaricanew
    @Welovecostaricanew 7 лет назад

    Luvvit! What a great, fun video...

  • @Kerpieanne
    @Kerpieanne 4 года назад

    That was great.

  • @itzzjok3rzz208
    @itzzjok3rzz208 6 лет назад +1

    Ahhh love that Twatt sign

  • @HalgaDoy
    @HalgaDoy 7 лет назад +1

    This was very informative and the little jokes made this very amusing to watch. I did not know that Shetland is also known as Hjaltland. I might just use that one from now on. One thing that I noticed is that the sign at 3:57 says Leirvík (Old Norse: Muddy Bay). We, in the Faroe Islands and Iceland, still use these nordic words and, here, "leir" means clay, not mud. I don't know if this is a translation error or the word just got changed throughout history.

  • @richardnotestine1766
    @richardnotestine1766 9 лет назад

    Brilliant!

  • @Desertrosesage
    @Desertrosesage Год назад +1

    😂 Loved it thanks for sharing ❤

  • @macfir8124
    @macfir8124 3 года назад

    I just back from Shetlands. Amazing islands. I am probably first Pole motorbiker there ever.Mainland/Yell/Unst 2021.

  • @Peccath
    @Peccath 7 лет назад +3

    As a Finn, I appreciate your flag design ;)

  • @Vindsong
    @Vindsong 4 месяца назад

    Just brilliant😂❤

  • @oddities-whatnot
    @oddities-whatnot 5 лет назад +9

    3:57 where Jimmy Perez lives

    • @JodanKenshi47
      @JodanKenshi47 4 года назад

      Simon George saw that too! Easter egg for the fans

  • @silenced1207
    @silenced1207 3 года назад

    Love Shetland, been there around 20 times, I'd move there if I could.

  • @carinamclatchie2345
    @carinamclatchie2345 10 лет назад

    Brilliant, weel done!

  • @fremlander
    @fremlander 10 лет назад

    Incredibly good!

  • @mrsbosscat
    @mrsbosscat 10 лет назад +1

    Brilliant x

  • @macfir8124
    @macfir8124 3 года назад

    I already miss Shetlands...

  • @mary-kittybonkers2374
    @mary-kittybonkers2374 4 года назад +3

    That was hilarious, thank you for making me giggle. I’d love to visit to experience the culture and community, the landscape, the wildlife, the Simmer Dim and the Aurora Borealis...probably not at the same time🤔. I have seen the Aurora Borealis and the bird life remotely by webcam. By the way were you(presenter) the little boy dressed as a Viking?

  • @alishadb
    @alishadb 10 лет назад

    class video !!

  • @ginnienuckles3992
    @ginnienuckles3992 3 года назад

    Great fun ,,

  • @silverstartrucker
    @silverstartrucker 10 лет назад

    I will be returning to Shetland for a 5 day holiday in May, not driving a truck though...I cannot wait to get back...

  • @chriscoughlan5221
    @chriscoughlan5221 3 года назад

    I fell in love in Lerwick Youth Hostel. She was a Parisian.

  • @donahbohannon1211
    @donahbohannon1211 3 года назад

    Loved this! Just one question...
    What the heck was that thing that represented the letter “R”? 🧐

  • @chelackie
    @chelackie 4 года назад +1

    Hah! Very funny! Loved it. I'm fre' Aberdeen ... originally

  • @jacktillotson1959
    @jacktillotson1959 5 лет назад

    I'm an artist living in Los Angeles. I'm goin to make my way there this year. Burrrrrrrrr!!!!!! Can't wait!!!!

  • @lilackirsty3393
    @lilackirsty3393 10 лет назад

    Brilliant! :D

  • @asadullahmaan3482
    @asadullahmaan3482 6 лет назад

    Hahahah great video.Just watched the crime investigation series Shetland so wanted to know more of the place and your vid really helped 👌👍😂

  • @tomorrowmaybetoolate5853
    @tomorrowmaybetoolate5853 8 лет назад

    excellent well done

  • @affalaffaa
    @affalaffaa 10 лет назад +20

    Good vid. But don't be lulled into thinking it's all sweetness and light up there. The birds run things. If, like me, you knew that birds flew and made nests then going there will open your eyes to the sheer brutalism that they met out to each other and most of all you, the human. Don't know if it was just because I was wandering around on my own or if they just basically didn't like me but I got a great deal of attention from a Bonxie on Mousa, a Tern on Skaw beach and when ever I came within 800m of an oyster catcher they let me know in no uncertain terms with a call from hell itself. Left me a twitching, paranoid mess, on full alert whenever I saw a tern or skua. They look beautiful but punch very much above their weight. Local guy told me to hold a stick above my head, didn't have any problems after that. Learned alot of things about wildlife in the two weeks there, mainly that oyster catchers are dicks. Will be going back at the earliest opportunity

    • @shenruivah
      @shenruivah 5 лет назад +7

      This is my favourite comment ever on RUclips now.

  • @philippagort-barten2517
    @philippagort-barten2517 4 года назад

    this is just SO fantastic!! tickled me pink ;-) .

  • @Lemanic89
    @Lemanic89 7 лет назад +1

    Hello from Gothenburg!