EXPLORING LERWICK - SHETLAND

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  • Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
  • Wander around the streets of this fascinating township on the Shetland Islands.

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  • @ThomasLindstrom-di8so
    @ThomasLindstrom-di8so 7 месяцев назад +2

    I visit Shetland and Lerwick i the year 2000. It was one of the best journeys I’v ever made. One of the most beautiful memorys was meeting a very nice dancingteatcher. For a brief moment I had the idea not going back to Sweden.😊❤️ I often think back to that time, some day I will return.😍

  • @apocalypse2819
    @apocalypse2819 6 месяцев назад +2

    I lived on the other side of Shetland, in Hamnavoe when I was 8-10 and really didn't realise how lucky I was. 19 years later I still haven't been back but am planning to visit, maybe even move permanently one day.

  • @roryjohnston7077
    @roryjohnston7077 6 лет назад +71

    This video is excellent!! So well made, well informed too! I’m from shetland and I’m constantly cringing at bad videos with historical inaccuracies but there’s not a flaw in this. Thank you very much sir for this.

    • @elsie4802
      @elsie4802 4 года назад +2

      Rory Johnston Yes I agree! I’m going to Shetland this summer, do you have any recommendations on things I should do/see there?

    • @christophercarmody7094
      @christophercarmody7094 4 года назад +1

      Rory Johnson can you get me fixed up with a Scottish heffer on your island.

    • @MrBocal
      @MrBocal 2 года назад +1

      I live in Split city on Adriatic coast, but I find very inspiring this video of northern Shetland capitol.

    • @Perthshire
      @Perthshire 2 года назад

      @@christophercarmody7094 don’t be an ass

    • @tiagomichel
      @tiagomichel 2 года назад

      I live all the way down in Brazil, but for some reason this Island in Europe got my attention. It is a nice place you live there.

  • @JohnMichaelson
    @JohnMichaelson 5 лет назад +24

    Such a nice town, thank you very much for sharing it with those of us who enjoy exploring these places still not overrun by the madness of modern life.

  • @wendi2819
    @wendi2819 2 года назад +5

    The series SHETLAND made me want to know all about SHETLAND. I wish I could get there from USA. But I doubt I ever will. Thanks for this lovely video!💗💗💗

    • @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS
      @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS  2 года назад +1

      Thank you. You may be interested in hunting out the Shetland Tourist Centre. They put out a monthly newsletter, Promote Shetland. It's full of interesting stories of Shetland life. info@shetland.org

    • @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS
      @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS  2 года назад +1

      www.shetland.org for the Tourist Office web page.

  • @jamesseabolt5915
    @jamesseabolt5915 5 лет назад +4

    I live in California and Shetland is number 1 on my bucket list. Beautiful place.

  • @chrisp267
    @chrisp267 6 лет назад +12

    Great video! I love Shetland! Thanks for sharing!

  • @robertauchterlonie3545
    @robertauchterlonie3545 4 года назад +5

    My father was posted to Lerwick from Sheerness on the Isle of Sheeppy when I was 7 or 8. We live in the quarters inside Fort Charlotte.

  • @jeremyhaines4481
    @jeremyhaines4481 4 года назад +8

    I want to visit the Shetland Islands one day x

    • @andrewinnes7318
      @andrewinnes7318 3 года назад +1

      Nice video music a bit load as hard to hear him speak

  • @annbergman6533
    @annbergman6533 4 года назад +7

    I´m from Sweden and I´m planning to go to Lerwick in August. Looking forward to it.

    • @elsie4802
      @elsie4802 4 года назад +1

      Ann Bergman Same!! Jag är också från Sverige och ska åka dit i sommar!😊

    • @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS
      @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS  4 года назад

      Are you any relation to my favourite film director Ingmar Bergman? I enjoyed visiting Faro and the Bergman centre in 2015.

  • @amandahursycomedy
    @amandahursycomedy 4 года назад +3

    I'm from Glasgow, visited shetlands for work, selling irn bru to cash and carry , such a beautiful gorgeous place x

  • @patricialetort7360
    @patricialetort7360 4 года назад +2

    What a beautiful place to live!! Be proud of where you live!!! This place is beautiful!! Peaceful!!

  • @timjarvis9078
    @timjarvis9078 6 месяцев назад

    Planing my 40th birthday trip there in 2028, I’ve been a big fan of the crime show Shetland and just love the natural beauty of the landscape and its amazing historic buildings and towns. Can’t wait to venture there.

  • @frankprice7575
    @frankprice7575 Год назад

    Wonderful video. Have always wanted to visit Lerwick. Now I feel I have, thank you

  • @HazelAgnes48
    @HazelAgnes48 6 лет назад +8

    Lovely video. I was there last week.Hazel.

  • @rileyhoffman6629
    @rileyhoffman6629 2 года назад

    Enjoyed this very much. Thanks.

  • @idatipping2428
    @idatipping2428 4 года назад +1

    Would love to see more around UK, whenever possible, thank you once more

  • @nancyfischer6211
    @nancyfischer6211 5 лет назад +20

    Great video. I’m so in love with Shetland. I have visited three times and there will be more!

    • @randomaudio9440
      @randomaudio9440 4 года назад +3

      be happy that you don't live there cause i live there and it is always so cold even in summer it can down to 6 degrees

    • @iievxlyn_bearii790
      @iievxlyn_bearii790 3 года назад +3

      I live there and it’s quite boring

    • @wendi2819
      @wendi2819 2 года назад

      Lucky you! I'd love to sail across the North Sea there! I love ocean voyages!! It just looks so magical and unique!💗

    • @loveinthelandfill1124
      @loveinthelandfill1124 Год назад

      I love old ladies.

  • @idatipping2428
    @idatipping2428 4 года назад +2

    Very good thank, lots of information, great images, well done 👍👏

  • @venkat2016
    @venkat2016 4 года назад +5

    Detective Inspector D.I. Perez Drove me Here 😬😬😬

    • @michaelinkster4977
      @michaelinkster4977 3 года назад

      Thought he was a fictional character, certainly never knew he drove taxis!

    • @susannah1948
      @susannah1948 3 года назад

      Venkat me too!

  • @helend222
    @helend222 2 года назад +2

    Well done. Excellent content. Facts and figures not just touristy jargon. Will subscribe to hear more videos. (Australia)

  • @wavejumpinseadoo
    @wavejumpinseadoo 5 месяцев назад

    What a gem of a video! I feel as though I’ve visited Shetland yet all I have here in Canada is my Shetland Sheepdog laying at my feet

  • @PS-Straya_M8
    @PS-Straya_M8 3 года назад +2

    That hostel looks better than most hotels!

  • @cannyexplorer5357
    @cannyexplorer5357 3 года назад +2

    My wish one day is to be able to visit this wonderful place and to place a remembrance poppy on my uncle’s grave in the cemetery above Lerwick.

  • @stewartmathers9831
    @stewartmathers9831 2 года назад

    Good to see the lounge and the queens still there drank in both of them in1979 when I was painting the school great memories

  • @ianjunitedk
    @ianjunitedk 3 месяца назад

    Very pretty scenery. In some ways, I guess depending on what you do for work, your age, lifestyle choice, etc, it might even be better to live there there in Mainland UK nowadays! Thanks for sharing the video:)

  • @sarahhunter5757
    @sarahhunter5757 Год назад +1

    As a Shetlander, I’m very impressed with this video that you made.

  • @rimasmeleshyus9486
    @rimasmeleshyus9486 2 года назад

    Superb quality videos, fantastic to discover, many castle 🏰, thanks for sharing Greetings from Hawaii islands 🏝 ⛵

  • @trieverpup
    @trieverpup 4 года назад +2

    We were there last summer. Great place!!! Lovely!

    • @jyotirmayeemaan1830
      @jyotirmayeemaan1830 2 года назад

      Hi , is it cold during april ? And does the daylight stay till 11pm ? Cheers !

  • @martm216
    @martm216 3 года назад +2

    So distant from Britain's mainland, yet still part of us.

  • @dawnfitzpatrick652
    @dawnfitzpatrick652 3 года назад

    Lovely enjoyed we trip to Scotland never been there in shetlands 46 years in Canada

  • @Heavy_Distortion
    @Heavy_Distortion 5 лет назад +9

    Lerwick looks so cute. I must visit this place before I leave earth.

  • @mf5531
    @mf5531 5 лет назад

    excellent video.

  • @franciscoalvespereira9252
    @franciscoalvespereira9252 2 года назад

    I was on North Sea worker in 1986, but I never visited these beautiful islands. I plan to visit this nice place.

  • @alanwhitney3263
    @alanwhitney3263 2 года назад

    We went to Shetland in 2019, nice memories of Lerwick

  • @PaulGarthAviation
    @PaulGarthAviation 4 года назад +7

    Lived there when I was a wee lad in 1978/1979 - went to Dunrossness Primary. That building, with the steps going up from the water, was something to do with smuggling.

    • @Metal_Dinosaur
      @Metal_Dinosaur 3 года назад

      I started in 1981 with Mrs Kemp just missed ye lol

  • @TheScunneredMan
    @TheScunneredMan Год назад

    Was in the Orkneys many years ago, but never made it to the Northern neighbours. Sounds like an Aussie made video. Seems very good. Even Shetlanders say so.

  • @ultraparadoxical7610
    @ultraparadoxical7610 Год назад +2

    I love Shetland the series. It’s always surprising though that such a peaceful, beautiful place is so crime-ridden. 😂

    • @davecooper3238
      @davecooper3238 Год назад +1

      When it comes to murder Shetland has nothing on Midsomer. They have three sometimes four murders per episode.

  • @sahinakin9057
    @sahinakin9057 5 лет назад

    woo worth to go and see

  • @m.w.
    @m.w. 4 года назад +2

    Thank you for that. Beautiful! You should work for TV with your voice. .........👍🗣

  • @user-xx7qd2dd3r
    @user-xx7qd2dd3r 8 месяцев назад

    انا في مكان بعيد ولا استطيع الوصول الى هذه البلده الرائعه😢

  • @davecooper3238
    @davecooper3238 Год назад

    I attended the Shetland Simmer Dim Rally on twenty occasions. Lerwick used to have an excellent campsite were we stayed on after the rally. Unfortunately they have built a school on it. Bit of a swizz surrounding that. The Council said they would move the camp to another site in Lerwick. Did not happened because that has been also been built on.
    The accommodation barges are long gone.

  • @florence1368
    @florence1368 3 года назад

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @juliemead7366
    @juliemead7366 3 года назад +1

    What's the air quality like without trees?

  • @lucyslovelighttarot
    @lucyslovelighttarot 3 года назад +1

    Have they got a Lidl or Aldi yet? I’ve heard there is a petition for it

  • @damonturnbull5903
    @damonturnbull5903 3 года назад

    I live in Brisbane Queensland Australia looking forward to coming in Feb 0f 2022.

    • @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS
      @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS  3 года назад

      I am sure that you will enjoy a visit. At the moment though Shetland is in lock down for visitors. Did you know that you can get a monthly newsletter from the Shetland Tourist Office. Hunt out www.shetland.org

    • @damonturnbull5903
      @damonturnbull5903 3 года назад

      @@GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS I do now. Thank you. I will be subscribing to that.

  • @helend222
    @helend222 Год назад

    Thank you.

  • @ChristophersMum
    @ChristophersMum 3 года назад

    Lovely wee video...however the rock shown at 4:54 it isn't Runic script but Ogham.

  • @annehunter-compian1125
    @annehunter-compian1125 3 года назад +1

    I was wondering. Do flowers grow in Shetland climate. I see very little color in the videos I've seen.

    • @DiabeticZilla
      @DiabeticZilla 3 года назад +1

      as a Shetlander its 50/50 you can easy grow flowers but you dont see alot of wild flowers due to the really bad weather we get alot

    • @christrickett3291
      @christrickett3291 2 года назад

      They blow away 😅

  • @Zapp4rn
    @Zapp4rn 2 года назад +1

    Lerwick comes from old norse "Leirvík" which means "clay bay".

  • @peterdelight513
    @peterdelight513 4 года назад +2

    I’m thinking of going....how long would you recommend?

    • @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS
      @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS  4 года назад +5

      Hi Peter, If you just want to visit the town then a couple of days is fine. However with a rental car there is the opportunity to explore more of Shetland and at least five days would be good. I think that I spent five or six days there and could have done with more time to explore other islands which are linked by regular vehicular ferries. Contact the Shetland Tourist Centre in Lerwick for information. I foudn them to be very helpful nad they sent some useful publications.

    • @jasonjames6870
      @jasonjames6870 3 года назад +1

      The rest of your life, I didn't want to leave

    • @christrickett3291
      @christrickett3291 2 года назад +1

      @@jasonjames6870 But you're David's brother, surely you need to get back to Peckham?

    • @jasonjames6870
      @jasonjames6870 2 года назад

      @@christrickett3291 what are you going on about.

  • @randomaudio9440
    @randomaudio9440 4 года назад +4

    Well i live in Shetland and i have some different thoughts about where i live

    • @m.w.
      @m.w. 4 года назад +1

      Do you not feel comfortable?
      Is it because economic prroblems?
      It's clear that tourists like us see your isle in a romantic way. ....🤔

  • @gatheringleaves
    @gatheringleaves Год назад

    The Tullochs lived here

  • @Ameliaaa8286
    @Ameliaaa8286 3 года назад +1

    At 0:23 you can see the zebra boat i used to love that boat so much idk what happened to it?

    • @LouiseLitt
      @LouiseLitt 3 года назад

      It was an accommodation barge called Sans Vitesse - they moved it out of Lerwick and round to the Gas Plant next to Brae if I remember rightly

  • @welderk24
    @welderk24 Год назад

    What a lovely place to live❤

  • @mp539
    @mp539 3 года назад +1

    Have you seen Doug Henshall yet?

    • @mummyto382
      @mummyto382 2 года назад +1

      He is filming at the bottom of my garden near moussa ferry right now 🙂

  • @peterlewis3540
    @peterlewis3540 6 лет назад +6

    What a shame everything is closed on a Sunday.
    I can understand observing the Sunday trading laws, but as a day visitor desperate to spend my money in Harry's superstore, i had to stare through the window, looking at lovely things i could not buy.

  • @shellc6743
    @shellc6743 3 года назад

    What are shoals of Hairings .. ?

    • @vamboroolz1612
      @vamboroolz1612 3 года назад

      They are herrings for people that have never heard of them🤔🤔🤔😉

  • @joshd8921
    @joshd8921 4 года назад

    Ridgeline

  • @Ozymandias1
    @Ozymandias1 Год назад

    I’m Dutch. Sorry for making a mess of your fortress.

  • @wadefite
    @wadefite 2 года назад

    A Scottish tune would be more appropriate at 1.40.

  • @692ALBANNACH
    @692ALBANNACH 3 года назад

    G Granny was a Shetlander !

  • @TheGrmany69
    @TheGrmany69 4 года назад +1

    Reminds me to Svalbard.

    • @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS
      @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS  4 года назад +1

      Interesting suggestion but it lacks the surrounding mountains and snow, polar bear warnings and general lack of vegetation. But both locations are really fascinating to visit.

    • @TheGrmany69
      @TheGrmany69 4 года назад +1

      @@GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS Well, they certainly look similar, and well Svalbard has dwarf reindeer and Shetland has ponies, haha. salutes from Venezuela.

  • @samilkaraburc9544
    @samilkaraburc9544 3 года назад

    ı was chillin on the google earth and ı found this place on an ısland this is beatıful

  • @catherinegillis6350
    @catherinegillis6350 3 года назад

    But where are the ponies??

  • @christrickett3291
    @christrickett3291 2 года назад

    If English people move over, what is the life expectancy? Higher than in Inverness?

  • @raygem1943
    @raygem1943 7 месяцев назад

    Don’t let the SNP Joke Factory Waste it🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @iaingoodwin8514
    @iaingoodwin8514 4 года назад

    Pity the sound track is so disappointing and has so little to do with Shetland. A shame not to employ more of the rich tradition of Shetland fiddle music. The first fiddle tune we hear is a beautiful tune but an Irish tune called Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór composed by Turlough O'Carolan!

    • @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS
      @GORDONLAWRENCEVIDEOS  3 года назад +1

      Interesting to learn that. I recorded it during a musical evening around a hostel table in Skye with a group of local nationalist Scots. I had the impression that everything being played was Scotish. I did bring back some Shetland fiddle music on CD but I try to use royalty free and copyright clear music to aviod issues and You Tube allowing advertising to be atached.

  • @friendoftellus5741
    @friendoftellus5741 4 года назад +1

    Oh dear; a church turned public library.

  • @8dgeethbollywood136
    @8dgeethbollywood136 4 года назад +1

    Looks like a decent place with nice weather. Whats it like for colored tourists ate the people there kind to colored people. Dont take my question the wrong way just that once I went to st heiler and people wernt to freiny with coloured people.
    Thanks

  • @rjuttemeijer
    @rjuttemeijer 3 года назад

    Shitland?

  • @johnmayberry7669
    @johnmayberry7669 4 года назад +2

    That place is so f...n depressing

  • @bobbymcculloch2451
    @bobbymcculloch2451 2 года назад

    This narrator can’t spell.

  • @blastfromthepast7005
    @blastfromthepast7005 4 года назад

    You could at least pronounce Lerwick the right way.

  • @Rosebud100
    @Rosebud100 3 года назад +2

    Donald Trump’s mum came from Lerwick.

    • @Teds991
      @Teds991 3 года назад +7

      She did not. She was born and raised in Tong, Isle of Lewis.

    • @alexandermenzies9954
      @alexandermenzies9954 2 года назад

      Lynn Cooper is mixed up. As David H says, Mary McLeod came from Tong which is close to Stornoway, Lewis.