LERWICK, Shetland | 4K Narrated Walking Tour | Let's Walk 2024

Join me for a walk around the riveting town of Lerwick, the capital of the Shetland Islands, and the most northerly major town in the whole of the UK! Home to hundreds of years of captivating history, a rugged harbour lined with an array of beautiful buildings, and a tight-knit community of 7,000 proud Shetlanders, Lerwick is a delight to explore, with surprises to be found on every corner! On our walk around Lerwick, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including Victoria Harbour, the Old Tolbooth, The Dim Riv Viking Longboat, The Lodberry (20 Commercial Street), The Queen's Hotel, Lerwick Post Office, Lerwick Market Cross, Commercial Street, the Bank of Scotland (Lerwick Branch), Reform Lane (formerly Tait's Close), The Grand Hotel, Fort Charlotte, Lerwick Town Hall, the Bressay Sound, Shetland Islands Council Building, Mareel, Hay's Dock, and the Shetland Museum & Archives. Thank you so much to the following sites for their help in my research of Lerwick: https://www.shetland.org/blog/lerwicks-iconic-buildings https://www.shetland.org/blog/lerwick-past-and-present https://shetlandwithlaurie.com/the-blog/lerwick-a-potted-history-on-the-growth-of-a-town https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/shetland-blog/a-shetland-timeline/ https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/shetland-blog/all-aboard-the-dim-riv/ https://thelaughingcurator.co.uk/the-lodberries-of-lerwick/ https://www.shetland.org/visit/do/outdoors/lodberries https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lerwick-public-sign-snails https://www.queenshotelshetland.co.uk/history/ https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB43628 https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB37276 https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/first-world-war/the-1914-lerwick-post-office-affair https://www.livinglerwick.co.uk/blog/maunsie-da-market https://www.shetland.org/blog/what-happens-lerwick-up-helly-aa https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB37254 https://www.shetlandamenity.org/place-name-of-the-week-lerwick-lanes https://www.grandhotelshetland.co.uk/history/ https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/fort-charlotte/ https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/fortcharlotte/index.html https://www.shetland.org/visit/plan/areas/lerwick/lerwick-town-hall https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/shetland-blog/a-guide-to-fort-charlotte-in-shetland/ https://www.scotslanguage.com/Scots_placenames_uid108/Shetland_Place-names https://www.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk/visit/hays-dock/history 0:00 Esplanade 0:15 South Harbour 0:25 Esplanade 0:30 Things to see in Lerwick... 1:02 Esplanade 1:18 South Harbour 1:28 Esplanade 1:56 Lerwick Old Tolbooth 2:39 South Harbour 3:01 Lerwick Old Tolbooth 3:28 Commercial Street 4:03 The Dim Riv Viking Longboat 4:23 Commercial Street 4:33 The Lodberry (20 Commercial Street) 5:50 Snails of Lerwick's Road Signs 6:04 Commercial Street 6:14 Bain's Beach 6:49 Commercial Street 6:59 The Queen's Hotel 7:19 Lerwick Old Tolbooth 7:29 Commercial Street 8:09 Lerwick Post Office 8:49 Commercial Street 9:24 Market Cross 10:47 Commercial Street 11:04 Bank of Scotland (Lerwick Branch) 11:26 Commercial Street 11:56 Reform Lane (formerly Tait's Close) 12:22 Commercial Street 13:35 The Grand Hotel 14:02 Commercial Street 15:42 Fort Charlotte 16:02 Commercial Street 16:12 Charlotte Street 16:34 Fort Charlotte 17:13 View over Lerwick from Fort Charlotte 17:38 Lerwick Town Hall 18:00 Fort Charlotte 19:23 Army Reserve Centre (Fort Charlotte) 19:59 Fort Charlotte 20:34 Bressay Sound 21:31 Fort Charlotte 21:46 18th-century magazine of Fort Charlotte 22:11 Fort Charlotte 22:31 Harbour Street 22:48 Commercial Road 24:29 North Ness 25:34 Shetland Islands Council Building (North Ness) 26:14 Mareel 27:09 Gutters Gaet 27:39 Hay's Dock 28:36 HMS Oceanic Propellor Blade 28:51 Hay's Dock 29:33 Shetland Museum & Archives 30:04 Hay's Dock 30:48 Things to see in Shetland outside of Lerwick! 31:15 Hay's Dock 31:47 Thank you for watching!