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Shetland Museum and Archives
Museum and archives at Hay's Dock on the Lerwick waterfront, telling the story of Shetland's heritage and culture; the building opened in 2007.
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Lerwick & Bressay: things to do
Places worth your time in Lerwick & Bressay
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Things to do in Lerwick & Bressay
Wahrzeichen, Museen, Parks und Aussichtspunkte in der Gegend und ihrer Umgebung.
Artillery fort
Fort Charlotte
Artillery fort begun in 1665 during the Second Dutch War to guard Bressay Sound, rebuilt in the 1780s and presented as it looked then.
Eisenzeitlicher Broch
Clickimin Broch
Broch and blockhouse on the shore of Clickimin Loch, with more than a thousand years of settlement and a stone carved with two feet.
Historisches Gebäude
Lerwick Town Hall
Category A listed town hall on Hillhead, now used as an events venue and registrar's office.
Historische Straße
Commercial Street
Lerwick's main shopping street, running parallel to the old waterfront through the centre of the town.
Historic fishing booth
Böd of Gremista
Typical 18th-century Shetland fishing booth at the north end of Lerwick, protected as a category B listed building.
Kunstzentrum
Mareel
Music venue, cinema and arts centre on the historic Hay's Dock quayside, opened in 2012 and run by Shetland Arts.
Historisches Haus
Gardie House
18th-century estate house on Bressay facing Lerwick across Bressay Sound, described by Historic Scotland as unique in Shetland.
Leuchtturm
Bressay Lighthouse
Lighthouse at Kirkabister Ness on Bressay, about 4 km south-east of Lerwick, overlooking Bressay Sound.
Island nature reserve
Noss
Island east of Bressay with high seabird cliffs, which visitors can see on boat trips.
Shetland
More areas to explore
8 sights · 3 places to eat
South Mainland: Sumburgh, Jarlshof & Mousa
Prehistoric and Norse sites, the Mousa broch, puffin cliffs and the St Ninian's Isle tombolo
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8 sights · 3 places to eat
Scalloway & the West Mainland
Shetland's old capital, the Shetland Bus story, Tingwall's law site and Neolithic Stanydale
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17 sights · 6 places to eat
Northmavine, Yell & Unst
Esha Ness cliffs, Ronas Hill, the islands of Yell and Unst, and Britain's most northerly sights
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- Lerwick & Bressay (area photo): Florent Abel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shetland Museum and Archives: Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fort Charlotte: Lrs1572, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Clickimin Broch: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0, source
- Lerwick Town Hall: lost penguin, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Commercial Street: Robert Eva, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Böd of Gremista: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mareel: Tine, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gardie House: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bressay Lighthouse: Hajotthu, CC BY 3.0, source
- Noss: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- South Mainland: Sumburgh, Jarlshof & Mousa: swifant, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Scalloway & the West Mainland: Robert W Watt, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Northmavine, Yell & Unst: Unukorno, CC BY 4.0, source
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