Shetland Islands
The Lounge Bar
Welcome
The Lounge is a bar on Mounthooly Street where musicians come in, sit down among the drinkers and play.
It has been the heart of Shetland's fiddle tradition for decades, and on a Saturday afternoon or a Wednesday evening the upstairs room fills with fiddles, guitars and whoever else has brought something. Nobody announces anything. There is no stage and no ticket, and the tunes run until they stop. Aly Bain played here before anyone outside Shetland had heard of him. Go early, sit at the edge, and do not talk over the playing.
Close by
MareelShetland’s cinema, concert hall and café, on the water at Lerwick.Under a mile1 min by road
Lerwick DistilleryShetland single malt, made on Whisky Lane in Lerwick.Under a mile1 min by road
The DowryCoffee by day and drinks by night, on Commercial Street.Under a mile2 min by road
No88 Kitchen and BarA family restaurant on Commercial Street, Lerwick, cooking Shetland's own produce, with cocktails and island beer.Under a mile2 min by road
The Shetland BookshopA family bookshop with a wide range of Shetland books.Under a mile2 min by road
Hidden Scotland, the magazine
Scotland, in print.
Every photograph commissioned, every word written by somebody who went. Printed twice a year, made in Scotland.