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The Shetland Bookshop

A family bookshop with a wide range of Shetland books.

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Welcome

The Shetland Bookshop is a family business that has been on Commercial Street for many years.

What sets it apart is the local shelf: they aim to hold every book about Shetland currently in print, which is a much longer list than anybody expects (folklore, archaeology, knitting, dialect, the wrecks, the birds, the Norse), and they publish a good many of them themselves. Ask for something and somebody will know where it is, or whether it exists at all. For anyone trying to understand the islands rather than just look at them, this is the place to start.

Round the cornerNo88 Kitchen and BarA family restaurant on Commercial Street, Lerwick, cooking Shetland's own produce, with cocktails and island beer.1 min by roadSee itThree glasses of dessert topped with orange peel on a stone table, No88.
Before you go
How long
Three quarters of an hour to two hours
Their website
shetlandbookshop.co.uk
Telephone
01595 695531
Where it is

Lerwick, Shetland.

Close byThe rest of Shetland, near at hand.
  1. Shetland Seabird ToursThe Noss boat: gannets at eye level, out of Victoria Pier.Under a mile1 min by road
  2. Vaila Fine ArtA commercial gallery on Commercial Street, showing Shetland painters.Under a mile1 min by road
  3. The DowryCoffee by day and drinks by night, on Commercial Street.Under a mile1 min by road
  4. The Lounge BarThe upstairs room where Shetland music is played, not performed.Under a mile2 min by road
  5. Lerwick DistilleryShetland single malt, made on Whisky Lane in Lerwick.Under a mile2 min by road
Directions
Three glasses of dessert topped with orange peel on a stone table, No88.RestaurantsNo88 Kitchen and BarA step away
CafeMareel0.5 miles
The cliffs of the Knab above the sea, thrift in flower, Bressay across the Sound.WalksKnab coastal walk0.5 miles
CafePeerie Shop Café0.6 miles
Hay's Dock and the museum below the rooftops of Lerwick, a gull overhead.AttractionsShetland Museum0.6 miles
Modern gabled harbourside building with wooden boats moored beside the quayAttractionsShetland Museum and Archives0.6 miles
Two people on Fjarå's deck in the evening sun, looking over Breiwick Bay to Bressay.CafeFjarå Café Bar1.0 miles
The path to Clickimin Broch and its enclosing wall.AttractionsClickimin Broch1.0 miles
ShoppingJamieson and Smith1.1 miles
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