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in Shetland.

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Coffee by Breiwick Bay and the Esplanade.

Shetland's cafés are warm places to sit while the weather passes, and several look straight out at the sea. In Lerwick, there's a bright room behind a wool and ceramics shop off the Esplanade, with cakes baked on the premises. On Sea Road, a café bar sits on a point of rock over Breiwick Bay, where the coffee is ground fresh on site. The arts centre on the waterfront has a wall of glass onto the harbour, and a small wood-lined room on Commercial Street serves coffee by day and drinks by night. Out at Eshaness, soup comes with a view of the Drongs. Ask for a window table.

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Café of the day16 hours ago

Braewick Café.

Soup and a view of the Drongs, out at Eshaness.

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Afterwards13 hours agoShetland IslandsLerwick Distillery100 yardsShetland IslandsShetland Museum200 yardsShetland IslandsShetland Museum and Archives200 yards

Round the corner from Mareel.

Three good places a short walk away: Lerwick Distillery, Shetland Museum and Shetland Museum and Archives.

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From our guide10 hours ago

Hoswick Visitor Centre.

The blue-clad visitor centre in the small South Mainland village of Hoswick does three jobs well. Its café serves coffee, light lunches, home-made cakes and ice cream, with full breakfasts in the morning. The shop sells Shetland arts and crafts, handmade things and books. Upstairs on the mezzanine is the village's own archive of photographs and stories about its fishing and textile past. The people here know the local walks and history and are glad to share them. The building is step-free throughout, with a small lift to the mezzanine.

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From our guide7 hours ago

Peerie Shop Café.

The Peerie Shop sells Shetland wool and ceramics, and the café behind it is where Lerwick goes for coffee. It is a low, bright room off a courtyard on the Esplanade, with good coffee, soup and a counter of cakes baked on the premises. In summer the courtyard tables are one of the nicest seats in town. In the depths of a Shetland winter it does the other job a good café does, and gives you somewhere warm to sit with a slice of cake while the weather passes.

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From our guide1 hour ago

Fjarå Café Bar.

Fjarå sits on the rocks at the edge of Lerwick, on a small point running out into Breiwick Bay, with big windows and a deck right over the water. It covers the whole day, from coffee and breakfast to lunch, then burgers and cocktails at night. The cooking is built on Shetland produce, and the drinks run to island beers and spirits and a long wine list. Seals often haul out on the rocks just outside, and the café keeps a webcam on them. Grab a window seat and you may well have one for company.

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From our guideJust now

The Dowry.

The Dowry on Commercial Street keeps going from morning to night. It starts with artisan coffee and breakfast, moves on to a lunch menu built on Shetland produce, and by evening becomes a bar with a carefully chosen list of beers and spirits. The room is small, wood-lined and usually busy, which is part of its charm. There are separate menus for breakfast, the day, the evening and Sunday. Book if you want dinner. At lunchtime you can take your chance, and you will usually find a seat.

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