Lerwick
Population 6,880 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Visas and entry What your passport needs for United Kingdom
Daylight 5 h 53 in Dec, dark by 14:56 · 18 h 52 in Jun
- January: 6 h 40 of daylight
- February: 9 h 09 of daylight
- March: 11 h 43 of daylight
- April: 14 h 33 of daylight
- May: 17 h 10 of daylight
- June: 18 h 52 of daylight
- July: 18 h 08 of daylight
- August: 15 h 43 of daylight
- September: 12 h 57 of daylight
- October: 10 h 14 of daylight
- November: 7 h 33 of daylight
- December: 5 h 53 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Shetland Museum and Archives Museum · 420 m
- Fort Charlotte Attraction · 40 m
- War Memorial Memorial · 130 m
- Veterans of the 30th and 54th MTB Flotillas Royal Norwegian Navy Plaque Memorial · 110 m
- Diana Memorial Fountain Memorial · 190 m
- Market Cross Monument · 240 m
- Goudies Funeral Directors Memorial · 420 m
- MTB 626 and MTB 686 Memorial Memorial · 430 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Eating nearby
All 14 places to eatSomewhere to run
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