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The Shetland Crofthouse Museum, complete with Shetland ponies 🐴. A scene that would have looked the same when this croft was a working croft back in the 1870s. Follow our link in bio to book a visit to the Crofthouse Museum before it closes for the season in early October. ⁠ ⁠ 📸 @tcj_photograph⁠ #ShetlandTrueNorth⁠ ⁠ #socialhistory #britishhistory #Shetland #Scotland #VisitScotland #ScotlandsBeauty #InstaScotland #IGersScotland #vsShetland #InspiredbyShetland #60north #shetlandphotography #shetlandlife #promoteshetland #shetland #instashetland #scottishislands #unlimitedscotland #hiddenscotland #farminguk #farminglife #lambingseason #ukfarming #farm365 #crofting #croftinglife #countryfile #thisfarminglife ⁠
A birds eye view of the 'drinking horse' shaped Dore Holm stack off Eshaness in the north Shetland mainland. ⁠ ⁠ 📸 @shetland_in_360⁠ #ShetlandInNorth ⁠ ⁠ #60north #shetlandphotography #shetlandlife #promoteshetland #shetland #myshetlandlife #instashetland #whatshetlandmeanstome #visitshetland #shetlandersofinstagram #shetlandislands #shetlandisles #everythingshetland #coastalphotography #ukcoastline #coastalviews #seascapephotography #rockycoast #rockformations
A natural light show from the mirrie dancers (northern lights) across Shetland's skies in early September 😍⁠ ⁠ Thanks to @inafankle, @aimz74 and @ross.mackenzie.986 for sharing their photos. ⁠ ⁠ Follow our link in bio and find out about viewing the aurora borealis from the most northerly part of the UK. ⁠ ⁠ #ShetlandTrueNorth #astrophotography #astrophoto #nightsky #nightphotography #stargazing #nightscape #aurora #auroraborealis #northernlights #60north #inspiredbyshetland #shetlandphotography #shetlandlife #promoteshetland #shetland #myshetlandlife #instashetland #scotland #scotlandisnow #visitscotland #traveldeeper #optoutside #uk_greatshots
Shetland, where we have a beach just for seals! Take a look at the multitude of beaches around the Shetland coastline in our link in bio. ⁠ ⁠ 📸 @tc0912⁠ 📍 Rerwick Beach, Shetland⁠ #ShetlandTrueNorth⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #coastalphotography #ukcoastline #coastalviews #seascapephotography #InspiredbyShetland #visitshetland #shetlandislands #winterbreak #shetlandphotography #shetlandlife #promoteshetland #shetland #instashetland #shetlandisles #everythingshetland #quietinthewild #thatauthenticfeeling #wanderseekexplore #waterandlight #scottishislands #unlimitedscotland #hiddenscotland #outandaboutscotland #scottishwildlife #scottishnature #ScotlandsBeauty #InstaScotland #IGersScotland #vsShetland
A foggy Shetland coastline for some added mystery... talking of mystery, there's another episode of detective drame Shetland on TV in the UK tonight. No spoilers from us, but series 7 is a real mystery, we've no idea whodunnit! Find out more about the tv series via our link in bio. ⁠ ⁠ 📸 @emiliadelnickaphotography⁠ #ShetlandTrueNorth ⁠ ⁠ #60north #shetlandphotography #shetlandlife #promoteshetland #shetland #myshetlandlife #instashetland #whatshetlandmeanstome #visitshetland #shetlandislands #shetlandisles #everythingshetland #scottishdrama #crimedrama #bbcdrama #anncleeves #inspiredbyshetland #thisisscotland #wildscotland #outandaboutscotland #scotlandlover #travelscotland #visualsofscotland #scotlandisnow #scotlandexplore
When ewe head home after beach day 😎 🐑 ⁠ ⁠ 📸 Calum Toogood⁠ 📍Minn Beach, Burra, Shetland ⁠ #ShetlandTrueNorth ⁠ ⁠ #promoteshetland #inspiredbyshetland ⁠ #sheeplove #sheepofinstagram #sheeplife #sheepstagram #wanderseekexplore #scottishislands #unlimitedscotland #hiddenscotland #outandaboutscotland #60north #shetlandphotography #shetlandlife #shetland #myshetlandlife #instashetland #whatshetlandmeanstome #visitshetland #shetlandersofinstagram #shetlandislands #shetlandisles #everythingshetland #wonderful_places #thatsdarling #traveldeeper #letsgosomewhere #visitscotland #scotlandisnow