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Islands Feature In Norwegian Television Series

Mystery surrounded the activities of a Norwegian television crew, accompanied by cast members, who recently spent time in Shetland filming an episode of one of their drama series.

It’s understood that the programme is aimed at young people, perhaps with echoes of Hollyoaks, but nothing was being given away about the plot line lest it reach Norway as a ‘spoiler’. The visible evidence of the crew’s presence included the brief transformation of Lerwick’s Lounge Bar – an iconic, some would say a sacred place – into ‘Kim’s Bar’, provoking temporary panic among aficionados of the Lounge’s renowned musical sessions. Streets were also briefly closed to allow filming to take place. It all apparently went smoothly, despite the unplanned arrival of several score young Norwegians on the sail-training vessel Staadsrahd Lehmkuhl, whose suspicions must have been well and truly aroused. Shetland is always a welcoming place for film-makers, as our filming in shetland page explains.

Published: 01/10/2009

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