Marjolein wants to show you 5 ways that life on the Shetland Islands is different to anywhere else on the planet
19 October 2017
People outside of Scotland might struggle to pinpoint on a map but on the idiosyncrasies of island life are consistently racking up hundreds of thousands of views.
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