Firing imaginations by the sea - welcome to the UK's most northerly music, cinema and creative industries centre.

Opening Hours
Wednesday to Sunday | Building hours: 10am - 10pm (or when last film is coming out) |
Cafe hours: 10am - 9pm Wed, Thu, Sun and 10am - 11pm Fri, Sat |
Mareel is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 10pm (or when the last film is coming out). View what's on here.
The Cafe Bar is open 10am to 9pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday (or when the last film of the evening goes in) and 10am to 11pm Friday and Saturday.
Sited right on the edge of the North Sea on the historic Hay’s Dock quayside in Lerwick beside the Shetland Museum and Archives, Mareel offers a stunning setting for performance, production, studying or just relaxing with a coffee enjoying the view and watching the seals and seabirds bobbing just outside the windows.
Click here for a map.
Mareel is part of Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland, supporting breastfeeding mums in public places. Find out more about the scheme here.
Facilities & Accessibility Info
- Live performance auditorium
- Rehearsal rooms
- Two Cinema Screens
- Recording Studio
- Education and training spaces
- Digital Media Production Suite
- Broadcasting facilities
- Exhibition Spaces
- Box Office
- Cafe
- Parking
- Free Wifi
- Toilets
- Full disabled access, including disabled toilet.
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Mareel, one of the most beautiful cinemas in the world
Mareel, has been listed at number 26 in Time Out’s list of “Planet Earth’s most heavenly picture houses and movie theatres”, sitting beside such glittering venues as Pathé Tuschinski, Amsterdam and Le Grand Rex, Paris.











