Symbister

<p>Symbister is the largest village and port on <a href="/facts/Whalsay/GjRQSHRG">Whalsay</a>, an island in the <a href="/facts/Shetland/8YfMHIlV">Shetland</a> archipelago of <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scotland</a>. The population in 1991 was 797. The focus of the village is the harbour, which is home to small <a href="/facts/Fishing_vessel/dSnpqq5t">fishing boats</a> as well as large deep sea <a href="/facts/Fishing_trawler/wocnjHEz">trawlers</a>. The village is overlooked by the granite mansion <a href="/facts/Symbister_House/mSPFvWxm">Symbister House</a>, built by the Sixth Robert Bruce of Symbister in 1823.   The harbour is also known by the names Bay Of Symbister, Symbister Harbour and Symbister Old Harbour.
</p><p>The <a href="/facts/Pier_House_Museum/ArrelF2L">Pier House</a>, now a museum, was once the centre for the export of dried and salted fish to the <a href="/facts/Hanseatic_League/oA756xvs">Hanseatic League</a>, an <a href="/facts/Military_alliance/5yp5uf7W">alliance</a> of <a href="/facts/Trade/S13U8JKr">trading</a> <a href="/facts/Guild/cWSyNP50">guilds</a> that established and maintained a trade <a href="/facts/Monopoly/BXIQWUmR">monopoly</a> over much of <a href="/facts/Northern_Europe/u77t0yJI">Northern Europe</a> between the 13th and 17th centuries.
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