Edinburgh

What is Edinburgh?


1.

Gaelic Name, Dùn Èideann,Dunedin

Also Known as Auld Reekie and The Athens of the North

Population 450,000 (approx)

Capital City of Scotland since 1437.

The city is dominated by a huge castle built upon an extinct Volcanoand the history of Edinburgh is woven around this grand structure.Originally a Celtic Hillfort inhabited by the Votadini tribe called it Din Eidyn later anglicised into the present name.Edinburgh can be split in to two areas,The old town which grew around the castle and slopes and the New town largely built in the 18th century.Holyrood Palace is found at the other end of the 'Royal Mile'which leads down a slope from the castle.This Palace has been a royal residence of Scottish Monarchs since the 15th century,The present Queen of Great Britain also uses it.

Edinburgh is home to the Scottish Parliament(Restored in 1999)

Edinburgh has a Fascinating History and is the most visited City in Scotland

Some Famous People Born in Edinburgh Include, Tony Blair, Sean Connery,Alexander Graham Bell, Robert Louis Stevenson ,Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Walter Scott and Feild Marshal Sir Douglas Haig

See the athens of the north, edina, dunedin

2.

Good place, nice city and great clubs. Opposite of Glasgow.

I came back from Glasgow because the place was so bad.

3.

Is a city where the occupants can use correct grammer. For example, we know when to use capitals;

Edinburgh

as apposed to

edinburgh

Occupants of Edinburgh are able to identify when they need to use capital letters.

See mogwai

4.

The capital of Scotland that either full of English, people that want to be English or statues of English people. Only exception is August, then it's full of Japanese tourists.

Normal day in Edinburgh during August:Princes Street looks like there's a bus trip in from The Shire there's that many Japs about.

See edinburgh, english, shire, bilbo, baggins

5.

It would be a nice place if it wasn't full of fuckin edinbuggers.

I went to edinburgh. It was shite. So I went back to Glasgow

See Echo

6.

Edinburgh is a place full of prostitutes, junkies and poofters that take it up the shite pipe.

See that poof from Edinburgh, he takes it up the shite pipe the fucking bufter!

See whore, gay, shit, batty boys


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