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Destination Aberdeen : Northeast Scotland
Aberdeen is named the "Granite City" or "Silver City" because of its preponderance of sparkling granite buildings. It is Scotland's third largest city with a population of around 210,000. As the centre of the North Sea energy industry, it is also known as the "Oil Capital of Europe".
The city has long been famous for its outstanding parks, gardens and floral displays which greet the visitor - with around 2 million roses, 11 million daffodils and 3 million crocuses, it is not difficult to see why Aberdeen is known as the "Flower of Scotland". Indeed, the city's top attraction is the Winter Gardens at the Duthie Park which is also home to the stunning Rose Mountain. With a proud and fascinating history, the City of Aberdeen presents a modern cosmopolitan image to visitors who are often surprised by the many diverse attractions which the regional capital of Grampian Highlands offers. Aberdeen is fortunate in having excellent museums and galleries in its compact city centre, all within easy walking distance of each other.
Sightseeing :
- The Tolbooth, at the corner of Union Street and King Street, is a superb 17th century building that has been converted into a local history museum.
- Castlegate marks the end of Union Street. At the upper end stands the Salvation Army Citadel, a miniature castle inspired by Balmoral. Another highlight is the Mercat Cross.
- Not far from Union Street, on Broad Street, you can visit Provost Skene's House, one of the city's oldest houses (16th century).
- Across from Provost Skene's House, the impressive Marischal College houses a part of Aberdeen University. The building dates back to 1593, but the all-granite gothic facade dates from 1906. It is the second largest granite structure in the world.
- On the other side of Union Street, on Market Street, overlooking the nautical bustle is the Maritime Museum, centered on a three-storey replica of a North Sea oil production platform, with exhibits explaining all you ever wanted to know about the petroleum industry. Other galleries, some situated in Provost Ross's House, the oldest building in the city, cover the shipbuilding, whaling and fishing industries.
- Further west, near Union Terrace Garden, the Aberdeen Art Gallery features impressionist paintings by contemporary English and Scottish artists.
Sights outside the city centre:
- Aberdeen Beach is a spectacular 2-mile sweep of clean, golden sand stretching between the mouths of the Rivers Dee and Don.
- Old Aberdeen, north of downtown, is not the oldest part of Aberdeen, as its name might suggest! You can see King's College, Aberdeen's first university, founded in 1495 and Saint Marchar's Cathedral, the oldest granite cathedral in the world.
- The Gordon Highlanders Museum, on Queens Road (west of downtown), records the history of one of the British Army's most famous fighting units, created in 1794 and described by Winston Churchill as 'the finest regiment in the world'.
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