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Aberdeen: The Silver City And Places To Visit
Aberdeen is Scotland’s third largest city, in relationship to population numbers. Since the mid eighteenth century Aberdeen’s buildings have been built using local grey granite and the city is well known for its sandy coastline. This has led to the city being nicknamed the Granite City and also the Silver City with the Golden Sands. However in more recent times the city has also gained the nicknames of the Oil Capital of Europe or the Energy Capital of Europe due to the discovery of oil in the North Sea. The city has greatly benefitted from the revenue generated by the oil industry and the support industries. Today Aberdeen is thoroughly…
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Important Things To Know About Inverness Vacations
Inverness, widely called the capital city of the Highlands of Scotland, was ceremoniously granted city status in 2001 and at this time is the only city to be found in the Highlands of Scotland. Unusually Inverness has no legal boundaries which can cause problems with population estimation. The estimations are less likely to be accurate because the population in increasing dramatically, the city has the highest growth rate of any city in Great Britain. One of the things we know for certain is that the population of the city is very happy, in 2008 the Telegraph.co.uk ranked the city of Inverness fifth out of 189 cities in Britain for its…
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Pitlochry Vacations And Some Handy Information
Scotland is a varying nation, attractive countryside with an unparalleled amount of awesome sites of beauty, castles, historical buildings, country homes and fortified houses compared to cities and towns which features stacks of top of the range visitor attractions including some of the most highly interesting museums and galleries in the whole of Britain. Below I talk about the town of Pitlochry, a very popular vacation destination. Situated on the banks of the River Tummel, in the council area of Perth and Kinross in Scotland, is the rather small burgh of Pitlochry. Known throughout the world as the “Gateway To The Highlands” the rather small town is amazingly popular with…