Views Around the City of Edinburgh, Scotland - 2nd & 3rd December, 2014

• published: 09 Jan 2015
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Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, situated in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. It is the second most populous city in Scotland and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. To read more about Edinburgh, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh . This film is taken at varying locations in and around the city of Edinburgh, beginning at Duddingston, with a walk along Queen's drive past Holyrood Park, towards the city centre, along Princes Street, around the Christmas Markets, the Lothian Road area, up to the Castle, down the Royal Mile, up to Calton Hill and then finishing back in the centre on Rose Street, the film was taken over two consecutive days in December 2014, when Edinburgh was preparing for Christmas. Identified locations and features within the film are as follows: Duddingston; Duddingston Loch; Holyrood Park; Salisbury Crags; Arthur's Seat; Queen's Drive; St. Leonard's Hall (University of Edinburgh); St. Peter's Church (Lutton Place); Rankeillor Street; Nicolson Street; Nicolson Square Gardens & Tubal Cain Monument; University of Edinburgh Old College; Cowgate; Tron Kirk; View to Calton Hill from North Bridge; View to Holyrood Park from North Bridge; View to Edinburgh Castle from North Bridge; Scott Monument; Edinburgh's Christmas Market & Fair; Hanover Street; Princes Street; Edinburgh Castle; St. John's Church; St. Cuthbert's Church; Usher Hall; Lothian Road; Spittal Street; Esplanade; View to Frederick Street from Edinburgh Castle; View to Princes Street Gardens from Edinburgh Castle; View over the Old Town from Edinburgh Castle; The Hub; Lawnmarket; St. Giles' Cathedral; High Street; View towards Princes Street from North Bridge; Edinburgh Waverley Station; Under North Bridge; Calton Hill; The National Monument; Nelson Monument; Dugald Stewart Monument; View towards the Forth Bridges from Calton Hill; Views over Leith from Calton Hill; Royal Bank of Scotland; Harvey Nichols; St. Andrew Square; South St. David Street; and Rose Street. To read more about some of the above, click on the following links: Duddingston - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duddingston . Holyrood Park - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holyrood_Park . Arthur's Seat - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur's_Seat . Nicolson Square Gardens & Tubal Cain Monument - http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/directory_record/164133/nicholson_square . University of Edinburgh - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh . Tron Kirk - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_Kirk . North Bridge - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Bridge,_Edinburgh . Scott Monument - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Monument . Edinburgh Castle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Castle . St. John's Church - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_John_the_Evangelist,_Edinburgh . St. Cuthbert's Church - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Cuthbert's_Church,_Edinburgh . Usher Hall - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usher_Hall . The Hub - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hub,_Edinburgh . St. Giles' Cathedral - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Giles'_Cathedral . Edinburgh Waverley Station - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Waverley_railway_station . Calton Hill - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calton_Hill . The National Monument - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Monument_of_Scotland . Nelson Monument - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Monument,_Edinburgh . Dugald Stewart Monument - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugald_Stewart_Monument . Leith - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leith . The Visit Scotland Edinburgh web page is here: http://www.visitscotland.com/destinations-maps/edinburgh-lothians/ . Edinburgh City Council website is here: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk . To see a film that I made of Edinburgh in 2012, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd9aWxjgAeM . If you liked this film there are many more like it on my YouTube channel, which can be found at https://www.youtube.com/user/stuartmoss . Please do check out my channel and subscribe to my videos by clicking the red subscribe button. You can also find my travel films and photography updates on the following: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mosstravel please like my Facebook page; WordPress: http://mosstraveltv.wordpress.com please follow my blog by clicking the +Follow link; Tumblr: http://stuartmoss.tumblr.com please follow my blog by clicking the +Follow button; Blogger: http://mosstraveltv.blogspot.co.uk please follow my blog by bookmarking the page; Google+ just add +stuartmoss ; and You can follow my travels on Twitter @mosstraveltv or by visiting https://twitter.com/mosstraveltv .