Edinburgh - Inspiring Capital

Useful Websites

Government:

• The Scottish Government
• The Scottish Parliament

News and events:

• The Herald Newspaper
• The Scotsman Newspaper
• BBC Scotland

Travel and tourism information:

• Visit Scotland
• SeeGlasgow
• Edinburgh Inspiring Capital
• Traveline Scotland
• National Rail Enquiries
• BAA

Weather

• Edinburghs Weather (supplied by MET)

People

Edinburgh is Scotland’s capital city. Over 480,000 people live in the city, which is the centre of a region of 1.6 million residents.

Place

Edinburgh is one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. A large part of the city – combining the medieval old town and eighteenth century New Town - has UNESCO World Heritage Site status. Edinburgh is consistently ranked as one of the best locations to live and work in quality of life surveys.

People from all over the world descend on Edinburgh every summer for the world-famous Edinburgh Festivals. The Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world and its Film Festival is the longest continually running film festival in the world.

Scotland’s National Galleries are located in Edinburgh.

Economy

In addition to the governance functions of a capital city - Edinburgh is home to the Scottish Parliament and many of the functions of the Scottish Government - Edinburgh is a major financial services centre: the Royal Bank of Scotland, AEGON UK and Standard Life all have their headquarters in the city. Edinburgh is also one of the largest fund management bases in Europe.

Other key sectors include software/IT, the creative industries, biotechnology/life sciences, and tourism.

A few famous citizens

Tony Blair, Alexander Graham Bell, Sean Connery, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, David Hume, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, JK Rowling and Ian Rankin.

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