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Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third largest city, a prosperous cosmopolitan city with an international well-traveled population. The city has a wide variety of arts and culture to tempt visitors, with venues including His Majesty's Theatre, the Music Hall, the Lemon Tree (said to be Aberdeen's all year festival fringe) and the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. Aberdeen's famous 'Granite Mile' - Union Street - is the gateway to over 800 shops, restaurants and bars. Aberdeen is 13 times winner of Britain in Bloom and has its own golden sandy beach.
The history of Old Aberdeen can be seen in King's College and St Machar's Cathedral. In the city centre lies Aberdeen's oldest private town house, the 16 th century Provost Skene's House, now a museum. The collection at the Aberdeen Art Gallery includes impressionists to modern Scottish artists. Aberdeen is also known as the City of Roses. Around 12,000 different types of roses cover every square inch of Duthie Park's Rose Hill. Nearby Hazelhead Sculpture Park, will captivate you with its beautiful scents and colours, and mixture of traditional and modern art sculptures.
The scenery throughout Aberdeen is stunning and varied with a wealth of natural features. A coastal walk, over the River Dee to Torry, puts Aberdeen in context. At the end of Victoria Road, a circular route passes Nigg Bay, Girdle Ness Lighthouse and Torry Battery, a ruined 19 th century fort. The views of the harbour, beach and city sum up Aberdeen's enduring dependency on the assorted riches offshore. Aberdeen's relationship with the North Sea, culturally and economically is told at the 5 star Maritime Museum on the Shiprow - exhibitions cover everything from early fishing boats to hi-tech oil exploration.
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