The City Of AberdeenPlaces To See > City of Aberdeen Although probably best known as Europe’s oil capital, the city of Aberdeen has much more than just oil, with a good selection of wonderful museums and art galleries, great nightlife and a fantastic shopping experience.
The first time I visited here was during the North Sea Oil boom back in the 1970s, and the thing I remember most of all was the excellent Fish & Chips. On my numerous visits back to the city over the years I discovered there was an awful lot more to this beautiful city, which makes it ideal for a short city break or holiday. The city is also home to a lively music scene with a variety of live music and if jazz is your thing, you should see the Aberdeen Jazz Festival. The Nightlife scene is absolutely buzzing, and one of the newer clubs you should visit is The Tunnel Music Venue & Club. There is also superb visitor attractions including Grampian Whisky, Victorian Heritage Trails and Grampian Castle Trails. Shopping is a pleasure, with the High Street and four excellent shopping centres : The Academy Shopping Centre, The Galleria, The Bon Accord and The St Nicholas Shopping Centre. There are many good restaurants in the city of Aberdeen, and one I would definitely recommend is the Atlantic Seafood Restaurant, which is quite expensive but the food is superb. Another brilliant place is Dizzy's Bar & Restaurant, in Carden Place, where you can enjoy good service, and have anything from chilli and pizza, to halibut steak and crayfish. When you visit an Aberdeen Country Fair, you can expect to find the very best of Aberdeen Angus beef, local fruit and vegetables, fish, baking, cheeses, Scottish whisky, wines and handmade crafts. Famous for its outstanding parks and gardens, the city of Aberdeen has won the Britain in Bloom competition many times and that's no surprise. There are beautiful floral displays all over the city, with a whopping two million roses, eleven million daffodils and around three million crocuses. Modern cosmopolitan city and historical old town blend nicely, with granite buildings and picturesque architecture in some of Scotland's oldest and finest buildings. Aberdeen Art Gallery houses a collection of Impressionist, Victorian, and British paintings, silver and glass collections. The Aberdeen Maritime Museum highlights Aberdeen’s sea links from the early days to modern times, and there is a museum dedicated to one of Scotland’s best known regiments, The Gordon Highlanders.
The nearby Moray Coast also has some superb beaches, offering fabulous opportunities for spotting wildlife, rare birds and bottle nose dolphin watching. If you do venture to Moray, you are right in the heart of whisky country, so you can take in a Distillery Tour and sample some of our famous malts. Aberdeen is easily accessible with railway links from Edinburgh and London, and Aberdeen Airport is situated at Dyce, about 5 miles from the city centre, with frequent services to London and international destinations. When visiting the city of Aberdeen, you may be lucky to catch a glimpse of the "Northern Lights", or aurora borealis. When particles from space are diverted by the earth's magnetic field, they give off a shimmering light, only visible in the North sky from the Northern Hemisphere. The city of Aberdeen still has the best Fish & Chips I've tasted.
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