Information about Edinburgh

Facts

Edinburgh is a part of Midlotian. Edinburgh lays on the east cost of central belt, along the firth of forth. Edinburgh have been the capital of Scotland since 1437. Edinburgs is scotlands cultural, administrative and financial centre. Edinburgh is the second largest city after Glasgow. Edinburgh became a city in 1329.

 Edinburgh is the home of the Scottish Pariliament for first time in 300 years. In Edinburgh its 500 000 inhabitants.

Famous places

Edinburgh university was founded in 1583. Edinburgh university is world famous, expecially for its medical studies.

Edinburgh Castle is an old fort on Castle Rock. Castle Rock has been used by different military forces since prehistory  Edinburgh castles location was the predicate expression of Edinburgh's location.

Edinburgh offers sightseeing, historic building to explore, galleries, museum, shopping, restaurants, bistros, wine bars, pubs, and cafes.

The city attracts about 1 million visitors a year!

5 questions!

Edinburgh has been the capital of Scotland since?

What is the animal symbol of Scotland?

What is the Loch Ness monster called?

How did Susan Boyle become famous?

What sentence is the man in the song Flower of Scotland beginning with?   

One famous person in Scotland, Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle was born 1 April 1961 in Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland.

She became known for her appearance in the TV show Britain's Got Talent almost over the night, she came in 2nd place after the dance group Diversity, but that she did not win was very surprising for most people.

Born when her mother was 47, Boyle was briefly deprived of oxygen during the difficult birth and was later diagnosed as having learning difficulties.Boyle says she was nicknamed "Susie Simple" at school and bullied.

Susan has never been kissed neither been married, instead she dedicated herself for her mother until she died in 2007.

She still lives in the family home with her 10 year old cat, Pebbles.

She is active as a volunteer at her church, visiting elderly members of the congregation in their homes.

'Scotland`s history starts after around the ice aged for 10 000 years ago. Scotland’s written history started when the Romans came to Britannia after year zero. The first written history about Scotland is description written by visitors from other countries who didn’t know the territory. Scotland is very famous by the myth of history about the Loch Ness monster Nessie. 

National anthem - Flower Of Scotland

Fast facts

According to Scotland.org, Scotland has a population of 5,062,011.
Scotland's area is 78,772 km. It is the 112th largest country in the world by size.
The animal symbol of Scotland is the red dear and unicorn.
The national anthem is The Flower of Scotland.

The official languages spoken in Scotland are English, Scots, and Gaelic

The national motto is In my defens God me defend.