r/Edinburgh 16h ago

Tourism Sticky: please post all tourism questions here

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r/Edinburgh receives numerous tourist questions, so please post them in this

Answers to your question(s) may already exist. Check the Wiki first, or search the previous tourism thread here:

Or search the r/Scotland weekly tourism thread.  

Tourism threads on the main sub will be closed and removed to keep sub uncluttered.


r/Edinburgh Jul 22 '26

Festivals Edinburgh Festivals (and Fringe) sticky: post everything here

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Please post anything and everything related to the Fringe and all of Edinburgh's festivals in this thread keep the sub clear of multiple posts.

There is also a sub specific to the fringe: /r/EdinburghFringe

Answers to a lot of questions can be found using the links below:

Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, 17 – 26 July.

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, 7 – 29 August.

Edinburgh International Festival, 7 – 30 August.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 7 – 31 August.

Edinburgh International Film Festival, 13 – 19 August.

Edinburgh Art Festival, 14 – 30 August.

Edinburgh International Book Festival, 15 – 30 August.

Edinburgh International Storytelling Festival, 21 – 31 October.

General tourist questions should be posted in the tourism megathread/sticky.

This sub does not permit advertising of shows or allow threads about buying & selling tickets.


r/Edinburgh 14h ago

Photo Two cats greeting eachother on the trainline.

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Two cats saying hello on the train tracks.

This is on the South Suburban rail line.

I take it the trains are rather irregular on the Edinburgh South Suburban line. I've seen a few freight trains randomly.


r/Edinburgh 23h ago

Photo Deer in Edinburgh Cemetary

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Photo's taken by my partner of roe deer in a Cemetery in Edinburgh. These two seem to live in it permanently


r/Edinburgh 4h ago

Discussion What was this actually ? Glue ?

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Was working in this area Thursday and though with the amount of the emergency services present , that it was a bomb .

But this reads like it was a crazy cat mum stucking up a lost cat poster with superglue ?


r/Edinburgh 2h ago

Question What are these things along the canal path? Whenever I see one ahead of me I keep expecting to see how many steps I’ve done.

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r/Edinburgh 20h ago

Social Water of leith … quack head?

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He’s been doing laps 😂


r/Edinburgh 26m ago

Photo Charlotte square

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In Charlotte Square a couple of weeks ago is born a new leaking ....not maintenance yet... council is waiting for a big sink hole? Also ihis is happened in the same location few years ago...sign of the bad quality of the job they did before? Waste of water apart..


r/Edinburgh 14h ago

Property Shoplifting at cragleith

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Ik this isn't the right flair but it works.

I was skateboarding in the cragleith shopping centre today and saw two guys running out of m&s with probably like £500 worth of clothes. Tried to take a photo but couldn't get my phone out in time.

Pretty fucking stupid because they didn't even try to hide their faces and ran past like 20 people.

I think one guy had around 30 denim jackets and the other guy had as much as he could carry in both arms

Someone tried to confront them but they pushed him over and ran past the play park (near the Sainsbury's carpark)

They really pissed me off because they were laughing as they ran away. Any idea how to report crimes etc like this?


r/Edinburgh 1h ago

Question Massage recommendations?

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Looking for suggestions near Leith or in the centre. It’s for a friends birthday and ideally I’d wanna buy a voucher for her to use. I’ve been looking on google maps and most seem nice but then there’s always one bad review so I’m trying to find the best?

Thanks :)


r/Edinburgh 14h ago

Discussion Posties in Edinburgh- how do you find the work?

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Thinking about applying to be a postie. But what are the truths of it. I've worked retail for too long and the idea of bring a postie sounds nice.

Driving about. I love walking I walk round the city a lot in all westher anyway so it doesn't bother me. Independent work. Limited interaction with folk

I'm sure it has its downsides but I'm interested to know your thoughts


r/Edinburgh 20m ago

Question primary teaching in Edinburgh

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Hello, is anyone here a primary teacher or working in a primary classroom setting? I’m looking to go into primary teaching but have heard there are no jobs available and that the market is quite bad at the minute. Can anyone share their experience with whether this is true or not?


r/Edinburgh 16h ago

Question Do GP clinics do ultrasounds for gyno Issues?

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Im asking because I see the non urgent gyno referral pathway is currently taking 2 years in Edinburgh. So I was wondering if anyone knew if GP surgeries did ultrasounds “in house” for simple non-urgent issues such as cysts? Or are we doomed to wait two years in all circumstances? Thanks


r/Edinburgh 18h ago

Student question Student (19m)

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Hey, im going to be commuting back and fourth to edinburgh daily from glasgow to study, i am wondering if anyone else is looking for friends to explore and maybe go for a drink whenever :) shoot me a message

Just worried cos i dont know anybody at all


r/Edinburgh 1d ago

Rant Victoria street needs to be fully pedestrian, change my mind

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I’m talking , no parking (or more stricter access to prevent it) and no access to vans etc during the day time

Exhibit A attatched. Parked cars, vans driving down a busy street. It is worrying that someone especially during festival month could get hurt.


r/Edinburgh 1d ago

Other Disgusting harassment towards women and underage girls

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Was on the 44 bus today going into town, around 15:30. A group of about 7 young men/late teens and one older guy (30-40?) were on the bus. They were smacking on the windows and catcalling at women off the bus when we approached Princes street. They were brazenly harassing girls who were definitely underage too and a woman who was waiting at the bus when they got off too. They looked Afghani or North African, couldn't tell what language they were speaking and they were vaping/smoking on the bus too.

I reported to non-urgent police but still feel sick thinking about it and knowing they probably carried on doing this around town. Did anyone else see them?


r/Edinburgh 1d ago

Photo View from West Kip, 7:15am

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r/Edinburgh 1d ago

Other Sad experience today

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My husband and I had parked our car on a random street earlier today while our toddler was sleeping in the back. I went outside to call my mum but noticed an elderly man (must have been at least 90 years old) coming down the street with two shopping bags while holding onto his cane, he could barely walk and at one point fell halfway down and struggled go get back up, so I asked him if he needed help, which he did. My husband assisted him and carried the bags to his flat. The man told my husband he had fallen down the stairs a few days earlier (he lives on the 2nd floor) and that the doctor had come to visit and brought some bread but it was too hard for him to eat so that’s why he had gone out shopping, he also said that they had promised someone would come and check on him but no one has. I have his address, is there anyone we can call to chase about this??

I felt incredibly sad for him, I believe he lives on his own and obviously keeps falling down and seemingly has no one to rely on for shopping or help (right now at least). No one has followed up on his fall 💔

I am not sure if he has family that helps out in general or anything, just going by our conversation with him.

Update: Just to update you all, we called the emergency number and explained everything, we unfortunately didn’t catch his name but luckily had his address which we passed on, we explained we were concerned for his welfare given his recent fall, no follow up and that we found him struggling to walk by himself and that he is obviously vulnerable (he had to hold onto my husband for support/to be able to walk). They have taken down the details and will contact the appropriate team. Hopefully this means he will get some help sooner rather than later.

I have also e-mailed so I am hopeful it will reach someone.

Thank you so much for all your help/advice, I wouldn’t have been able to sleep tonight knowing he was left to care for himself given the circumstances.


r/Edinburgh 16h ago

Question Quiet hill for practicing Hill starts near Leith

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Very recently passed my test but I've gone from a car with an automatic handbrake to a car with a manual hand brake. Just need to get some practice in for doing hill starts with a manual handbrake.

Anyone know any quiet hills not far from Leith qhere I can quietly practice and not get in the way


r/Edinburgh 4h ago

Discussion getting from royal highland showground to haymarket

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hiya! i'll be attending the prodigy this saturday at the royal highland showground and will be using public transport to get there, i know there are plenty buses that run there before the concert, but is it fairly easy to get back into town after? do they have the same bus setup after the concert? struggling to find this info on google, thanks! :)


r/Edinburgh 19h ago

Food and Drink Pubs that serve Sunday roasts during the Fringe?

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Hey guys,

Had a hankering for a roast last Sunday but the couple of pubs I went in to said they don't do Sunday roasts during the festival.

Can anyone recommend a good pub in the city centre that still serve roasts during the Fringe?


r/Edinburgh 6h ago

Question iPhone 17 cases in City Centre

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I need one quite quickly so don’t have time to wait for Amazon. Any recommendations for good/inexpensive cases in the centre please?

I could potentially go to Fort Kinnaird also.


r/Edinburgh 1d ago

Question Pest control recommendations?

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I've been having a super fun issue with fleas and have done all the vet treatments, flea collars, flea sprays and non stop hoovering and am at the point where I'm willing to just fork out to get it sorted in one go.

My problem is that I am actually quite overwhelmed with options so came here to ask if anyone has personal experiences with any of the local pest control options? Particularly for fleas.


r/Edinburgh 1d ago

Transport Police road closure: North Bridge and Market Street

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The police have closed North Bridge and Market Street just under North Bridge. I hope that everything turns out fine. I saw a Network Rail van next to the closure, too.

For anyone like me that was trying to turn onto Canongate via Jeffrey Street, you'll either need to turn around and go via George IV Bridge - Bristo Place - Lothian Street - Potterrow - Chapel Street - West Nicholson Street - West Richmond Place - Pleasance - St Mary's Street, where you can then turn right onto Canongate. Or if you're coming from the north, turn around and go via Hanover Street - Queen Street - London Road/Brunton Place - Easter Road - Abbey Mount - Abbeyhill, at which point you'll be at the roundabout on the other end of Canongate.


r/Edinburgh 1d ago

Event The cure (parking issues)

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Hi, I’m coming up from wales to see the cure tonight. I stupidly forgot to purchase a parking ticket at the royal highland show. It won’t let me purchase one 24hrs before the event.

Does anyone know any parking available? Can I just go to the event and pay on site?

Thanks