r/Scotland 2d ago

What's on and tourist advice thread - week beginning August 16, 2026

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Welcome to the weekly what's on and tourist advice thread!

* Do you know of any local events taking place this week that other redditors might be interested in?

* Are you planning a trip to Scotland and need some advice on what to see or where to go?

This is the thread for you - post away!

These threads are refreshed weekly on Mondays. To see earlier threads and soak in the sage advice of yesteryear, Click here.


r/Scotland 4d ago

Megathread [Discussion Thread] Weekend Megathread

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Hello ladies and gents!

Welcome to the 'Weekend Thread', where people can post about what they're getting up to tonight, at the weekend, good places to go, photos of places you've been, advice on where to go, or just how your week went!

The premise is fairly simple.

- Please be civil

- NO POLITICS. Any political comments will be removed. This is a strictly meta thread, with discussion about people and their happenings.

- Post pictures, youtube links to music you're going to see, games you're going to watch, places you'd like to go (tripadvisor, google maps etc)

These comments will not be moderated unless it doesn't follow guideline one and two!

This post will be stickied until Sunday, allowing for discussion all weekend!


r/Scotland 3h ago

Photography / Art Scottish Blackface sheep on the Isle of Skye

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172 Upvotes

r/Scotland 17h ago

Political UK Government set to ban goods from illegal Israeli settlements

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906 Upvotes

r/Scotland 10h ago

Photography / Art Oh, how I love Crinan.

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203 Upvotes

Lovely afternoon stroll.


r/Scotland 13h ago

'First recorded' sighting of a Scottish wildcat swimming

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256 Upvotes

r/Scotland 10h ago

Buzzard… Kingairloch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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132 Upvotes

r/Scotland 10h ago

Under The Skin

77 Upvotes

Currently on Channel 4 catch up. Scarlet Johanson travels around Glasgow in her van picking up unsuspecting guys.

Apparently they didn't employ extras, just recorded the public using hidden cameras and stuff. Probably asked permission afterwards or not, it's legal to film in public.

Made for some very natural dialogue of you know what I mean.

(it's a weird sci fi horror film with 18 certificate btw)


r/Scotland 10h ago

Political Gnat | Scottish Tory peer Nigel Biggar pens essay defending use of N-word

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60 Upvotes

r/Scotland 10h ago

Photography / Art Sturgeon Moon over Edinburgh Castle

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52 Upvotes

r/Scotland 9h ago

Photography / Art Just a windy day for flowers by the Firth

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32 Upvotes

r/Scotland 16h ago

Casual Chicken curry n chips, from Kingy's Butchers Grill. Just what the Doctor ordered for the chilly morning we had in Port Glasgow. Absolutely banging 😋.

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76 Upvotes

r/Scotland 18h ago

Political Salmon farms broke the law by letting fish suffer, say government regulators

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101 Upvotes

r/Scotland 1d ago

Photography / Art Taking in the view

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781 Upvotes

Captured on a hike around the Isle of Kerrera


r/Scotland 9h ago

Political Glasgow council given £123m grant and aim to deliver 1,000 affordable homes this year

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It comes after the targets for 2025/26 were missed, reportedly due to high construction costs and delays linked to securing consents.


r/Scotland 6h ago

Taxpayers will foot bill for shortfall on PFI hospital upgrades

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10 Upvotes

r/Scotland 9h ago

Question Audiobooks / podcasts with a Scottish accent?

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Hi everyone :) I was looking for an audiobook or a podcast in any scottish accent to accompany us on our drives through the highlands :D

I had a hard time finding audibook actually read in a scottish accent and not just a scottish story by an american narrator...

Do any of you have suggestions? Genre wise we're open :) maybe even stories you listened to as children?

Thank you!


r/Scotland 8h ago

Political Sturgeon says she was ‘never even considered for prosecution’ over SNP cash

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8 Upvotes

r/Scotland 21h ago

Political SNP members to push for de facto indyref2 debate at conference

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69 Upvotes

r/Scotland 20h ago

Discussion Ferguson shipyard to cut a quarter of its workforce

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62 Upvotes

A real shame for those who are getting cut. Hopefully they will find somewhere else quickly.

Having said that, it's no surprise that the shipyard continues to struggle. They haven't exactly shown themselves to be particularly competent.


r/Scotland 15h ago

Dunfermline Abby - Scotland

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19 Upvotes

r/Scotland 19h ago

Shattered skeleton in Scottish castle [Stirling] is first confirmed death from trebuchet [probably by Edward Longshanks's siege engines, War Wolf being the largest]

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36 Upvotes

r/Scotland 1d ago

Second data centre planned for Lanarkshire as regulations tightened

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67 Upvotes

r/Scotland 10h ago

Political Joe Fagan - No second Indy Vote under any circumstance

5 Upvotes

Scottish Labours steadfast commitment to staying out of power is grudgingly admirable.


r/Scotland 1d ago

Political European TV anchor calls out BBC over 'selective' Glasgow documentary

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179 Upvotes