Aberdeen

Aberdeen is the city with the third largest population in Scotland. Famous for it's beautiful gardens, parks and natural surroundings Aberdeen has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Britain in Bloom Best City award so many times that the city was banned from the competition to give other cities a chance.

Aberdeen has several nicknames which include the Granite City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands. The Granite City because for 200 years until the mid 1900s the buildings in Aberdeen were built using locally quarried grey granite which held mica deposits with a silvery sparkle. Hence the silver city and golden sands describes Aberdeens long sandy coastline. Aberdeen also has the nicknames the Oil Capital of Europe and the Energy Capital of Europe because of the proximity of North Sea Oil.

Free Aberdeen Travel Guide

For more information about Aberdeen download the Free Aberdeen Travel Guide with a map and start planning your trip now. The free guide is packed with information from professional journalists both on and off the beaten track. This guide contains comprehensive visitor information on city attractions as well as tourist traps, transportation, hotels, bars, cafes and restaurants. Each travel guide also contains maps of the city centre, city region and, when applicable, regional touring maps with a 150 km radius form the city centre. Each map has a street index as well as a unique feel and character capturing the very essence of the city being described.