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Edinburgh Art Festival

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The Edinburgh Art Festival transforms the city into a vibrant playground of creativity every summer, bringing contemporary art out of galleries and into streets, parks, historic buildings, and unexpected corners. […]

Edinburgh International Film Festival

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The Edinburgh International Film Festival is a celebration of cinema in all its forms, bringing filmmakers and film lovers together in a city that knows how to tell a good […]

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the city turned upside down—in the best possible way. Every August, Edinburgh becomes the world’s biggest stage, as thousands of performers flood theatres, pubs, basements, […]

Edinburgh International Festival

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The O.G., the one that started it all! (You’re welcome!) 🙂 The Edinburgh International Festival is the city at its most alive, when world-class culture takes over historic streets and […]

Edinburgh International Book Festival

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The Edinburgh International Book Festival is a joyful celebration of stories, ideas, and the people who love them. Each August readers of all ages gather to meet the writers behind […]

Giants

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Giants showcases the colossal prehistoric creatures that lived after the extinction of the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago. Discover life-sized 3D sculptures, skeletons, and fossils in this immersive, family friendly […]

Maps: Memories from the Second World War

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Between 1939 and 1945, over 3,000 million maps were produced for the Allied, Soviet and German forces during the Second World War. Originally used to navigate the jungles of south-east […]