Edinburgh’s Cockburn Street

Just off The Royal Mile, connecting Edinburgh’s ancient high street with Waverly Bridge, is the steep and winding Cockburn Street (stop giggling, it’s pronounced “Co-burn”). Lined with shops, restaurants, hostels, knick-knack stores and more, Cockburn Street is a place where the charm of this historic town lives hand in hand with its modern heritage. Several [...]

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The People’s Story Edinburgh

Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it, or so goes the famous axiom. The People’s Story Edinburgh is a perfect chance to immerse yourself in nearly two hundred years of Scottish history and make sure you never forget it. The People’s Story is housed in what is probably the most important building in [...]

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The Edinburgh Mercat Cross

The Edinburgh Mercat Cross – located beside St. Giles Cathedral and Parliment Square on the infamous Royal Mile – is a sight full of both history and horror. This is the place where Edinburgh’s criminal class found their ears nailed to the Edinburgh Mercat Cross (mercat being a spelling of the Scottish pronunciation of the [...]

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