‘SCOT TO BE FUN

discover EDINBURGH INTRODUCTION TABLE OF CONTENTS Edinburgh is a city that guarantees fun for everyone. Whether you are an active person or someone who wants to savour the culture with all their senses, whether you want to discover Edinburgh’s heritage or enjoy a night out in one of the pubs, whether you are interested in sports or fashion, in this guide you will find everything you need to experience a real Scottish time.

In the weeks we have spent here, we have encountered the Scots as open-minded, friendly people who will be pleased to buy you a drink and tell you stories about their beloved Edinburgh in a pleasant little chat. This is also the best way to find out which PRACTICAL INFORMATION 5 PILLOW TEST 6-7 pub serves the most delicious haggis and which has the biggest selection of beer.

To get a good impression of the city, use your own feet. Just walk around Edinburgh, but beware of the cobblestones. Some of us kept tripping. So make sure you pack the right footwear and also put on several layers of clothes, as the weather here is FUN ON FOOT 8-11 FEED YOUR MIND 12-19 unpredictable. We have experienced different seasons all in one day. Once you have adapted, you are ready to enjoy all the possibilities Edinburgh offers: you can take a break in one of the many parks and gardens or become SCOT TO BE FUN TEAM active, just like the people who are jogging, taking their dog for a PIES, PUBS AND POSTCARDS 20-27 walk or playing football there. Top left to right MADE IN SCOTLAND 28-39 Vanessa Novis Edinburgh’s unique charm and inhabitants are so inspiring that Rebecca Christoph the city is the birthplace of many stories and artworks. You can Samira Hänska visit galleries exhibiting classics as well as emerging artists and Elisabeth Seide visit places that influenced the works of various writers, such as Anna-Lena Hänel Robert Louis Stevenson and J.K. Rowling. We have also been Ángel Villascusa Cerezo very inspired by Edinburgh’s atmosphere. Irene Schippl Carrera

So now it is your turn to discover! We have put together the best Bottom left to right of the best, the crème-de-la-crème. Have fun and enjoy your visit Viviane Jackl in Edinburgh! Johanna Lamm EDINBURGH TIMELINE 40-41 EDINBURGH MAP 42-43 PS: If you are tired and cannot walk any further, always bear Rachel Newton William McGonagall’s poem in mind: “Feeling tired and need a Christine Möller seat? Sit down here, and rest your feet”. Franziska Lange Marie-Joëlle Gallinge Franziska Lange & Christine Möller PRACTICAL INFORMATION MONEY

The currency of Scotland is the British Pound Sterling (£). English and Scottish bank notes look different but are worth the same and used throughout the country. Credit cards are widely accepted, though sometimes EATING OUT have a minimum charge. You can also find cash machines on every corner, but make Opening hours for pubs and restaurants vary, so make sure to check with your bank for extra fees. sure to check before you head out. In most places it is customary to order and pay directly at the bar. Tipping TRAFFIC is not mandatory but about 10% for good service is appreciated. Free wifi is available almost everywhere. In Edinburgh, just like the rest of the UK, you drive on the left side of the road. Be sure to look TO BRING right then left before crossing the street. If you are unsure, just look down as directions are The most important thing to pack for your painted on the road. Driving is not necessary trip is an adapter for the GB socket. Bring in Edinburgh as everything is in walking clothing for all seasons, since the weather is distance. A single bus ticket costs £1.50 for unpredictable. Instead of an umbrella, opt for a an adult, a day ticket £3.50. Bus drivers do rain jacket to protect yourself from the elements. not give change so have the exact amount at the ready. Most sightseeing tours begin at Waverly Station. The best way to get from the IMPORTANT NUMBERS airport into town is the Airlink bus, which runs every 30 minutes. There is also a night bus Emergency call: 999 between 0:45am and 4:15am covering all Tourist information: 0845 225 5121 places one might have to reach late at night. Edinburgh dialling code: 0131 UK dialling code: +44 Police: 101 Taxis: 0131 228 1211 OPENING TIMES

In general, supermarkets are open seven days a week. Hours vary depending on the location and type of store. To find out the opening times for specific shops, visit www.shopping-time.co.uk.

5 EDINBURGH ZOO PRINCES STREET GARDENS Edinburgh’s zoo lies a fair distance west ... is the most central park in Edinburgh. of the town centre, so it may be better Located directly between Castle Hill to take a bus. It has monkeys, big cats, and Princes Street, the Nor Loch served penguins, rhinos, painted hunting dogs as a natural defence back in medieval and many other animals, but the stars days. In 1759, however, the area was of the zoo are the giant pandas. To see drained and became a beautiful place them one must either wait until they for walks, lunch breaks and events. come out into the open or pay extra for In summertime, the many trees and an entrance to the panda house. flowerbeds, which contain mainly There is the chance to take a 30 minute roses of all colours, turn the Gardens ride on a safari tour wagon. Kiosks and into a great venue for concerts or a toilets are almost around every corner of place to restore your energy level. In the zoo, which means that queues are wintertime, the 154,000m2 (over 37.5 rarely long here. The whole zoo is very acres) become a winter wonderland family friendly with several playgrounds with a Christmas market, an ice rink and no stairs. There are educational and a ferris wheel (33m/108ft). There tables filled with activities such as feeling is a playground at the west end and a a koala’s fur. Apart from the animals, the couple of places to buy snacks. Public location of the zoo provides visitors with toilets are also to be found. The park is ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS / BYRONV2 a few nice viewpoints and easy routes to below street level, which makes access the hilltop. Opening times are 9am – 6pm during with a wheelchair summer. The ticket for an adult costs or a pram a little £16, with a donation of £1.50 already difficult but which included, but it is also possible to get the creates the illusion ticket without the donation if you ask for of distance to the that at the entrance. -ES buzz of a busy town and thus offers a relaxing park ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN feeling despite Going for a walk in Edinburgh’s Botanic its location right Garden is a really calming experience, in the centre of even when it is raining – it actually makes the city. There are the plants look greener. It is one of the 147 benches in most quiet and peaceful places within the West Princes Edinburgh and is also educational. With Street Gardens the Royal Botanic Garden being a leading alone, from some scientific centre for botanical research, of which you have one can find many rare tropical plants a great view of the and information about them here. In the castle. This is also middle of the garden is the Terrace Café, a perfect place which provides visitors with refreshments to watch the 1 in a peaceful and calm atmosphere. o’clock gun being PRINCES STREET GARDEN / SCOT TO BE FUN While the outside area is free to visit, fired and to enjoy there is a small entrance fee to the the surprise on glasshouses. -ES ignorant tourists’ faces! -AH WATER OF LEITH The small meandering river that runs OUTDOOR STORES through Edinburgh is the Water of Leith. Go Outdoors are the UK´s biggest Outdoor Stores. Walkers and cyclists can follow it for about 28 miles (43 kilometres). The They offer the finest, lowest priced clothing and gear, area around Dean Bridge is one of the as well as helpful and friendly advice. The staff is most interesting parts of the way. Apart trained to know their stuff and these stores offer from the Dean Gallery and the Gallery of tent repair, a climbing wall, a boot fitting area, cycle Modern Art being nearby, the area itself servicing, gait analyses with a machine and much is beautiful due to its natural surrounding and picturesque old and newer buildings. more. They sell everything to suit every outdoor Shops and tourist attractions are more activity, from caravanning, skiing and fishing to likely to be found on the higher level, but cycling, walking and travelling. There is also a North the path under the bridge by the river is Face store in the City Centre (16 Frederick St) as well perfect for a peaceful walk close to the city centre. -ES as several running and outdoor equipment shops along the Princes Street. -JL CRAMOND ISLAND / SCOT TO BE FUN 11 FEED YOUR MIND SIGHTSEEING EDINBURGH CASTLE don’t want to go home. I Ambling down the cobblestoned the contents of your chamber 9.30 AM ” haven’t seen half the beauty street, which is framed by pot out of the window). If you £ 16,00£ -5.00 PM Ithis city has to offer.” These beautiful old houses, you start know your way around, some When you are walking around are the words that keep popping at Edinburgh Castle and it takes of these closes can be used as the city you will see the Castle up in my head, now that the time you past St Giles Cathedral, a few short cuts, cutting through the from every angle. The medieval stated on my return ticket has museums and a bagpiper or two hill the city was built upon and building stands on a volcanic rock moved into countdown distance. in full attire, all the way down to the houses that seem to grow and was home to many Scottish monarchs over the centuries. The Time flies like an arrow, especially Holyrood Palace. But while the out of it, but I still lose my sense £16 entrance charge is expensive in Edinburgh. There is so much obvious sights, often bursting of direction and find myself at but there is a guided tour every to see, and no matter how long at the seams with tourists, are a very unexpected, yet another half an hour. The area of the you are staying – for only three quickly checked off on the to-do very lovely spot in Edinburgh. I Castle is like a village itself. Many days or for three entire weeks – list, you can spend days on end haven’t grown tired of exploring small houses, military buildings, the Royal Palace and the Scottish you will not run out of sights and exploring the small closes that the various facets of this city, and National War Memorial lie within EDINBURGH CASTLE / BYRONV2 things to discover. lead off the main road between I am sure that this will not be my the Castle walls. Standing by the Depending on your taste in the houses, climbing up a flight of last time in Scotland’s capital. Argyle Battery, you will have an ST GILES CATHEDRAL The Castle hosts three museums: travelling, you can spend your days stairs, into a courtyard or finding amazing view of Edinburgh and 9.30 AM a secret garden far from the busy the surrounding landscape. the National War Museum, The -5.00 PM climbing hills, jogging through Anna-Lena Hänel St. Margaret’s Chapel is Royal Scots Dragoon Guards parks or studying one museum vibes of tourism. considered to be the oldest Regimental Museum and The ... is actually not a cathedral in the after the other. Personally, I had The city seems to draw the building in Edinburgh. It was built Royal Scots Regimental Museum. formal sense since it is lacking a the best of times simply enjoying vigilant and curious eye into the in the 12th century, and holds They all give an idea of what the bishop. Its official name is “High the medieval atmosphere of very heart of its existence and only 20 people. life of a soldier must have been Kirk of St Giles”, a dedication to Probably the most popular aspect during the wars and how Scotland the patron saint of Edinburgh. the Old Town. While everything you almost expect someone of the Castle is the One o’clock developed throughout history. While everyone is welcome to go beyond Princes Street is a thriving to shout “Gardyloo” out of a Gun, which is fired every day If you are interested in history, to the daily service from Monday hub of modernity, walking along window above (fr. Regardez l’eau, except Sunday, and Edinburgh the military or a beautiful view, to Saturday at noon or to Holy the Royal Mile will take you a few medieval expression. used to citizens check their clocks and this is a must-see. This place has Communion from Wednesday to hundred years back in time. warn passers-by before throwing watches by it. an aura of power! -CM Friday at 8am, the church has 13 THE SCOTT MONUMENT The Scott Monument, located on Princes Street, is 61.11 metres high. It was built in 1846 to commemorate the famous MUSEUMS & Scottish author, Sir Walter Scott, and is one of Edinburgh’s most remarkable symbols. GALLERIES fter just one stroll through Edinburgh’s picturesque streets, it is clear that art and history form the backbone and very Aessence of this beautiful city. The Scottish people are passionate about their past, traditions, and culture, and have moulded Edinburgh into a hub of outstanding museums and galleries. Tourists and locals alike have nearly limitless access to exhibitions of various historical, religious, cultural, literary, artistic, and scientific topics. The larger galleries and museums include the National Museum of Scotland, the Scottish National Gallery, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, and many more. These provide impressive, informative, and thought-provoking exhibits that draw in thousands of viewers annually. Edinburgh also has a selection of smaller museums and galleries, which are no less interesting than their larger counterparts. Some examples include the Writer’s Museum, the Museum of Childhood, and the People’s Story Museum, the latter of which I particularly enjoyed. The People’s Story Museum gives visitors a peek into the lives of Edinburgh’s ordinary people, starting from the late 18th century. Adding to the museum’s historic feel, it is housed in the 16th century Canongate Tollbooth building. Upon entry, I felt as though I was transported back hundreds of years in time. Displays of historically dressed models and authentic Scottish artifacts are around every corner, and plaques of valuable information line each wall. As I explored the 18th century exhibit, I could feel the sightless eyes of the models on me as I tried to imagine what it would be like to be a young woman in Edinburgh during that time. Continuing on through the centuries, each display emphasises the hardship the city’s people had to endure. Once finished, I learnt that various locals had volunteered their time to make this museum possible. That perhaps, is the best part— the passion such people have for sharing their history with us.

Rachel Newton

WALTER SCOTT MONUMENT / COMMONS 17 WHISTLE BINKIES

Perfectly located just off the Royal Mile, Whistlebinkies Live Music Bar attracts rock fans with good live music FOOD seven days a week. The prices e all know that Great Britain is not famous for are reasonable (at least for its good cuisine, but today we want to do away Edinburgh standards) and they Wwith this prejudice. Edinburgh has a large variety provide a small dance floor, a of local food and there are plenty of possibilities to try it. quiz machine and some quiet You can have it any time actually, for lunch or dinner of seating areas downstairs. course but for breakfast or just as a snack as well. Walking There is an open mic night every through the city of Edinburgh, there is the smell of beer and Sunday where local musicians popcorn everywhere that makes you hungry and curious can show off their talents. The atmosphere is really good about trying the local food. The best thing to do is to just and the staff friendly. Only choose one of the numerous pubs and try one of the local complaint: the smell! As soon dishes that are served there, like Haggis. It would be a as you get inside you will get to shame to leave Scotland without having tried the famous smell the bathrooms. -SH Haggis, which you can get everywhere: as a main dish, served with neeps (turnips) and tatties (mashed potatoes) 4-6 South Bridge or as a side dish, with the famous baked potato or as an extra on a burger. You should try the Scottish pies as well, which can be filled with CABARET VOLTAIRE the famous Angus meat or haggis. Scotland is Known to locals as CabVol, this not only famous for nightclub offers some kind of its meat, but it has event, usually geared toward fantastic fresh fish, like students every night. Although salmon or shellfish that opening times vary depending comes directly from the on the day, this nightclub is North Sea. open until 3:00 am. Situated on Blair Street, just off We were very amazed of Cowgate this club is a staple by Scottish food, but of Edinburgh nightlife. If you as we noticed Indian are not looking for a quiet pub restaurants on every then try CabVol. The loud dance corner, we thought that music, smoke filled dance floor we should try those as well, because it is also part of the and overall crazy atmosphere culture. You can really get authentic Indian food: from makes every night feel like an North Indian to Pakistani food, expensive and fancy to electronica concert. low budget and takeaway. Apart from all the Indian food They also offer events including you can find a lot of Italian influence in Edinburgh. There trivia on Sunday nights, DJs and are coffee shops, pizzerias and small takeaways where rolling concerts. Occasionally they have a café where food you can get all kinds of small snacks. For those who still is served but it often requires cannot get enough and need something sweet, there advance booking. are many chocolate and pastry shops that sell amazing No matter the night in Belgian chocolate. So no matter what kind of food you like, Edinburgh, Cabaret Voltaire will you will never have to run to McDonalds or Burger King. always have something going on, so strap on your going out clothes and head to the city’s Rebecca Christoph & Irene Schippl Carrera biggest party! -VN 36 Blair Street 23 THE PLAYFAIR inspiring view out of the window in the back of the café just as 07.00 PM£ -01.00 AM£ she did. While drinking a coffee and sampling the special cake of The Playfair is a real sports bar, the day, you should take a look at with flat screens all over the the hundreds of letters written by place, amusement machines visitors to J. K. Rowling. Just open here and there and you can the drawer under the table! And if choose between 50 single malts you have some paper and a pen and six real ales. They have free you can leave a note there, too. Wi-fi and great food deals. Most It will still be there the next time meals average around £8.00. you visit Edinburgh! -CM They sometimes has special meals such as a burger and a HAGGIS AND WHISKY soft drink for £4.09, and a burger HOUSE and a beer for £5.09. A fantastic combination of This small pub in Cockburn American and Scottish food is Street is one of the oldest bars the Haggis Burger, served with in Edinburgh and a really good fried onions and a tasty pint of place to try some whiskies or get beer. For a relaxing atmosphere, breakfast on the weekend. There they play music from 5pm. -RC is only room for about 20 people total, which, in addition to the THE WORLD’S END old furniture, adds to the homely atmosphere of the establishment. 06.00 PM£ It has an assortment of over -01.00 AM£ a hundred fair trade teas and TUK-TUK (INDIAN The famous World’s End pub is about the same number of RESTAURANT) THE PLAYFAIR whiskies. The breakfast menu The OMNI Centre steeped in Scottish history. 16th 12.00 PM£ century Edinburgh was enclosed itself only features four or five -10.30 PM£ by walls, with gates situated different choices, but covers all THE WORLD’S END where the pub now stands. Since tastes. Everything from fruit and Edinburgh is full of Indian 4 High Street the people of Edinburgh refused cereals to haggis and sausages is restaurants but if you are looking to venture beyond the gates available. The traditional Scottish for something really authentic THE ELEPHANT HOUSE at that time, it really was the breakfast is served straight from and special, if you are looking 21 George IV Bridge “World’s End” for them. Today, a frying pan, with some toast for the real taste of India’s street tourists and locals alike go for and butter. It is only available restaurants, then trying the TUK HAGGIS & WHISKY HOUSE the friendly atmosphere and on Saturday and Sunday from TUK Indian Street is a must. 48 Cockburn Street delicious food and beer. Anyone 9:30am to 12:30pm. -ES When you enter you immediately get the feeling of being in a AULD JOCK’S PIE SHOPPE is welcome, although UK restricts 118 Westbow those drinking alcohol to ages different world because of the 18 and over. The World’s End AULD JOCK’S PIE SHOPPE unique smell of mixed curries TUK-TUK (INDIAN is open from Monday to Friday 10.00 AM£ and Indian spices. The walls are RESTAURANT) from 11:00 am to 1:00 am, and -06.00 PM£ full of Bollywood-movie posters, 1 Leven Street Sunday and Sunday from 10:00 the lights are dimmed and the am to 1:00 am, and is located A small Scottish Pie Shop at the very large space is divided in at 2-8 High Street. For more Grassmarket with a perfect view different sectors all of which have information, visit http://www. of the old gallows site, where their own decoration. When you worldsend-edinburgh.co.uk/. -RN murderers and thieves were have finally decided where to sit, hanged. you are served by a friendly staff This rustic café is full of that answers all your questions THE ELEPHANT HOUSE Edinburgh’s greatest places or confusions about the menu. illustrated in paintings. It only The best way to go is with a group 09.00 AM£ has three tables but outside of at least three people because -10.00 PM£ seating as well. It is the perfect you are supposed to order a few After you have touched Greyfriars option to have a cheap but great different dishes and then share Bobby’s nose for luck, you should typical Scottish snack. If you are them, like they do in India. TUK make a detour to the bright red very hungry just add mashed TUK Indian Street has, like a Café called The Elephant House potatoes and baked beans for lot of restaurants in Edinburgh on George IV Bridge. It became only £3.90 to any pie on the list. a BYOB (bring your own bottle) famous as the birthplace of policy but the typical Mango Harry Potter, where J. K. Rowling A must try is the meaty, tasty Lassi should be tried, especially wrote about the world’s most Angus pie and the very Scottish, to compensate for the spicy food. popular wizard. Enjoy the same spicy Haggis pie. -RC -ISC 25 SCOTTISH POETRY famous as being the person the Edinburgh Castle and George LIBRARY Sherlock Holmes’ character is Heriot’s School, to name just a FAMOUS SCOTTISH AUTHORS based on. This building is part of few, could really be a part of the THREE OF THE WORLD’S BEST-SELLING NOVELISTS ALL LIVE IN EDINBURGH ‘By leaves we live’. This is the the Edinburgh University, where magical world. -FL ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH creed of the Scottish Poetry today geography is studied. Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun: 5pm | meeting IAN RANKIN Library, which is one of three It was also the birthplace of point: in front of Greyfriars Bobby’s 1948 Alexander McCall Smith worked 1960 JK ROWLING poetry libraries in the UK. The Wendy. J.M. Barrie’s friend W.E. Bar | www.pottertrail.com 1965 as a professor of Medical Law The stories about detective statement reflects their passion Henly’s daughter Margaret called The brave wizard Harry Potter is before he devoted his time to Rebus are known by every big fan for poetry, which you can sense him “fwiendy-wendy” instead of part of the childhood of a whole NATIONAL LIBRARY OF the writing of fiction after the of detective stories. Ian Rankin the moment you enter the award- friend, which led to the creation generation. J.K. Rowling wrote SCOTLAND success of his The No 1 Ladies’ is one of the most famous winning building designed by of the character. a lot of the Harry Potter series Detective Agency series. In writers of our time and lives with Malcolm Fraser Architects. It is As a guide to this tour, Allan Foster in Edinburgh’s cafés and was If you feel a sudden yearning for addition to collections of short his family in Edinburgh. The city bright and welcoming, with just delivers the facts with clarity and inspired by many places and some quiet amidst the buzz of stories, academic works and inspires him a lot. Some stories the right atmosphere to pick humour, and it is very interesting names of the city. She still lives Scotland’s capital, the National children’s books, he is also the even take place in Edinburgh. up and enjoy a book from their even if you do not know all of the here and writes novels. Have a Library of Scotland on George author of the Scotland Street Maybe you are lucky and will collection. Starting with a modest famous writers he mentions. But coffee in the Elephant House or IV Bridge, Scotland’s largest and the Sunday Philosophy meet Rankin in his favourite pub, number of 300 books in the after this tour you certainly want Spoon café and read the names library, could be your haven. Club series. The award-winning the Oxford Bar. early 1980s, the collection has to read one of the books of these on Greyfriars Kirkyard to discover Its predecessor, the Library of writer of over 80 books lives in grown to 30,000 anthologies, authors you heard so much about. the Faculty of Advocates, was McGonagall and Thomas Riddell. single and collected editions, Meeting point is in front of The Edinburgh with his wife and has founded in the early 1680s. two daughters. reference books, periodicals and Writers’ Museum in Lady’s Stair Since 1710, the library has been special collections. In addition to Close. -FL entitled to receive a copy of every the Scottish core collection, the Wed – Sun 11.30pm and 1.30pm; single book published in Britain. library also houses editions of www.edinburghbookloverstour. It comes as no surprise, then, international poets. As is written com that an additional building on on one of the book sculptures Causewayside was completed in showcased there, “a library is so POTTER TRAIL 1995 in order to make room for much more than a building full of the library’s extensive collection, books“ and so it is a pleasure to which by now amounts to around If you are a die-hard Harry Potter discover poems in the pamphlets 15 million printed items. From rare fan and you do not mind being collection as well as in the audio- books and historical documents identified as such, the Potter Trail visual and the cuttings collection, to photographs, manuscripts to is the ideal tour for you. If you are where you can trace a poet’s life maps, music to magazines, there a die-hard Harry Potter fan, you OTHER FAMOUS SCOTTISH AUTHORS by means of newspaper cuttings. is nothing you cannot find in the might also get over your initial In poetry workshops, you can also National Library. embarrassment at following a SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832) ROBERT BURNS work on your own writing. -FL Even if you only sneak a peek robed tour guide through the Sir Walter Scott is known for creating the first historical (1759-1796) 5 Crichton’s Close through the Reading Room doors city and waving a wand at traffic novels. He was the first English-language writer to Robert Burns was born a farmer’s – access is only granted with a free lights. Apart from that, it makes have an international career: his works found many son in a village in Ayrshire. Along THE BOOK LOVERS TOUR Library Card – the ground-floor for a nice change from visits to readers in Europe, North America and Australia and with his relatively good education exhibition alone offers an insight The tour on foot through the museums. You will not only see paved the way for the great Victorian novels. Among and his interest in books, pretty into the library’s treasures. In streets of Edinburgh is a must-do places and names that inspired his 26 novels, you will find such popular works as young girls proved to be conducive addition to rolling showcases, an for every book fan. The writer Allan J.K. Rowling, but also learn about Ivanhoe, Waverley and The Heart of Midlothian. The to his poetry. The publication of interactive permanent exhibition Foster, who wrote a literary travel the stories behind them. The tour Scott Monument on Princes Street commemorates his first collection of poems was a on the John Murray archive guide, shows you the places where covers the places where she wrote this important Scottish author. Climb the 287 steps great success. However, his love of gives a shrewd overview of the writers like J. K. Rowling, Robert her books, but is about more than to the top and enjoy the view of literary Edinburgh! women, drink, poetry and nature publisher’s famous authors. Louis Stevenson and Sir Conan her fictional universe: you also as well as the hard labour on the To top off your visit, you could Doyle got the inspiration for their get to know more about medieval ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894) fields in his young years would read Discover NLS, the library’s novels. The tour includes a visit Edinburgh and ‘real’ witches and Robert Louis Stevenson is a real child of Edinburgh eventually take their toll on Burns. magazine, in the café or browse to the building of the Edinburgh wizards of that era. So, once you of the 19th century. He began writing as a little kid, He died in 1796, aged only 37. through the stationery and books Centre of Carbon Innovation, get into the Harry Potter mood, fascinated by the man who lit the street lamps in Burns is well-known for his poems in the shop. -CMM where Conan Doyle studied the Potter Trail offers the chance front of his house every night. His most famous works and songs, such as To a Mouse George IV Bridge medicine and was taught by to just imagine for about one and are Treasure Island and Jekyll and Hyde. Cramond and Auld Lang Syne. surgeon Joseph Bell. Bell became a half hours that such places as Island gave Stevenson the idea for Treasure Island. FL&CM 33