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Edinburgh and in today's video by popular request
I'm going to give you an insider's perspective on what to do in my amazing hometown. Hello guys. How are you doing?
Welcome to my channel. My name is Shaun and I'm a youtuber from Edinburgh in Scotland
the Edinburgh International Festival the Fringe Festival
2019 is just around the corner. We're talking a matter of weeks now and I feel as your favorite Edinburgh vlogger
It is my duty to be showing you all the best things that you should be doing
well
you come to Edinburgh this year and a lot of people have asked me for this very thing the 10 best tips my tips as
A little of all the things you should be doing when you come here and I get so many comments from people who are coming
To Edinburgh who said to me Shaun. I want to know the best things about Edinburgh
I want to know your local advice your local tips. So you know what?
I'm going to be doing a brand new series is launching today starting with this video
The best tips about Edinburgh from a local right?
I've got three four five different videos planned right now
Maybe more in future depending on what you guys want to see all about the tips of things you need to do when you come
To Edinburgh because I know it's a very popular destination
Now there's so many people from around the world coming here for various different reasons. Alright starting today today's video
I'm going to be telling you the ten best FREE things that you can do in Edinburgh
What are the things you can do and see here in Edinburgh?
Totally for free. Alright as an expensive
city, don't get me wrong
And that's precisely why I'm doing this video because there are a lot of things you can do for free
You can enjoy yourself here. You can see awesome sites without having to spend a penny
So that is what today's video is all about
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And there's really nothing more to say other than let me show you Edinburgh
But are the 10 best feet things that you can do while you're here in the city and it starts right here behind me
Right this right here is Holyrood parliament the scottish parliament?
a lot of people come here in this particular area this park to
See the parliament because it's a special building that is where the tour starts right here today
The ten best three things that you can do in Edinburgh when you visit this save the Holyrood Parliament building sits with an Edinburgh
UNESCO World Heritage Site
And was completed and opened in
1994 (wrong date it should be 2004)
The Parliament was opened following greater devolved powers being given back to Scotland from Westminster
Now you can actually come to this Scottish Parliament as like a public observer
I mean really waste your time doing that unless you're massively into politics like coming in to Edinburgh and
Spending your free time listening to politicians. Yeah, but on doesn't certainly my idea fun. Anyway, that's the Scottish Parliament
Let's get moving on to the second free thing that you can do in Edinburgh
And to be honest you the next thing is about 20 meters from where I'm standing right now
Hey guys
I'm going to be saving some of my very
Favorite my top tips of the free things you can do in Edinburgh until the end of this video is to gonna want to hang
On until the end. right the next free thing
I want to talk about aside from looking at the parliament starts here in front of Hollyrood Palace. Every city has a Main Street
Edinburgh actually has two in both the new and the old part of town
but the high street proper is known as the Royal Mile and
Is a must visit for anyone coming to Edinburgh?
So that they're behind me right is holyrood palace that is where the Queen lives when she's here in Edinburgh and as an attraction it
Actually costs a lot of money to go and see so it doesn't count towards today's video
That would be for another video, right?
Holyrood Palace today's video is about the three things that you can do in Edinburgh starting at Holyrood Palace and ending way out there
At Edinburgh Castle is the royal Mile. This is one of the most important
Historically important and most beautiful streets not just in Edinburgh
But of all of Scotland and this is an absolute must if you visit Edinburgh
You need to come to the Royal Mile the street right up here behind me
Let's go for a walk and I'll show you some of the best sights our way up the street
I'm not sure if it's exactly a mile long. I think it must be is the wrong amount
Well, we'll see. It's all uphill from here
So if you start at the palace and walk up to the castle
It is quite strenuous to get to the top right a long walk all uphill
But it's worth the Royal Mile is the city's historic centre with some of the buildings dating back to the 12th century
One of the awesome things about the wrong mail is like you just turn off and there's all these amazing
Historic closes this one is getting renovated. So it's a better
Modern looking bar as soon as I turn this corner right here
You'll get to see the original stonework
And like you could just explore these courses all day long right off the wrong mile
So many cool places it lets you take a day to go up and down all the closes of the wrong
I'll explore them and see what's in them. Some of them have show up. Some of them have restaurants and bars
It's just you know what it's just a cool area of town the wrong well, but anyway
I'm gonna take you right now a little bit further up the hill to the castle
So this is where the Royal Mile effectively ends
right
and it does look different at this time of year right now because we're getting ready for
The Edinburgh Festival the fringe and the Military Tattoo. So as you'll notice around me, they've turned it into a bit of a
Stadium right right here in front of the castle, which is behind me. They've got stage
Paul Weller actually played there last night, but you can still come up here
I walk during the day and go right up to the front of the castle with the Royal Mile and finishes. That's it
We're at the very end of the Royal mile. This is Edinburgh Castle here behind me
You can still go through those gates right there
across the drawbridge for free without paying if you want to write just have a we peek around but just as soon as you go
Through those doors. There's like a ticket barrier thing
But yeah the top the wrong mount well worth or walk in an exploration if you are in Edinburgh
For sure, one of the top things to do. I saw of all the three things you can do in Edinburgh
Probably one of my favourite things that I always recommend
Is to go for a walk through princes street gardens
It's absolutely amazing down here. Especially this time of year right below the castle
There's some music and stuff going on by me
It's just an awesome spot to come and spend a few hours in Edinburgh right nieces
Then I can see from down here. You got a great view of the castle right there up in the hill by me
Anyways, oh and days like this when the weather is like it is no I think Edinburgh city centre is unbeatable
Look at that view of the castle there behind me. The waterfall is absolutely gorgeous right here in the gardens princess G Gardens
I
Couldn't talk about the free things you can do in Edinburgh without mention it our museums, right?
There are a lot of public museums and they are very very good and worthwhile view. Check it out
And guess what here in Scotland? And in fact, I think all of the UK in London as well
They are totally free you can donate if you want but to get in there and see everything that's in there
This is a National Museum of Scotland. It is massive inside there
It is beautiful such a great building and then there has got Dolly the sheep
exhibitions and all different types of stuff
That you're gonna enjoy
I used to love this museum as a kid because of all the animal stuff and this is very very worthwhile checking out if you
Come here to Edinburgh other museums. You might want to check out if you're here totally for free
the National Portrait Gallery
Well worth a visit just down the road over there. Then there's also the Museum of Modern Art as well
There was just an exhibition of Andy Warhol there quite recently as well
So there are a lot of museums to choose from at least three here in Edinburgh are totally free and work
Well you guys checking out if you come to Edinburgh top tip
3 Edinburgh come and see the museum's you won't have to pay a penny
Alright now this fee thing that you can do in Edinburgh come to the graveyard is above a strange one because why would you come
To a graveyard, right?
The are a couple good reasons, you'd come to this graveyard and as a public graveyard, it's free
You can just wander in here anytime you want
the two main reasons you would come to this graveyard right as
A tourist attraction its first of all Harry Potter fans here in Greyfriars kirkyard
JK rowling and spent a lot of time
On her breaks having coffee and wandering around and she got inspiration from a lot of the tombstones
this ancient graveyard has got
Thousands and thousands and names all names of people right and JK Rowling took inspiration from a lot of the names
For her Harry Potter books, and in fact a lot of the names of big characters in Harry Potter
You can find the names around this graveyard
So that is them one main reason that you would come to this graveyard for free is a public graveyard
You can just walk in here any time you want
Second reason you would want to come to grief are as kirkyard is that it is one of the most haunted places in
All of the world there are a few famous ghost stories about this place. You can research all about them
You can do your own private investigations as but as I say this place is just open. However, I would recommend
Actually, although I said, this is free because just to walk in here and do some exploring
It's quite a pretty place the six and fours right here in the city centre of Edinburgh as well
But I would actually recommend if you want to really know about the ghost stories as you do a paper tour
And then you'll really find out about some of these skiddy stuff that happens here bar
Yeah, great. Fires cook yard, two main reasons. You want to come here the ghost stories and Harry Potter
Also, there's a school just over the back wall there. You can see if you get closer
There is one of the main inspirations for Hogwarts as well
So a lot of Harry Potter fans, come here as you can see
There's a tour people just stop there behind me, but thinking about pop culture Harry Potter and other
Films and movies and stuff that have been going on in Edinburgh that brings me on to my next
free thing that you can do right here in Edinburgh pop culture films
filming locations
because there's a lot of them that have popped up in Edinburgh over the last few years as shows like Outlander have taken advantage of
The glorious city of Edinburgh for doing some filming
So I'm gonna take you next to some of the maze and filming locations
We've got right here in the city that you can visit for free
Hey guys, if you want to know more about some the ghosts that live in this graveyard Greyfriars kirkyard
Do me a favor go back from a channel
I did a series called spooks and one of the episodes I've visited this place where some really creepy stuff happened
I will put a link up above know so you can go and check out that video
This place is haunted. If you're into the paranormal, you'll want to come and visit Greyfriars kirkyard
Alright guys, so a growing number of people are coming to Scotland
Because of things they have seen on television or in the movies, right?
This is a trend and we have got a lot to be thankful for here in Edinburgh for the massive surge in tourism
to Outlander Diana Gabaldon and the people who made the show Outlander the series on TV
I've done a lot of videos on my channel all about land are touring the filming sites
Talking all about the CDs and doing reviews and stuff
There's so many videos all about outlander on my channel go back
Through and see some of those I'll put a link up above where you can check out some of those videos, right?
But it's a fact right here
No number so many people are actually coming not just Edinburgh
But also the rest of Scotland thanks to the filming of Outlander
And right now I'm in one of the key filming locations for season 3 because right now I'm in big house clothes
which was the print shop and
iconic film location and Outlander in a place that you can come and visit for free because I know a lot of you guys watching
are going to be Outlander fans and a lot of people come to Scotland or fans now so like
it's one of the things you're going to want to do when you come here is to visit the many filming locations and I highly
recommend
You take your time to know to learn about some of the filming location see right here in Edinburgh and come and visit them
Like I said, it's a free thing to do and there are so many of them right here in this city
Not just Outlander other things as well
for example Avengers
I'll show you one of the Avengers filming locations and a bit later on but right now let me show you baker's course an
iconic Edinburgh filming location for Outlander
Don't know if you know an outlander when the print house got set on fire, right
Fergus Jamie and the guys were all sat here in a wall behind me
What I seen
What I season that was as well from Outlander to superhero films
Further up the hill right here on Cockburn Street
This cafe right here behind me played a starring role in the film Avengers
You may not recognize it because it's very different right now from how it was in the film
But it's another filming location. You can find right here in the city of Edinburgh
The team village is one of those places that needs to be seen to be believed
Smart buying in the middle of Edinburgh city centre and under the Dean bridge lies this tranquil village within the city
The village is located on the banks of the water of leith a river running right through the heart of Edinburgh
This is a must visit on your next trip to the city
So, I know it looks like I'm still right in the middle of the sea technically speaking
I'm still an Edinburgh
Kind of right and this one we're about to show you is one of the top things I suggest you do in Edinburgh
For free and you might think this is odd
Okay, although people don't believe me when I say this, but there are amazing beaches and Edinburgh
Right and Portobello the one I'm about to show you is our city centre beach
And I highly recommend that you guys come and check out if you are in Edinburgh during the summertime
It is one of the top things you can do in the city for free
All right. It has to go on this list the top three things to go to Edinburgh the sun's even come out perfect
and there's a lot of people down here as busy and
this place does get busy in the summer because like a lot of locals know about this place and we all come so if your
Own Edinburgh, and it's a nice day come and check out the beach. I highly recommend it
All right. It's just here in front of me
Before cheap air travel was a thing
Portobello beach was a bustling hub for the city of Edinburgh and
Thousands of people used to descend on the small resort every weekend to enjoy their music parks and bathe in the ocean
After years of neglect the beach is making a comeback and is once again a great place to spend a sunny day in the
capital
From down at sea level and now taking you up high to somewhere where you can get a spectacular
panoramic view of the entire city of Edinburgh
alright
so one of the most iconic things about Edinburgh is our
amazing green spaces right in the middle of the city right in the city centre a very unique feature of
Edinburgh is our Hills and we actually have five of them here in Edinburgh
right
And I've picked out two of the five to put in today's top ten list of the three things for you guys to do
right here in Edinburgh because I think they're both very much work you guys visiting and hiking up if you're here in the city and
The first of the two hills I'm going to be putting in today's video here behind me is Calton Hill
While like about Calton hill is is literally a couple hundred meters away from Princes Street the city set are the castles just over there
I think Calton hell of all the hills in Edinburgh gives you the best view of edinburgh city centre from any location in this city
Calton he'll number one is the sport that you need to come to get the best views of Edinburgh and I'll tell you what as
well if there's any fireworks occasions in Edinburgh
I would also say that Colton Hill is the best place to come to watch the fireworks in Edinburgh because it's right in the city
Centre literally a couple hundred meters. That way is Princess Street. That is Edinburgh city centre, right?
They are that's the old town the Royal Mile just behind there leading up to Edinburgh Castle, right?
They are princess Street right down below me so iconic. What a great view of Edinburgh
This is a picture postcard version of Edinburgh from this advantage point
This has to be absolutely must be on anyone's top 10 list of the best 3 things to do while you're here in Edinburgh
Come to Calton Hill
It is beautiful with special a lot a green space as you can see behind me and you just like I said
You just get such amazing views of the city, but there's another Hill do you absolutely?
must
100% visit if you come to Edinburgh, it's so iconic. It is the heart and soul of what the city is, right?
And
This is probably the most significant and obvious
Free place that you need to visit if you are coming or if your enema right?
If you come to edinburgh just look up and you will see this, this is Arthur's seat the famous
Volcanic hill right here in the city center of our city. It's beautiful
It's not that high to hike right like 250 meters which is doable the view from up there
Let me tell you is absolutely spectacular and it's just a nice walk a nice park to come through. And as I said
One of the best places you can walk
For free an atom or one of the most glorious seis you can find in the middle of a city like Edinburgh
amazing
It's a great shame that this path right here behind me is closed because the rock fall because actually this is one of the places
I would suggest everybody actually go for a walk
Is that the crags which are there behind me which is this kind of cliff face?
That goes all the way across in front of Arthur's seat
very very famous. Iconic Edinburgh the image of the crags
Right, but because of rockfall you just can't go up there right now, which is such a shame, but there you go
I would have told you that that is one of the top spots to come an enemy right now along the crags
You can if you're a daredevil go across the top, right?
It's a glorious glorious view from the crags as well. If you've made it to the end of this video you are a hero
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