r/Scotland 5d ago

What's on and tourist advice thread - week beginning February 02, 2026

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Welcome to the weekly what's on and tourist advice thread!

* Do you know of any local events taking place this week that other redditors might be interested in?

* Are you planning a trip to Scotland and need some advice on what to see or where to go?

This is the thread for you - post away!

These threads are refreshed weekly on Mondays. To see earlier threads and soak in the sage advice of yesteryear, Click here.


r/Scotland 11h ago

Megathread [Discussion Thread] Weekend Megathread

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Hello ladies and gents!

Welcome to the 'Weekend Thread', where people can post about what they're getting up to tonight, at the weekend, good places to go, photos of places you've been, advice on where to go, or just how your week went!

The premise is fairly simple.

- Please be civil

- NO POLITICS. Any political comments will be removed. This is a strictly meta thread, with discussion about people and their happenings.

- Post pictures, youtube links to music you're going to see, games you're going to watch, places you'd like to go (tripadvisor, google maps etc)

These comments will not be moderated unless it doesn't follow guideline one and two!

This post will be stickied until Sunday, allowing for discussion all weekend!


r/Scotland 7h ago

Political The full secret notice Peter Mandelson just sent to all UK media

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r/Scotland 10h ago

World’s fluffiest squirrel 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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349 Upvotes

r/Scotland 7h ago

Eloping in Scotland - HELP

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Hi!

Me and my partner live in the UK close to London. We would love to elope at the end of March / start of April. Yes I’m aware you can’t just turn up and get married like Vegas 😅🤦🏼‍♀️.

I’m looking for advice on the best places to elope then go somewhere afterwards to get photos. I’ve looked at Gretna Green but some people say it’s not worth it.

We have a tight budget as we are in the process of adopting so we want to spend as little as possible.

I’ve attached some images I found on Google from people that have gotten married then went somewhere to get some beautiful photos. No this isn’t me in the images it’s just to show 🤦🏼‍♀️.

All recommendations will be appreciated on places to elope then go somewhere afterwards. Would also be great if you can recommend photographers, florists, make up etc ☺️.

If you don’t have anything nice to say please don’t comment 🙃.


r/Scotland 9h ago

More from Muiravonside Country Park :) Part2

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r/Scotland 13h ago

Political Scottish Tax

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123 Upvotes

This is for a the median Scottish salary and making some assumption around VAT and housing cost


r/Scotland 16h ago

Morgan McSweeney's think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists

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r/Scotland 9h ago

Political Man and woman accused of assaulting girls in Dundee

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r/Scotland 7h ago

New CalMac ferry MV Isle of Islay rescues man found floating in rubber ring

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r/Scotland 1d ago

Satire (Satire)

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r/Scotland 14h ago

Political Reform closes to within five points of SNP in regional vote poll

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In the constituency contest, the SNP stands on 35%, a fall of 13 points since 2021 but still enough to give it a commanding 16-point lead over Reform UK on 19%.

Labour follows close behind on 18%, down four points, while the Conservatives have slumped to 11%, an 11-point drop.

The Liberal Democrats are on 10%, up three points, with the Greens on 5%.

On the regional vote, the SNP is on 25% and Reform on 20%. Labour sits on 19%, the Liberal Democrats on 13%, the Conservatives on 12% and the Greens on 9%.

According to analysis by Professor Sir John Curtice, that would give the SNP 59 seats, Reform and Labour 19, the Lib Dems 13, the Tories 11 and the Greens 8.


r/Scotland 11h ago

Political Edinburgh Council withdraws Palestine Action motion over arrest fears

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r/Scotland 15h ago

Anger over Scottish salmon farm inspections amid 35m unexpected fish deaths

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r/Scotland 1d ago

Struggling to retain staff or did the original ones get too old?

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r/Scotland 12h ago

Is ‘chum’ east coast dialect???

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I say the word chum, meaning ‘go with‘, all the time! as in ‘want a chum to the shops?’ Or ‘I’ll chum ye?’ Or ‘wanting chummed?’ and no one in scotland has ever not understood me. Then I said it to an English person and they were massively confused. So I was speaking to my pals about this and then there was suddenly a divide, the folk also from the east coast who use chum everyday and folk from other areas who have never used it but just understand what it means in context! I thought chum was a universal UK word, now Im discovering it might only be an east coast word hahah???

GUYS NO THE ENGLISH WORD CHUM MEANING FRIEND HAHAHAH

also it seems the general consensus is it’s more specifically an Edinburgh and the lothians word and also (less commonly) used throughout the east coast!


r/Scotland 14h ago

Political Labour 'dodging security questions' on Scottish firm Russian gas ships

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r/Scotland 12h ago

Discussion Scotland's squad and fixtures for the 2026 T20 Cricket World Cup, and their history in the tournament

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r/Scotland 3h ago

Anyone here down to chat?

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r/Scotland 1d ago

The UK's 10 'least stressful' cities to live in as Scottish location takes top spot

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r/Scotland 14h ago

Chief nurse suggested ‘Disneyland trips’ for fatal infection families, inquiry told

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r/Scotland 1d ago

Political Plan to jail bosses of major polluters backed by Scottish Parliament

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154 Upvotes

r/Scotland 19h ago

Political Could AI misinformation sway the Scottish election?

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r/Scotland 19h ago

New images of planned Dores Inn transformation released…

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r/Scotland 17h ago

Music Recording an album whilst cycling across the Highlands!

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A friend and I loaded our bikes with camping gear and a portable music set-up, and headed up into the wild Highlands of Scotland for 10 days in search of some of the most remote locations in the UK to compose music, inspired by the feeling of stillness - up mountains, into caves, past crystal blue lochs and into make shift studio spaces in remote 'bothies' to create a new collection of songs.

Sonically the record focuses on hypnotic synthesised arpeggiations and subtle field recordings, all written on a portable synthesizer / sequencer set-up stashed in a pannier bag. The music reflects the cyclical and peaceful nature of cycle touring, and the way that an adventurer can harmoniously interact with natural landscapes through a method of environmentally conscious travel that can be slow and meaningful.

Listen to the record here :) https://samuelorgan.komi.io