In the 18th century this Northwestern city, 30 miles from Liverpool, was the cotton making capital of the world and one of the breeding grounds of the industrial revolution. Manchester is often called the first modern city.
The torchlight parades, fire festival events, concerts, funfairs, and winter swims go on for four days. But the big event is the world-famous Edinburgh Fringe, a free-for-all of drama, music, comedy and street theater that veers wildly from brilliant to dire and that takes over the whole city for most of August.Ĭome winter and Edinburgh folks are ready to party again, staging the world's biggest New Year's celebration, Hogmanay.
Film, books, art, music, television and jazz, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, and the Edinburgh International Festival are just some of the summer festivals. During the main festival month of August, the population of Edinburgh swells by more than one million, making it, temporarily, the UK's second-largest city.įestival Edinburgh - From the end of June through to early September, Edinburgh reels through one festival after another. At least 13 million people visit every year. And, Edinburgh's annual New Year's celebration - Hogmanay - is a four-day street party to end all street parties.Įdinburgh has about half a million people, including more than 62,000 university students. Here you'll find the world's biggest performing arts festival, a 1,000-year-old castle and a mountain - Arthur's Seat - right in the middle of town. Scotland's capital and the seat of its Parliament, Edinburgh combines the young and modern sensibilities of a great university city and national capital with a historic and dramatic setting.
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