24 hours of gaming is pretty hardcore – especially, as this brave fellow does, you start to pledge your own money whenever you die in one of the horror games you’ll be attempting to play. The money supports the Sick Kids Friends Foundation which was set up in 1992 to support the Royal Hospital for […]
What does 'El Al' in Edinburgh mean, anyway?
Et all basically means 'everything else'! There's plenty to do in Edinburgh that doesn't fit into the category of food, shopping, travel, festival, entertainment and businesses - so, we created this category to cover... well, whatever else we choose to cover!
Things like massages/wellness, competitions, experiences, events and even some appropriate Edinburgh-based headlines that have got people talking/captured our imaginations!
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Sponsored Video: Escape the festival chaos for Chaos Island
I once heard Scotland described as a beautiful country in which most of the population lived in a central band that stretched from Glasgow in the West to Edinburgh in the East. Except in August, in August all the locals get the heck out of Edinburgh and go to live somewhere else for a month. […]
Edinburgh Zoo’s lion club plays with Monty the dog and rabbit
Update: June 25th 2012 Edinburgh Zoo want to distance themselves from this video. They have good reason to do so as this footage isn’t from Edinburgh Zoo after all. In addition, the zoo has a policy of keeping all animal/kepper interaction to a minimum. Where is this footage actually from? This is from Glasgow Zoo. […]
Road closures in Edinburgh for the Olympic Torch
The Olympic Torch arrives in Edinburgh on the 13th of June. The flame also passes out of Edinburgh on the 14th on its way to Duddingston, Musselburgh and then Dalkeith. There are a number proposed road closures in Edinburgh because of the Olympic Torch. They are; Castlehill Ramsay Lane Ramsay Garden Mound Place (except event […]
When is the Olympic Torch coming to Edinburgh?
The 2012 Olympic Torch is coming to Edinburgh. Two great questions to ask in response to that statement are; when is the Olympic Flame coming to Edinburgh and where in Edinburgh will the Olympic Torch going? The Olympic Torch reaches Edinburgh on the 13th of June. That’s the day to expect TV cameras and all […]
A photo gallery of the Invisible Worlds display in St Andrew’s Square
As part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival there is a collection of art on public display in St Andrew’s Square. The goal of the work is to explore what is not normally seen by the human eye; whether because it’s too small, too large or simply too far away. The photo gallery below was […]
Punk piper performance on the Royal Mile
The Badpiper is not just a finalist at the Australian Got Talent TV show – he’s also performed on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. If you’re a fan you can even buy his CDs from the website. It was quite some performance. Until today you might not have thought it was possible to play Queen’s We Will […]
Sponsored Video: Royale de Rugby
On Foursquare, the popular social location network, the most popular tip left on Murrayfield Stadium is one by BBC America. It points out that: This stadium, in Scotland’s capital, holds the recorded for the largest attendance to a rugby match – 104,000 watched Scotland play Wales in 1975. If you’re surprised by the 1975 date […]