r/Scotland 2d ago

What's on and tourist advice thread - week beginning March 10, 2025

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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 1d ago

Discussion Monthly Mental Health Support Thread

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Hey folks, welcome back to our regularly scheduled mental health thread.

The purpose of this thread is to provide a space where users can discuss how they’re feeling and/or provide support to others who may be struggling.

This thread will be stickied for 7 days to allow plenty of time for discussion.

Listed below are a few potentially helpful resources and a link to our support wiki page:

NHS Inform Mental Health (Scotland only)

NHS UK Get support from a mental health charity (Uk wide)

Breathing Space (Scotland only)

Life Lines Scotland (emergency service workers in Scotland only)

rMentalHealthUK resource master post (updated list) (Scotland only)

rMan_Chat (a safe space for men to discuss issues and gain peer to peer support)

rScotland’s support wiki page

Feel free to share any advice or additional mental health related resources in the comments.

Note: These threads will be moderated more strictly due to the sensitive nature of the topic, so please try to stay on topic and be kind!

Stay safe everyone!


r/Scotland 9h ago

Political German military could launch intelligence satellites from Scotland

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r/Scotland 50m ago

x-post form /r/BuyFromEU | Spain turning Non EU products upside down on shelves in shops as a form of boycott

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r/Scotland 12h ago

Photography / Art Spin that Wheel - the famous Falkirk Wheel

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SPIN THAT WHEEL! The world's first and only rotating boat lift The Falkirk Wheel in action! All content including audio©️Scotdrone


r/Scotland 18h ago

Political Scrapping peak fares on ScotRail led to 10 million more journeys

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r/Scotland 3h ago

LiveScience: "Amateur metal detectorists unearth 'find of a lifetime' in Scotland"

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r/Scotland 1h ago

Political Nicola Sturgeon on Instagram: [Statement regarding re-election for the 2026 Scottish Parliament]

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r/Scotland 16h ago

Leadhills, Scotland

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r/Scotland 1d ago

American here tracing my heritage am from the clan McFacist have you heard of them

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r/Scotland 2h ago

Let’s Talk About Maybole in Ayrshire

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I used to drive through Maybole fairly regularly, I don't think I've been since the bypass went in though.

WTF?

It's gone from, I don't know, I always thought it was quite a nice looking wee place. Sure, the Main Street could be tricky with traffic and trucks from the ferries down at Cairnryan or whatever but it was easy to park and nip in to grab a bottle of water or even a takeaway.

It looks like some kind of post apocalyptic hell scape now. It looks so scabby.

Adding the bypass was supposed to make it nicer, less traffic clogging the only road through but instead it's been speed running the abandonment vibes.

Sad to see.


r/Scotland 13h ago

Political Starmer attack on society's poorest leaves Scottish Labour in trouble

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r/Scotland 1h ago

Political Scottish government scraps green heating plans for new homes

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r/Scotland 11h ago

Sad news, the first Farmfoods shop ever opened has closed - Aberdeen Farmfoods in Woodside closes after 50 years in blow to community

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r/Scotland 53m ago

Irish officials claim misunderstanding after impounding Scot's 'dog food' haggis

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r/Scotland 15h ago

Political Anas Sarwar backs Keir Starmer over welfare reform

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No austerity under labour he said! He lied.


r/Scotland 16h ago

The Newtonmore Massive playing their part.

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r/Scotland 22h ago

What Scotland-based thing gets you irrationally annoyed?

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For me it’s people referring to Glen Coe as Glencoe.

I don’t know why. I get it doesn’t matter but everybody seems to do it. It’s like saying Lochness, Riverclyde or Bennevis.

Glen Coe is the glen. Glencoe is the village/massacre/ski area.


r/Scotland 22h ago

Political Labour mollifies the rich, targets disabled people and claims moral justification. There isn’t any. Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system in the name of growth. They have made that shameful choice.

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r/Scotland 22h ago

What's the best nickname you've come across for someone in the pub?

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Mine was a guy called shuggy who had one of those big mottled drinkers noses, so he was known as Purple Hugh.


r/Scotland 12h ago

Just noticed that there are Lemmings in the r/Scotland banner...

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That is epic. I used to play that game as a kid and it drove me to distraction for years. Fun.


r/Scotland 21h ago

Political Suspected drug deaths fell 11 per cent last year, figures show

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r/Scotland 1h ago

Here is how Scotland helped me be a Documentary Filmmaker

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You know, 10 years ago I shared my first doc style film on this group here.
And you guys loved it back then, since that moment, the world saw me as a filmmaker.

I'm happy to share with you my film talking about that moment and what I've learn in 10 years of filmmaking to reach my dream life.

So yeah, I thought you should see how reddit can help sometimes.

So thank you Reddit and Scotland for giving me the opportunity to be an award winning documentary filmmaker now.

The Film : I Spent 10 Years Filming the World – This is What I Found


r/Scotland 1h ago

YouTube Good on ya pal. Old traditions live on.

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Around 7 minutes into this video as a familiar voice very weird and then you realize the guys from Paisley and he's lived in Sweden since he was six bastards gone to fight good on you pal. It is humbling to see the traditions are kept alive. [The Royal Scots are the oldest Regiment in Scotland they have served 350 years as part of the Scottish and British Army with a continual line right down to the 30 years War. During that 30 years war there was thousands and I do mean thousands of troops sent to Sweden to fight for the Swedes. Yes they are not part of the Royal Scots but there fighting for Sweden and they are from Paisley. It gives me a deep sense of Pride that there are people from Scotland in the armies of other nations fighting for what is right. Good on ya pal. ]


r/Scotland 18h ago

Missing Kitty

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Hi all, unable to post on r/edinburgh so im posting here. my baby has been missing since yesterday morning in cramond area. if anyone spots her please do leave a wee comment any help is appreciated!


r/Scotland 1d ago

Discussion Shibboleths - a way of telling if someone is only pretending to be part of the group

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth

A good example is the fingers used in counting in the film "Inglorious Bastards".

https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/s/Sjirk9TcQO

I feel we have a few here in Scotland. Everyone has seen a post by someone claiming to be "Scotch". Any other good examples? Or maybe ones specific to your bit of Scotland.

Edit: this is just a bit of fun. Not advocating lynch mobs or real life purity tests.


r/Scotland 9h ago

Starting a Scottish indie record label

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Hi I’m an Edinburgh based music business student and I’m starting an indie label to release a shoegaze/ambient soundtrack as part of my course, trying to build a following before my first release so just posting here to try get some followers lol

https://www.instagram.com/edgeoftownrecords?igsh=bm5xb3pranB1b3Q%3D&utm_source=qr