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Advantages: Good Food and lots to do
Disadvantages: Finding good food!

ABERDEEN CITY - Aberdeenshire I moved to Aberdeen 4 years ago from a small village in Shropshire where I had lived my whole life. I came to Aberdeen to attend university at Kings College and this city has really worked for me. Aberdeen is a nice (non-intimidating size) city with plenty of things to do and some little treasures if you know where too look! First things first Eating Out in Aberdeen… Restaurants in Aberdeen are plenty but the ... Read review

Advantages: If you have to wait, plenty of Bars close by
Disadvantages: too many too list, antiquated, run-down , poorly maintained

Aberdeen are in the grip of a Tourist Crisis at the moment, and we should be doing everything we can to attract visitors to our city. We should make the most of our attractions in the City. Venture down to the Queen's Links Leisure Park, and you are met with various new modern bars, Scotlands biggest night-club a Bingo hall, and a brand new multiplex cinema, all built within the last 4 years. Great I hear you say,what's the problem?, What's wrong ... Read review

Advantages: Accessible pre-history
Disadvantages: Debatable origins

Aberdeenshire has a unique place in pre-history. Only here will you find the recumbent stone circle. Sadly, many have been destroyed as man developed his agricultural traits. But a good number remain, and are well worth a visit. Dating back to 3000 years BC or beyond, these circles seem to be a fusion of ideas from eastern Ireland, where passage graves had a recumbent stone marking the entrance, and the area around Inverness, where circles of similar ... Read review

Advantages: great place to start your holiday
Disadvantages: could do whith a bite more sun

in aberdeen its steeped in history,you hav marchall collage which is the 2nd largest granite building in the world. also just across from there youll find skean house this was aparently the first building to be built. Aberedeen wasA CITY OF 2 parts the old part was down near the north end of the city called Bridge of don. it is where youll find the balgownie bridge built in the 12 century.well worth a visit..then 5 mins from there u have . st ... Read review

Advantages: New (and decent) places to eat and drink.
Disadvantages: They get busy quickly!

So; Aberdeen finally embraces the fact that it is (a) a European city and (b) a European city of the 21st century. In the space of a year, no less than 4 new cafes have opened in the city centre - and not one of them is a Starbucks or a Costa! For the well - read, and those who like good soup, there is "Books and Beans" in Belmont Street, a cafe - cum -secondhand bookshop. For those who crave the New Yorker experience, the Manhattan Bagel shop ... Read review

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: none

With its sparkling granite buildings, Aberdeen has one of Scotland's most enchanting skylines, while the old town has a magical air of time gone by. A fantastic range of first class restaurants and a vibrant nightlife combined with a thriving cultural calendar and shops galore, all help make Scotland's third largest city well worth the trip. The capital of the Grampian Highlands is even more unique thanks to the treasures on its doorstep. Sample ... Read review