Discover the hidden history of Aberdeen's Palmerston Road arches once part of the Victorian railway and even built over the old River Dee. Today, these arches are home to some of the city's most unique businesses: escape rooms like Breakout Games and the Wreck It Room, Haigs butcher, Shotz pool hall, Aberdeen's own distillery, gyms including AKR and Results, and the popular Sweet Mummas Kitchen café where I stopped for breakfast. From railways and rivers to brunch and butchers, the arches show a

Things I never noticed in Aberdeen… until this year. I’ve lived here my whole life, walked these streets countless times and yet this year Aberdeen completely caught me out. The more I slowed down and started really looking, the more I realised how much history, symbolism and quiet detail is hiding in plain sight. From the hanging stones at the top of Marischal Street, to the Langstane on Langstane Place and the Langstane of Hilton, reminders of old boundaries and forgotten markers. From the tra

People call this one of the eeriest spots in Aberdeen and standing here, it’s easy to see why. This is the Snow Kirk. Today it looks like a quiet graveyard, tucked away behind university walls. But it wasn’t always like this. Centuries ago, this was a working church. The building itself is long gone, dismantled after the Reformation, but the burial ground remained. Graves were laid here even after the walls and altar disappeared, leaving the dead resting where a church once stood. Over the years

Old Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland

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