Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland .

It is one of the old and beautiful cities in the world.

Edinburgh Castle is the main place of interest in the city. It is very famous and very old. It is 500 years old.

Edinburgh Castle is situated on a hill.

The Queen lives in Edinburgh Castle when she comes to Edinburgh. 

In Edinburgh Castle there is  famous One O`Clock Gun which is fired every hours.

Every citizen in Edinburgh check  his watch by  One O`Clock Gun.

Holyrood Palace is the place where the Queen lives when she comes to Scotland.

The Holyrood palace is opened when the Queen is in Edinburgh.

 In the national Gallery of Scotland you can see only Scottish paintings.

There are excellent clothes shops in Princess Street and George Street.

There are souvenir shops in The Royal Mile.

The Edinburgh Festival takes place in June.

The Edinburgh Festival is the biggest art festival in the world.

The population is 488.000 people.