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What to See and Do
In the year of Homecoming there is loads going on in Scotland, find the best places to see and the most exciting things to do!
Big Tent Festival
Big Tent 2009 is Scotland's largest eco-festival and takes place in Cupar's Falkland Palace. View full details
Puffins near Edinburgh
Visit The Firth of Forth this summer and see an amazing range of wildlife! View full details
Melrose Massed Pipe Band Championships
Seated in a bend of the River Tweed, the small village of Melrose is worth visiting for many reasons. Melrose Abbey, one of Britain's most beautiful monastic ruins, which is also the burial ground of the heart of Robert the Bruce, is Melrose's most famous draw, though, each year, the village comes alive for an altogether different reason. View full details
Rat Race
If you venture out onto the streets of Edinburgh next month, you could come face-to-face with hundreds of rats! Fear not, as we don't mean the four-legged variety but instead teams of thrill-seeking adventurers who take to the city's streets each summer for Scotland's biggest urban adventure: the Rat Race. View full details
Robert Adam's Landscape Fantasies at the National Gallery
Known and renowned as perhaps one of Scotland's finest architects and interior designers, Robert Adam was responsible for pushing the limits of architecture forward; developing what became known as the “Adam Style”, which would contribute greatly to both European and American design practice, and see his stylistic legacy still awarded today. View full details
Run Rig & Blair Castle Horse Trials
Visit Perthshire this August to see one of the biggest open air concerts of the year as well the three-day Blair Castle International Horse Trials. View full details
The Hidden Jewel
Join this spectacular open air "walking theatre" performance around the bewitching grounds of medieval Dunollie House in Oban. View full details
Zig-Zag: The Path of Robert Burns
Known across the country as Scotland's "Bard", Robert Burns was a poet who keenly and knowingly perpetuated and created his own air of worldliness and passion through his writing. View full details
Fyvie Homecoming Festival
As part of the national “Homecoming Scotland 2009” initiative the historic village of Fyvie, in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, will host its own “Fyvie Homecoming Festival” from 28-30 August 2009. View full details
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Discover the biggest arts festival in the world in the vibrant, historic city of Edinburgh this August, where you can expect to see everything from theatre, comedy, music and dance to street art and exhibitions - with a few surprises thrown in along the way. View full details
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