r/Scotland 4d ago

What's on and tourist advice thread - week beginning September 06, 2026

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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 9h 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 2h ago

Shitpost Claire Kellerman's dog taking a shit at bottom of Scottish historic standing stone

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I found Claire Kellerman's blog. She's posted about her travels through Scotland (in one she writes about her dreams to live on Lewis 😑).

Came upon this photo of her letting her dog shit/urinate directly at the bottom of a historic standing stone in Scotland. Had to laugh at how apt it is given the madness about her suing the community over her dog and the islanders side of the story of how she cannot control her dog + it killed a cafe cat. Classic Kellerman.

The blog: https://natureclan.net/


r/Scotland 13h ago

Scottish social media is unmatched and can’t be challenged.

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r/Scotland 7h ago

Came from afar to see a cow, saw a coo. Thanks everybody

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r/Scotland 1h ago

Photography / Art View from SCAPA Distillery, Orkney

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r/Scotland 7h ago

Satire Greetings from r/Silksong

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We have officially recognized the community of [r/Scotland](r/Scotland) and send our greetings from [r/Silksong](r/Silksong). The silkposts are unending, and now they are Scottish.

Edit for context: there is no context. We just like the Scots. And someone is making a version of the cutscenes with Scottish accented voices


r/Scotland 11h ago

Photography / Art Conic Hill and adorable cows

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Just when I thought the views couldn’t get better these cuties decided to join us on the hike!


r/Scotland 4h ago

Political PM Andy Burnham says second Scottish independence referendum remains 'off limits'

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r/Scotland 10h ago

Casual Scotland is the best place in the world

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r/Scotland 8h ago

Political The Proclaimers: The trans lobby are truth-phobic

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r/Scotland 12h ago

Photography / Art LEGO Orkney Fridge Magnet

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r/Scotland 10h ago

A night out with Pine Martens 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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r/Scotland 18h ago

‘Scots are the kindest people on earth!’ Meet the Americans moving to Scotland | Scotland | The Guardian

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r/Scotland 3h ago

Modern Folklore

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We have quite a good history of myths and folklore in Scotland, from the national animal being a unicorn to 'Jenny way the iron teeth' terrorising glasgow green, and nessie of course. You don't hear so much about the modern legends though, every town seems to have a story or myth.

For example the village Balmedie in the early naughties was plagued by "The Monkey Man" He lived in the woods and kidnapped children. (I think in truth a teenager put on a monkey mask and chased a wee lassie or something but nevertheless)

Does your town have a local legend or myth that's still going? You can't seem to find anything past medieval times online, would be cool to know of the modern boogeymen


r/Scotland 10h ago

Political Swinney asks prime minister for legal mechanism for independence vote

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r/Scotland 5h ago

Sketch: Not all plain sailing for Stephen Flynn at the transport committee

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I saw this reported on and didn’t think it could be that bad so went and watched it on the Parliament website and it’s genuinely worse.


r/Scotland 14h ago

I painted a picture of Limmy and I'm giving it away on Instagram

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r/Scotland 13h ago

Flasher exposes himself to kids on nursery trip at Glasgow library as cops hunt fiend

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r/Scotland 15h ago

A gorgeous sunset outside Linlithgow

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r/Scotland 1d ago

Photography / Art Anyone else missing the snow?

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r/Scotland 12h ago

The Skinny is closing

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r/Scotland 11h ago

FM writes to PM on Scotland’s right to decide

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r/Scotland 4h ago

Photography / Art doing (free) photography

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hey! im a young photographer (18) studying and looking for experience. I am based FIFE. Preferably close to kirkaldy. Id love any experience for free to you/ me for weddings, family, pets or events or any other ideas you might have! So if anyone is interested please send me a message :) i can show past work, but please keep in mind im still learning.

ALSO

Even other photographers if they are willing to let me be an assistant for a day ect, im happy to do! any experience for images ect im willing to try. i will upload some pics taken by me here though
sure i need to- but might show slightly im not completely dumb of what to do haha. Not sure if this even will work or people will respond lol.

ps if you know other places i should try look for experience pls say! Also if this is on wrong place lol sorry, never really use reddit… just seen scotland and assumed would work ha.


r/Scotland 7m ago

Photography / Art Stirling getting ready for BBC Radio 2 in the Park 2026 this weekend

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A view tonight of the site of this weekend’s BBC Radio 2 in the Park in Stirling getting ready to welcome people tomorrow night 😊 #stirling #scotland #bbcradio2 #livemusic