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Underemployed flâneuse sharing info about #Edinburgh beyond the castle ie overlooked, neglected, underappreciated, everyday & mundane treasures inc - Graveyards - Guerrilla Gardens - Street Art - Indie Retail - Hidden Gems she/her

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Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · Nov 14

Ok Edinburgh peeps, I want to know about your favourite MUNDANE, hidden in plain sight things.

You know the kinda thing: signs, pipes, drain covers, stonework, door-knockers, street art, shop fronts, doorways, tenement tiles, ornaments, gates etc that you like but suspect no-one else even notices.

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Clemens @gibtsdes.bsky.social · 26m

#Edinburgh Union Canal in the late afternoon

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Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 2h

It's a nice enough walk but not exactly handy for the town centre.

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Seán McPartlin @sean-mcp.bsky.social · 3h

Shout out to the #DowerHouseCafe #Corstorphine
Great food, lovely staff, peaceful setting 🤌

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Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 3h

They look fab!

Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 3h

Musselburgh

Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 4h

English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh towns where the main railway station is annoyingly a little trek from the town centre. #Dunfermline #Cheltenham #Colchester.

Any more?

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Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 3h

I hear you!

Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 4h

Ignore if too personal, but do you get a weird shoulder thing after Sumatriptan? I feel like I've been disassembled and been badly put back together again.

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Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 4h

*innocent face*

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Alasdair Mckinlay @alimak66.bsky.social · 4h

Elvis Shakespeare on Leith Walk. I got loads of classical music cds recently. Lovely chat with shop owner.

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Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 4h

This is wrong on so many levels

Everybody loves IJ @everybodylovesij.bsky.social · 4h

It's got nothing on the Edinburgh Boaby

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優noD🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @yunod.sustainabletranslator.scot · 4h

#イマソラ #Edinburgh #UnionCanal #sky

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Wil Freeborn @freeborn.bsky.social · 6h

By the National Galleries, Edinburgh- love Edinburgh in autumn

Watercolour of an autumn view in an Edinburgh park

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Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 5h

St Columba's Hospice shop on Brandon Terrace, Canonmills and Oxfam Music & Books, Raeburn Place, Stockbridge worth a look.

J Kelly @john63kelly.bsky.social · 6h

Anyone know the best record shop in Edinburgh for secondhand CDs? I’ll be visiting next week, briefly. Thanks.

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Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 5h

I see you're sorted now but just holler if you think I can help out in the future 😁

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edinmac.bsky.social @edinmac.bsky.social · 7h

This is very exciting. Our first post. We're we're an art show in Edinburgh that raises money for Macmillan Cancer Support. If you're in the area and fancy a great day out in November, we'd love to meet you there. You can find out more about us at: macmillanartshow.org.uk/2025/

Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 5h

Glorious! 🍂

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Sir Soul Subbo @soulsubbo.bsky.social · 7h

A very special view over Edinburgh
We're looking from the West towards the East
#Edinburgh #Autumn
#views #rooftops

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Ewan M Hannah @ewanmh.bsky.social · 7h

Weir's (haunted) house stood in the West Bow of Edinburgh. It was long thought to have been demolished to make way for Victoria Terrace, but research by Jan Bondeson suggests part of the lower story and foundations were incorporated into the Friend's Meeting House that now occupies number 7. 4/4

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Old Edinburgh Club @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social · 6h

Read the story of the founding of the Old Edinburgh Club in ' Our Town Stories'.

And today, our new President, Steven Robb, who wrote the article, will welcome members to our first talk of the winter lecture series. #oldedinburghhistory #oldedinburghclubs #oldedinburghsocieties #talesofonecity

The story of the Old Edinburgh Club

In 1908, a group of Edinburgh citizens got together to form a society to make the city’s incredible history accessible to all: the Old Edinburgh Club. In our latest collaboration on Our Town Storie…

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Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 7h

I'm a green-eyed monster...

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 8h

Eat & Drink 365 – our brand-new, free A5 guide to Glasgow's best restaurants, cafés, bars, street food, events and hospitality – is heading to a neighbourhood near you.

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Typewronger Books @typewronger.bsky.social · 8h

EDINBURGH ZINE FAIR NEEDS YOU! It's two weeks until the fair and we need a team of volunteers for the biggest zine fair in Edinburgh! Are you free around the 1st and 2nd of November and do you fancy the glory of being a zine fair volunteer? The sign up form is now LIVE on edinburghzinefair.com

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Rich Arthurs @rich-arthurs.bsky.social · 9h

Oxfam Morningside, Edinburgh this morning.
#birdinglothian #birdingscotland #pwc2025

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Collective @collective-edin.bsky.social · 8h

📜 Missing all the summer art events? Get your tickets now for our Black History Walking Tour on Saturday 8 November at 2pm – led by author, poet and founder of the Edinburgh Caribbean Association, Lisa Williams.

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Get your ticket now!

Buy tickets for Black History Walking Tour at Collective

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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 8h

Britons opening their curtains for the next 4 months.

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