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Edinburgh Leasing

Did You Know?

Edinburgh is Scotland's compact, hilly capital. It has a medieval Old Town and elegant Georgian New Town with gardens and neoclassical buildings. Looming over the city is Edinburgh Castle, home to Scotland’s crown jewels and the Stone of Destiny, used in the coronation of Scottish rulers.

There’s a rich and bloody history, with gruesome stories of witch hunts and murder. And there’s also warm vibes and modern features that shapes Edinburgh today, such as Fringe, the world’s largest festival, and a knighted penguin in Edinburgh Zoo. No wonder the city was voted the most popular in the UK.

There will be over 3000 shows will be staged with a total of 50,000 performances across 300 venues. The population of Edinburgh doubles in size during Fringe with people travelling from far and wide just to experience it. This festival should be on everyone’s bucket list, this year it kicks off on 3 August.

Much of J K Rowling’s inspiration for the Harry Potter books derived from Edinburgh. In fact, she wrote the majority of Harry Potter books while living in the city and you can visit some of the coffee shops and hotels such as Elephant House and Balmoral Hotel where she spent time writing the novels.

And his name is Sir Nils Olav. The King penguin’s role includes inspecting the Norwegian Guard on their visits to the Scottish capital and since his knighthood in 2008, he’s since been promoted in the ranks to Brigadier. Only in Edinburgh!

Edinburgh Castle sits on Castle Rock, a 700 million year old extinct volcano. Make sure you're here at 1pm to see the 'One O'Clock Gun' fires be shot from the castle. This takes place every day in the capital (except Sundays) where spectators gather in the park to watch.

After a long post out in Sri Lanka in 1838, the 78th Highlanders came back to Edinburgh Castle with a surprise… They brought an elephant back with them as their regimental mascot and, in true Scottish style, it quickly developed a love for beer.

As of 2018, Edinburgh University ranked 22nd in the best universities in the world and the 6th best university in Europe. The university has many historic buildings based in the medieval Old Town.

Located within the walls of Edinburgh Castle, St. Margaret’s Chapel is the oldest building in the City. It was built in the 12th Century AD, in memory of Queen Margaret, who is said to have died from a broken heart after the death of her husband.

Interestingly Scotland’s first ever capital was Scone, in Perth and Kinross. Edinburgh wasn’t even the second capital either – Dunfermline, Inverness and Stirling have also been considered Scottish capitals.