30 Facts About Scotland

1. Scotland has over 700 islands but only 130 of them16. Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish and is made
are inhabitedwith sheep intestines
2. The Television, Telephone and VCR were all17. Aberdeen claims to have the second biggest
invented by a Scotsmanheliport in the world
3. Scotland makes £3 billion from whiskey sales per18. Glasgow's original underground railway system
yearwas cable operated and is the oldest underground
4. Edinburgh is twinned with four cities, San Diego,system in the world
Vancouver, Florence and Dunedin in New Zealand19. Finger Printing, Tyres and Penicillin were all
5. Glasgow City Chambers has a miniature version ofinvented in Scotland
the Statue of Liberty20. The River Tay is the longest river stretching 120
6. Dundee was built at the bottom of a dormantmiles
volcano21. The official animal of Scotland is the unicorn
7. The deepest part of Loch Ness is 227 metres22. The University of Dundee was ranked first in
deepEurope by an international poll of scientists
8. Edinburgh Castle is the most visited tourist23. Scotland is 8th in the world for alcohol
attraction in Scotlandconsumption per head
9. Scotland is roughly the same size as South Carolina24. Edinburgh was the first city to have it's own fire
in the States and is about twice the size as thebrigade
Netherlands25. Former Formula 1 driver Stirling Moss was named
10. Scotland is known as the home of golfafter the town of Stirling, the birthplace of his
11. The Scottish Football League includes a teammother
situated in England, Berwick Rangers26. Edinburgh is home to Jenners, the oldest
12. Inverness is now a city but only has a populationdepartment store in the world
of just over 42,000 and is the 16th largest city or27. The Southern Upland Way is a 212 mile
town in Scotlandcoast-to-coast route from Portpatrick in Dumfries
13. Edinburgh has been the capital city since 1437& Galloway to Cockburnspath in Berwickshire
14. Annie Lennox formerly of 80's band Eurythmics28. Ben Nevis located near Fort William is Scotland
was born in Aberdeen and used to work in a fishand Britain's highest mountain at 1,343m
factory shelling crabs29. The Isle of Skye has 400 miles of coastline and
15. The largest loch in Scotland is Loch Lomond and iswas home to the Vikings for over 550 years
24 miles in length30.