1. Edinburgh  lies in seven hills and goes down those hills to the sea.

2. In the « old town » the streets are narrow. The tall houses with narrow windows go up the hills to Edinburgh castle, which is one thousand years old.

3. The modern town is situated at the foot of the hills.

4. Many great men have lived and worked in Edinburgh. Robert Burns the famous writer and poet who lived in Edinburgh. Edinburgh is also proud of Walter Scott, the father of the historical novel in world literature, and Robert Louis Stevenson, a famous English writer. Such scientists as John Napier who invented logarithms, Adam Smith, the father of political economy, Alexander Bell, the inventor of the telephone also lived and worked in Edinburgh.

5.There are the Museum of Childhood, the Writer’s Museum, the People’s Story Museum.   (The Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh is another official residence of the Queen besides Buckingham Palace. This Palace is a museum with a number of museums inside it. There are the Museum of Childhood with its unique collection of toys and games, the Writer’s Museum, the People’s Story Museum, which tells the story of ordinary people.)

6. Past and present live in Edinburgh side by side, and it gives a special charm to the city.