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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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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 1h

The Centre for Mad Culture UK officially launches on Friday! The reception is fully booked with waitlist - but the exhibition itself is open for visits on Friday 17 Oct from 10am to 4pm and on Saturday 18 Oct from 10am to 1pm. If you're in or around Edinburgh please come along and say hello!

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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 1h

I didn't realise Leith's Kirkgate shopping centre has been sold - another piece of "traditional" Leith vanishing/gentrified. Apparently shops have been given notice with closure later this year? And so soon after #BenchGate
#Edinburgh #Leith

www.estatesgazette.co.uk/news/m-core-...

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Ms Marchmont @msmarchmont.bsky.social · 4h

Autumn sunshine on Barclay Church

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David Taylor @gm8arv.bsky.social · 1h

Sunset and the clouds rolling over the #PentlandHills in South #Edinburgh on Saturday evening.

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Shanchat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴‍☠️ @shanchat.bsky.social · 1h

Autumn is here. Frogston Rd, Edinburgh, Scotland

#Photography #Scotland #Alba

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Brian McRoberts @brimcrob.bsky.social · 1h

When I wander round Greyfriars Kirk. I always stop and marvel at some the carvings on the various graves. There is whole story the mason is telling with this one.

A gravestone with carved Skelton that looks as if its falling out of the stone while carrying some sort heavy tome of book.

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Brian McRoberts @brimcrob.bsky.social · 57m

There is lot Georgian/Victorian ' look what Dad can afford after exploiting the British workers/empire" is on display in Greyfriars. I can not remember the family who had this monument..but you can see the money in every chisel carving.

#Edinburgh

A grand looking carved tomb of wealthy Edinburgh family. Various carvings of Angles and winged characters. This is situated in Greyfriars Kirk Edinburgh

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Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland @theahss.bsky.social · 2h

⏰ Tomorrow!
Lawrence Weaver & the Romance of Scottish Architecture
📆 Mon 13 Oct, 6:30pm
📍 Edinburgh + Zoom
🎟 £6 / £2 students – book: buff.ly/9WGsNqw

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spurtle.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social · 2h

EAST CLAREMONT STREET:—Halloween is here. Can Easter be far behind?
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #Halloween

A headless skeleton hangs in a New Town window. Another, wearing a beanie and scarf, sits outside on a bench. A bat skeleton poses adjacent. An abundance of pumpkins.

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 3h

#31daysofgraves Day 12 notable women. A famous face in an unmarked grave. Portraits of Elizabeth Johnston(e) Hall (1822-1901) hang in every major photographic collection in the world, but she is buried in a common grave in Warriston. #Edinburgh #PhotoHistory #HillAndAdamson #NewhavenFishwives 1/2

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Water of Leith Conservation Trust @wolct.bsky.social · 4h

A Sunday session ahead down at Leith sweeping leaves

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Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 4h

a woman is smiling and says do tell in white letters

ALT: a woman is smiling and says do tell in white letters

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Joy Magenta @joymagenta.bsky.social · 13h

sunset #glow ✨ #blueskyartshow #photography #urbanphotography #edinburgh

Photo of a row of brick buildings in Edinburgh, Scotland. It’s sunset and all the windows have a slight glow, but one single window directly reflects the sun as a bright orange ball of light. The sky behind the buildings is a soft pale blue fading into yellow, and the moon is visible.

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 7h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 12: Notable woman.Dr Elsie Inglis. Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh.

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 7h

#StainedGlassSunday Sleeping or tired angels. By Oscar Paterson, in Newington Trinity Church, Edinburgh.

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 5h

Jean Payton Reid, architect and town planner (1917-97). Liberton Kirkyard, Edinburgh. Thought to have been Scotland's first female town planner. Family monument - pink granite obelisk.
#31DaysOfGraves day 12 notable women. #herstory
thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com/2023/01/14/a...

Greek-style tall pointed obelisk in polished pink granite standing in a kirkyard. Most of the other gravestones are smaller and grey. The tower of the Kirk is prominent in the background. There are green shrubs and several bare-branched trees in the background.

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Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 4h

I do go back a bit!

Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 4h

All together now...🎵

Sunday morning, up with the lark
I think I'll take a walk in the park
Hey, hey, hey, it's a beautiful day
I've got someone waiting for me
And when I see her I know that she'll say
Hey, hey, hey, it's a beautiful day

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 21h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 11: military. Sadly, we have so many military graves it's impossible to limit our post to just one. So many lives cut short, including our youngest at just 17. We will remember them. @cwgc.bsky.social #Edinburgh #CommonwealthWarGraves Post 3/3

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Calton Hill Conservation Trust @caltonhill.bsky.social · 21h

12th LITTER PICKUP: Saturday, 18 October 2025, 10.00 from outside the City Observatory/Collective. Lasting 90 minutes. Equipment & refreshments provided. All welcome — members and NON-MEMBERS. Please bring gloves. Let us know you are coming — via <[email protected]>.

Litter pickup on Calton Hill, Edinburgh 2025

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LordWoolamaloo @lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social · 19h

#Bruntsfield at dusk this evening.

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Architecture #photography #photographie #dusk #crepuscule

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Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 19h

Tonight's sunset was lush

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Steve.Bigped @bigped70.bsky.social · 19h

@secretedinburgh.bsky.social Clear, cool autumn sunset at Edinburgh Gateway Railway Station looking north west. You can pick out Edinburgh Airport Control Tower on the horizon and you can see the new catenary for electric trains on this line (not yet in use) 11 Oct 2025

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Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 19h

Totally gorgeous 😍

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Alan Wilson @alanwilson.bsky.social · 22h

Previously . . .

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