Aberdeen

Aberdeen (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain), (Dutch, outdated: Abberdaan) is a City (city) with 212.125 inhabitants in the North-East of Scotland. It is located in the County of Aberdeenshire Council areaand is an independent. Aberdeen is located on the North Sea and is after Glasgow andEdinburgh Scotland's third largest city.

The two universities, the University of Aberdeen, founded in 1495, and the Robert Gordon University (RGU), which got University status in 1992, make Aberdeen the student city of the North.



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[hide] *1 points of interest  ==Points Of Interest[ Edit] == ===Parks[ Edit] === Aberdeen has 45 parks including Seaton Park, Union Terrace Gardens, Duthie Park, Hazlehead Park, Westburn Park, Johnston Gardens and Victoria Park. Aberdeen has ten times the 'Britain in Bloom' competition won. ==Economy[ Edit] == The traditional fish-, paper-, ship-and textile industry in recent years are overtaken by the oil industry and the seaport. ===Shopping<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Shopping streets are Union Street and George Street. St Nicholas & Bon Accord shopping centres are and Trinity Shopping Centre. Outside the village there is Kittybrewster Retail Park, Berryden Retail Park and Beach Boulevard Retail Park. ==Events<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="380" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Aberdeen International Youth Festival is an important festival in Scotland. ==Traffic and transport<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Aberdeen is a port city with the largest seaport of North East Scotland. Starting from this harbour ferries to the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands.
 * 1.1 Parks
 * Economy 2
 * 2.1 Shopping
 * 3 Events
 * 4 traffic and transport
 * 5 Sports
 * 6 twin towns — sister cities
 * 7 Born
 * 8 Seagull Sam
 * 9 Notes
 * St Machar's Cathedral
 * King's College
 * Aberdeen Art Gallery
 * Maritime Museum
 * Provost Skene's House

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Six major roads connect Aberdeen with the rest of Scotland. The A90 the main North-South route that Aberdeen with Edinburgh, Dundee, Brechinand Perth in the South and Ellon, Peterhead and Fraserburgh in the North connects. The A96 is the road to Elgin and Inverness in the Northwest.The A93 is the main road to the West, towards Royal Deeside and the Cairngorms. After Braemar Road South, and forms an alternative (tourist) route to Perth. The A944 also runs from Aberdeen to the West, to Westhill and Alford. The A92 runs South to Montrose and Arbroath. Runs theA947 Aberdeen to Dyce and on to Newmachar, Oldmeldrumand Turriff, Banff , Macduff.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Aberdeen Station is the central station of Aberdeen and is accessible from, inter alia, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and London. Local public transport is provided by buses from First Aberdeen.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Aberdeen Airport in the nearby Dyce is the city's international airport. The airport is also one of the world's busiest commercial helicopter ports, especially thanks to the oil industry. From the airport you can reach by public transport by the 80 Dyce Airlink Aberdeen to Dyce station to take and there about to step into train to station Aberdeen. ==Sports<span class="mw-editsection" len="320" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">There are a number of football clubs in Aberdeen, which Aberdeen is the most famous. This club plays in the highest Football League in Scotland, the SPL, this club won the competition four times.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Since 2006, the Grand Prix (Snooker) held in the Aberdeen AECC. The first round is now a group phase, the first two from each group go through to the second round, from which again knockout matches are played. ==Partner Cities<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Born<span class="mw-editsection" len="322" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Seagull Sam<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Clermont-ferrand (France)
 * Gabrovo (Bulgaria)
 * Regensburg (Germany)
 * Stavanger (Norway)
 * Denis Law (1940), football player
 * Annie Lennox (1954), singer
 * Stephanie Forrester (1969), triathlete
 * Scott Booth (1971), football player
 * In July 2007 acquired a Seagull in Aberdeen called Sam international fame as a shoplifter. The bird regularly stole a bag of chips at a local newsstand. The Seagull was not only very cunning, he also had a distinct flavor. Sam picked up only the bags of Doritos brand with the taste cheese. He was very loved by the customers of the Scottish shop, which often were willing to pay the stolen bags.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="160" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2]