With lively clubs attracting students and young professionals, Aberdeen comes alive at night. The city also has large bars with heart thumping music and regular live musicians. Home to Brewdog, Aberdeen is proud of its local breweries and gin distillery, and if you are looking for a cocktail, you are in the right place.

Aberdeenshire is where the Sticky Toffee Pudding was invented so you can tell we like our food! And being right next to the on the North Sea, we also have the best fish and chips for miles. Our fine dining options enhance our reputation as a cosmopolitan city, with a growing café culture and international street food offerings.

Aberdeen breathes arts and culture, with modern and historic music and events venues. The Nuart Festival brings dramatic colour to the city every year and Scotland’s newest state of the art events venue P&J Live attracts the biggest names in entertainment. The newly renovated Music Hall offers city-centre entertainment and our beautiful award-winning art gallery will excite and inspire.

Dating back at least as far as 600BC, Aberdeen’s rich natural biodiversity and strategic location have long attracted settlers – including the Romans who fought the Picts in Aberdeenshire at the turn of the first century. With monuments to William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and Queen Victoria, Aberdeen’s ancient history sits alongside spectacular Victorian architecture in a vibrant, modern city