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Introduction

Aberdeen is Scotland's third largest city after Edinburgh and Glasgow.Aberdeen has flourished for centuries as a trading centre for the north east of Scotland relying heavily on its port to import and export goods.

It is known as the granite city due to its many fine granite buildings with intricate carved granite details demonstrating the skills of its craftsmen working such a hard rock.

With the growth of the North Sea oil and gas industry it has become known as the Energy Capital of Europe.

This diversity of industry and rural countryside means that the area has something for everyone, whether you are interested in wildlife, archaeology, industrial heritage or architecture there is plenty to see and do.

How many other major cities can claim to have dolphins, whales, otters and seals regularly seen within a kilometre of the City centre, and peregrine falcons nesting above the main street!

This web site have been developed in cooperation with the North Sea Cycle Route project
The North Sea Trail/NAVE Nortrail project is part funded by the European Union through the Interreg IIIB North Sea Programme