Old Aberdeen
From Old Aberdeen to the Golden Sands of Aberdeen Beach
This walk leads you through Aberdeen's history. It starts and finishes within the campus of Aberdeen University in the area known as Old Aberdeen, which features narrow cobbled streets, ancient churches, St Machar's Cathedral, narrow alleys, and a quiet, peaceful atmosphere of scholarly life.
The city of Aberdeen is a prosperous place, thanks to the exploration of North Sea oil fields. Its position in the extreme northeast of Scotland meant it was a center for North Sea fishing in the past, but the new ocean resource of oil has tempted many away from this traditional industry. Nowadays the harbor — which once resounded to the cry of 'fisher wifies' as they gutted herring — is full of oil industry vessels. But not all is new: Old Aberdeen still attracts tourists from around the world, and the city still boasts some of the finest granite structures in the world.
