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North Bridge Arcade

North Bridge Arcade

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North Bridge Arcade

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Location: Old Town, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Rafa

January 31, 2024

A covered Victorian shopping arcade, linking North Bridge with Cockburn Street. "The highlights of North Bridge Arcade in Edinburgh are overhead. The round, dome-like stained glass ceiling in the middle of the arcade is magnificent, but the sparkling gold leaf mosaic on one of the ceilings gives the feel of a starlit night for those entering the arcade from the Old Town of Edinburgh. There are also ironwork gates at both entrances, with gold leaf on some of the vertical bars, too.

This is a really short arcade, in a building known sometimes as ‘The Scotsman Buildings’, very close to Waverley train station (as long as you can climb the steep narrow stairs up from the station to reach the higher levels of Edinburgh).

It’s also worth a walk 100m or so down Cockburn Street to look back up the sweeping terrace of shops at ground level and three or four floors above in magnificent stone, at the top of which is the small entrance to North Bridge Arcade." Source: anarcadesproject.org/north-bridge-arcade-edinburgh

Lisa im Ländle

February 5, 2024

The North Bridge Arcade is a beautiful indoor shopping arcade. It connects North Bridge with Cockburn Street.

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