Introducing Dundee
London’s Trafalgar Sq has Nelson on his column, Edinburgh’s Princes St has its monument to Sir Walter Scott and Belfast has a statue of Queen Victoria outside City Hall. Dundee’s City Sq, on the other hand, is graced – rather endearingly – by the bronze figure of Desperate Dan. Familiar to generations of British school children, Dan is one of the best-loved cartoon characters from the children’s comic The Dandy, published by Dundee firm DC Thomson since 1937.
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Dundee enjoys perhaps the finest location of any Scottish city, spreading along the northern shore of the Firth of Tay, and can boast tourist attractions of national importance in Discovery Point and the Verdant Works museum. Add in the attractive seaside suburb of Broughty Ferry, some lively nightlife and the Dundonians themselves – among the friendliest, most welcoming and most entertaining people you’ll meet – and Dundee is definitely worth a stopover.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: to those who listen to bbc world service,
by saoifre1 19 April 2012
Alan Johnston is a Dundonian but seems to have had the 'rougher' edges shaved off his accent (for presenting purposes any way: never heard…
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by pedro555 09 March 2012
Even better: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Perth to Amsterdam/Brussels/Paris connecting in London from £1 according to the Scottish…
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by falkirkbairn2 07 February 2012
How gracious of you! I tend not to speak in Scots or slang and I rarely write using the language. But, I'm Scots through and through!…
