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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️ Showcasing Dundee to the world by promoting cultural news, stories & events fae oor bonnie wee city! #APlaceOfNewHope
🚨🚨🚨 NEW FEATURE: Dundee has been recognised as the most festive city in the UK for university students, after both Abertay University and the University of Dundee claimed the top two spots in a new ranking by Unifresher.

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December 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: HUGE NEWS! Ice Dundee’s Anastasia Vaipan-Law and Luke Digby have been officially selected to represent Team GB in figure skating for both the Team Event and the individual event at the Winter Olympics in Italy!
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🏞️❤️✨ The atmospheric surroundings of Balgay Hill are on a whole other level! This incredible shot by Brighthook Media captures Mills Observatory peeking through the mist with the Tay Bridge stretching across the silvery Tay.

📸 Brighthook Media
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🍰🎲❤️ Cake or Dice is a board game cafe on Dundee’s Commercial Street! Come and have a look at what they’ve got on offer!
February 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
💘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💌 Wishing all you Dundonian lovebirds, hopeless romantics, and everyone celebrating a very happy Valentine’s Day! Whether you’re spending it with your soulmate, your best mates, or just treating yourself to something special, may your day be filled with love, laughter, and plenty of sweet moments.
February 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The UPS are aiming to raise £650,000 by April 2025. We are the key to this and to Unicorn's future. For every £1 donated, they will receive a further £10 from these charity grants.
January 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Unicorn Preservation Society (UPS) have also just launched their new website for the HMS Unicorn where they have added their new fundraising appeal to unlock an additional £10m of grants that await if they can match this Lottery award.

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HMS Unicorn has just received nearly £800,000 in funding for restoration works | Dundee Culture
The HMS Unicorn is one step closer to its ambitious restoration goal, thanks to an award from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for almost £800,000. This funding is another key milestone in the vesse...
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January 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🚨🚨🚨 NEW: HMS Unicorn has just received nearly £800,000 in funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for its ongoing restoration as Project Safe Haven begins to take it's next steps!
January 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
He will take on the role of Adam Smith’s ghost in Make It Happen, a satirical comedy about the Royal Bank of Scotland’s role in the 2008 financial crash.

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Brian Cox is returning to where it all began in a new play at the Dundee Rep | Dundee Culture
Dundee-born actor Brian Cox, famous for his role as Logan Roy in hit drama Succession, is set to return to his hometown to star in a new play. He will play the ghost of Adam Smith's in Make It Happen,...
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January 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🚨🚨🚨 NEW: Dundee-born actor Brian Cox, famous for his role as Logan Roy in the hit drama Succession, is coming back to his hometown to star in a new play at the place where his career kicked off - at the Dundee Rep!
January 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤩 FUN FACT: The statue of Robert Burns by John Steell in Dundee's Albert Square is the only one of its kind in Scotland. There are three other statues of the kind in the world, in London, New York and Dunedin.
January 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎉❤️ Our city has contributed so much to the world. Saying that Dundee is just like any other city is an understatement! We have had several knockbacks over the years but we've come out stronger!

📍 Scotland's First City
📸 Craig Doogan
January 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥮 Pehs! Glorious pehs! A new wee tradition I love to do on Dundee Day is get a peh from Clark’s, one of the most popular bakeries in the city! We are so lucky to have an iconic institution on our doorsteps! So tasty!
January 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Update to the West End Syke balloons
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January 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Her passion for storytelling and local culture is a perfect fit for Dundee Culture’s mission of celebrating all things Dundee.

Stay tuned for her contributions in the coming weeks! Welcome to the team Kacey!

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Meet Kacey: A proud Dundonian who joins Dundee Culture | Dundee Culture
Hi everyone! I’d like to introduce myself, I’m Kacey and I am currently in my final year of university studying Journalism, Media & Communications at the University of Strathclyde. As a proud Dundonia...
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January 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🚨🚨🚨 MEET KACEY!

I’m absolutely excited to welcome Kacey Thomson to the Dundee Culture team for work experience!

Kacey, from Dundee, who is studying journalism at the University of Strathclyde, will be creating engaging feature content and social media posts during her time with Dundee Culture.
January 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Dundee ain't no ordinary city! We’re exceptional, groundbreaking and all round - pure teckle!

So, treat yersel tae a peh - and celebrate hame!

Happy Dundee Day!
January 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Dundonians, we are pretty amazing. Despite our city continuing to face many challenges, it goes back to the saying that was coined 60 years ago, it is a place of new hope.

When we face challenges, we confront them, and if we get knocked down, we get back up and come out stronger!
January 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It is a place of new hope. It is a city that gets knocked down but gets back up on its feet again. From the bustling jute industry to becoming a global tech hub, Dundee has went through an extraordinary change
January 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Dundee has made a HUGE impact on the world, the things we have invented, pioneered and developed is nothing short of incredible! The incandescent light bulb, statistical graphs, the postage stamp, aspirin, aviation to name just a few!
January 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️😍 HAPPY DUNDEE DAY! 136 years ago, Dundee became the first city in Scotland to be given city status. Queen Victoria signed a charter dated 26 January 1889 officially declaring it as one! #DundeeDay
January 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🎆🎉🎇🥳🎆🎉 HAPPY NEW YEAR DUNDEE! WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY 2025!
January 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
📍 Bonnie Dundee
📸 Craig Doogan Photography & Digital Art
December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
❤️🥰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Next year marks 200 years since Bonnie Dundee was first written by Walter Scott. The poem, which was later adapted into a song was written in honour of John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, and equally refers to our bonnie town of Dundee! And it certainly is a bonnie wee place!
December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM