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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️ Showcasing Dundee to the world by promoting cultural news, stories & events fae oor bonnie wee city! #APlaceOfNewHope

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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🚨🚨🚨 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. 🔗 www.dundeeculture.com/post/dundee-...
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🚨🚨🚨 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!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🏞️❤️✨ 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
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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
From Dundee Culture (@dundeeculture.bsky.social), The incredible resurgence of Mills Observatory www.dundeeculture.com/post/the-inc...
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The incredible resurgence of Mills Observatory | Dundee Culture
2025 marks a very special year for one of the city’s most beloved institutions.Mills Observatory will be turning 90 this year and it’s fought tooth and nail to get to where it is today - and it’s easy...
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
🍰🎲❤️ 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!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
💘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💌 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.
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
🚨🚨🚨 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!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
🚨🚨🚨 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!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤩 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.
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎉❤️ 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
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥮 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!
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Brain Ferry across the Tay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @turntableuk.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Update to the West End Syke balloons #Dundee #graffiti
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
🚨🚨🚨 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.
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️😍 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
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
🎆🎉🎇🥳🎆🎉 HAPPY NEW YEAR DUNDEE! WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY 2025!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
❤️🥰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 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!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
❤️❤️❤️ There is really a lot of newly revealed exciting projects going on at the moment! For a while, I did think progress on Dundee’s transformation had stagnated, but to have all of this revealed in the past two months is brilliant! It really is an exciting time for Dundee!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
❤️🎄🥹 Absolutely wholesome to hear that Dundee’s Christmas Village has delievered strong community benefits since opening last month.
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🚨🚨🚨 MAJOR NEWS: Caird Park golf course could be saved as new plans have reportedly been drawn up to save the venue from closure, the Courier has reported. Proposals include the redevelopment of both courses, a driving range alongside a new clubhouse.
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🎅🎄🏭 Here’s a festive story I never knew about which I found on the old Retro Dundee blog! Back in the day, before Santa began his journey around the world delivering toys, he’d make an important stop right here in Dundee.
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
🎄😍❤️ Seeing Dundee city centre packed during our Christmas festivities is so wonderful to see! What a cracker of a shot from Kuljit Athwal of the Christmas Village in the City Square! 📍 City Square 📸 Kuljit Athwal
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: A major new 80s festival is being held at Slessor Gardens next year as The Human League, ABC and Big Country announced. It will be held on 26 July and tickets go on sale on Friday at 10am, the Courier reports.
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
😍❤️🎄 The Dundee Hooley once again put on a spectacular show! The torch parade, the 3D art models and bubbles! Absolutely fabulous! Great photos as ever from Jim Glover!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
❤️😍✨ The Caird Hall. Always a beaut at Christmas! Love this amazing place! You know it’s that time of the year when the pillars are lit up! 101 Christmases and still going strong!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
😅😉❤ Nature learned its lesson after the Thundersnow chaos in Dundee back in 2010, nearly 14 years ago. 📸 Met Office
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
🎄❤️😍 Nice to pop down to see the Christmas festivities kick off with the opening of the Christmas Village. What a step up from last year! Stalls, ferris wheel, real ice rink and much more. Had to capture Desperate Dan with it all! Open now until 5 January!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🚨🚨🚨 Dundee’s Christmas Village is NOW OPEN!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🎄🎅❤️ Christmas is coming! I can’t wait! The City Square looks absolutely gorgeous! The snow adds that extra special touch! Dundee’s Christmas Village opens this Thursday! Thank you so much to Nikki Will for sharing this with me! Check out her Instagram here: instagram.com/wills_weeworld
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🎄❤️💚 Dundee's Christmas Village is taking shape in Dundee ahead of its opening tomorrow! Work has been ongoing in the City Square over the past week and we will soon be able to check out this exciting new space! Great shots from Jim Glover of the site!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
😍💚💙 Broughty Castle! Utterly stunning over a bonnie aurora! That view is just breathtaking! What a brilliant capture by Paul Vinova! 📍 Broughty Castle 📸 @paul_vinova
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🖼️ Loving this new graffiti art piece in the city’s West End! Dundee balloons from the amazing SYKE Graffiti! The style is just so amazing! 📍 West End, Dundee 🎨 SYKE Graffiti art
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
❤️❤️❤️ So wonderful hearing even more stories from people visiting Mills Observatory! I was hearing about the supermoon event on Friday and how many visited! I was just amazed!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Dundee Culture’s Bluesky family is growing! 400 and growing! Hello everyone! 🤩🦋🙋‍♂️
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌳 Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend so far Dundee! 📍 Dundee Law 📸 @dundee_in_pictures via IG (instagram.com/dundee_in_pictures)
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
🛍️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Opened 45 years ago this weekend, the Keiller Centre has been a unique part of Dundee’s city centre for decades. From its distinctive architecture to the many local shops and businesses it has housed over the years, it holds a special place in the city’s history.
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE: In an exciting collaboration, Dundee Culture has joined forces with LiveHouse Dundee to support the highly anticipated launch of the city’s largest entertainment venue.
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
😍😍😍 HAPPENING NOW: Mills Observatory are currently hosting a supermoon viewing event this evening. It is the last supermoon of the year!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Great to see nearly 200 followers here on Bluesky for Dundee Culture already! Welcome all! 🦋💙
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
❤️💙💛 It was great to see Lidl arriving in Dundee for their first stop on their Freeway Cola Christmas truck tour at Slessor Gardens! It was fab to see it starting to see it lit up and very wholesome seeing the very excited kids and their families!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
🚨🚨🚨 NEW: GREAT NEWS! The proposed two storey cafe just off the Perth Road at Seabees Viewpoint has been given the green light by city planners! It’s happening! Love the look of this one! It looks gorgeous! Great designs from Andrew Black Design!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Bluesky has now officially been added to Dundee Culture's website!
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Keep Scotland the Brand @keepscotlandbrand.eurosky.social · 13/11/2024
Hello to @dundeeculture.bsky.social @scotlit.bsky.social @murrayp.bsky.social @byrnesong.bsky.social @edinvalefarm.bsky.social Just some of the people and bodies whose area of work, study, research etc. helps promote and embed Scotland's culture, heritage, and reputation. go.bsky.app/RK3qWix
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
The one thing I would love @bluesky to introduce is the return of a Moments-type platform which used to be on Twitter/X. It was a great tool to create, communicate and engage with Dundee tweets on the same subject! #bluesky
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
🚨🚨🚨 NEW COLUMN: Well! What can I say! Last week was full of exciting surprises for Dundee, and I am absolutely buzzing with excitement! www.dundeeculture.com/post/andrew-...
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ANDREW BATCHELOR: Dundee is taking centre stage once again with exciting new developments
This feature was first published in the Evening Telegraph on 12 November 2024.Well! What can I say! Last week was full of exciting surprises for Dundee, and I am absolutely buzzing with excitement!The...
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
I just love #Dundee at this time of year. Give it a couple of weeks and the sun will be setting right over the river.
A red-hued sunset over Dundee and the River Tay.
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Come in, come in, it’s nice tae see ya! 🤩
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
🤩❤️ Dundee Culture has welcomed over a record breaking 11,400 new followers this year alone so far! Thank you ALL so much for your continued support! It means the world!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Dundee Culture started with one social media platform Now it has SIX. 😰😅
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: Social Bite have just announced that they will be bringing their Festival of Kindness back to Dundee at Union Street which will feature their illuminated Christmas tree!
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Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
💓🌕 Coldside Library looks absolutely stunning! It was home to the BBC’s Dundee studio for a time. This week marks 75 years since the BBC first broadcast from their studios in the library, and 100 years broadcasting from Dundee for the first time! 📍 Coldside Library 📸 Paul Vinova
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