When the queen stays in Edinburgh, she stays in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, which is in a sense the Scottish equivalent of Buckingham Palace in London.
In the 18th century, the wealthy citizens of Edinburgh decided that the Old Town was too congested for them to live there any longer, and so they decided to build a new area of housing, which, not surprisingly, is called the New Town.
This part of Edinburgh contains some of the very best architecture in Europe.
エジンバラのこの部分はヨーロッパでの非常に良い建築物のいくらかを含む。
In fact, Edinburgh looked so good to visitors 200 years ago, and its intellectual life was so vibrant that Edinburgh got the nickname the Athens of the North because people at that time respected the culture and civilization of Ancient Greece so much.
If you intend going to Edinburgh in the summer, make sure you have a booking, because during August Edinburgh is host to the largest festival of the arts in the world.
But just as important is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, popularly called the Fringe, which features all sorts of innovative and radical entertainment, often performed by very young actors.