About Aberdeen

Aberdeen is known to be the third largest city in Scotland. The official population of Aberdeen is 202,370.Aberdeen is one of the 32 local Government committee bodies of Scotland.

Aberdeen is also popularly known as the Granite City, and the Silver City with the Golden sands. This is so because Aberdeen’s tall buildings integrated the quarried grayish granite found locally. The mica deposits of this grey granite spark and shine like silver. A long, brilliant, and sandy coastline is to be seen at the length of the city. Aberdeen has also been called as the Oil Capital of Europe, or the Energy Capital of Europe, after the unearthing of the North Sea Oil.

In the 1319, Aberdeen was bestowed with prestige and honors by the Robert the Bruce, in receipt of the Royal Burgh status. There are two brilliant universities in Aberdeen- the University of Aberdeen and the popular Robert Gordon University. These were founded in the year 1495, and in the year 1992, were awarded the prestigious title of the university status. Aberdeen was found in the instant spotlight, when it came to education, because of these two brilliant universities, making it the education centre of the Northeastern region of Scotland.

The oil industries and seaport of Aberdeen have taken over the traditional industries of papermaking, shipbuilding, fishing, and textile industries .One of the busiest and the most in demand commercial heliports is Aberdeen Heliport. In the northeast of Scotland, the Aberdeen seaport is considered the largest. The Aberdeen International Airport is one of Scotland’s most important airports.

More facets of Aberdeen’s brilliance lie in the facts that Aberdeen has won several competitions in a record-breaking time, as the Britain in Bloom, and is currently hosting the Aberdeen International Youth Festival.