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Aberdeen

 
The third-biggest city in Scotland, ABERDEEN ( www.aberdeen-grampian.com ), often known as the "Granite City", is located 120 miles northeast of Edinburgh on the banks of the rivers Dee and Don, bang   in the middle of the northeast coast. Situated around a working harbour, it's a place that people either   love or hate. Certainly, while some rave about the many tones and colours of Aberdeen's granite buildings,   others see only dull grey and find the city grim and cold. The weather doesn't help: Aberdeen lies   on a latitude north of Moscow and the driving wind and driving rain (even if it does transform the buildings   into shiney silver) can be tiresome.