Five things you need to know on Hogmanay Edinburgh!

Tonight’s the night

Edinburgh’s Christmas is blowing you kisses

Leith Bridge Project

First same sex marriages will take place today

The men in charge of the fireworks

 

Tonight is THE big night for partying in the city centre.

If you are going out in town then do make sure you know how you are going to get home again. There are free buses from Queensferry Street after the partying and concerts in Princes Street. Details here.

Remember the advice not to take any glass with you and wrap up warm!

If you get any photos of the fireworks then will you share them with us and our readers? Use our sister site EdinburghReportage by clicking here.

 

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Today you may be entitled to a freebie on the rides at Edinburgh’s Christmas (except the Santa Grotto) as all you need is to have a piece of mistletoe with you.  Produce this and you may get one of the 450 free tickets available today between 10am and 5pm.

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Greener Leith discusses the interesting possibility of the Leith Bridge project and how much it might cost here and the report on the possible future project is accessible here.

Leith is one of the areas of the city where car ownership is among the lowest and what is being proposed is a project based on the hugely successful High Line in New York or the Viaduc des Arts in Paris where we shot this tiny little time lapse in the autumn. These are areas above the city’s streets where you may promenade or use the walkway for exercise or active travel.

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Walkway above the Viaduc des Arts from Phyllis Stephen on Vimeo.

Either way it would be a novel project which is worthy of some discussion and some of your attention if you are at all interested in the Leith area of the city.

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Same sex couples can now marry today if they have given 15 days notice of their intention to do so. We interviewed one couple who will be among the first to get married. Good luck Georgie and Stacey!

Watch our interview here.

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The Edinburgh Reporter NEWS Same sex marriage legal from today from Phyllis Stephen on Vimeo.

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Toby Alloway and Simon Page from Titanium Fireworks are both pretty unassuming characters, but they are in charge of the fireworks display tonight at Edinburgh Castle.

The Edinburgh Reporter spoke to them earlier in the week to find out what preparations they have made.

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The Edinburgh Reporter NEWS from Phyllis Stephen on Vimeo.

 

You can share your fireworks photos or videos with our readers here on our sister site EdinburghReportage. We look forward to seeing them!

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Photo courtesy of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay – Chris Watt