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tion. It's a period gem featuring earnest-looking angels, soldiers and St Peter with crowing
cockerels.
MILITARY MUSEUM
Gordon Highlanders Museum
(
www.gordonhighlanders.com
;
St Lukes, Viewfield Rd; adult/child £5/2; 10am-4pm
Tue-Sat Feb-Nov)
This excellent museum records the history of one of the British Army's
most famous fighting units, described by Winston Churchill as 'the finest regiment in the
world'. Originally raised in the northeast of Scotland by the 4th Duke of Gordon in 1794,
the regiment was amalgamated with the Seaforths and Camerons to form the Highlanders
regiment in 1994. The museum is about a mile west of the western end of Union St - take
bus 14 or 15 from Union St.
Aberdeen Harbour
Aberdeen has a busy, working harbour crowded with survey vessels and supply ships ser-
vicing the offshore oil installations, and car ferries bound for Orkney and Shetland.
Fish Market
From 4am until about 7:30am the colourful fish market on Albert Basin operates as it has
done for centuries.
MARKET
Aberdeen Harbour Cruise
(
01475-721281;
www.clydeclippers.com
; Aberdeen Harbour; adult/child £8/4; daily
Jul-Aug, Wed-Sun Jun & Sep)
Offers 45-minute cruises around Aberdeen's bustling com-
mercial harbour.
BOAT TRIPS
Aberdeen Beach
Just 800m east of Castlegate is a spectacular 2-mile sweep of clean, golden sand stretch-
ing between the mouths of the Rivers Dee and Don. At one time Aberdeen Beach was a
good, old-fashioned British seaside resort, but the availability of cheap package holidays
has lured Scottish holidaymakers away from its somewhat chilly delights. On a warm
summer's day, though, it's still an excellent beach. When the waves are right, a small
group of dedicated
surfers
ride the breaks at the south end.
