







 



<rss version="2.0" xmlns:beenthere="http://ivebeenthere.co.uk/beenthere-rss">
    <channel>
        
                
        <title>Been there | Tips</title>
        
        <link>http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/</link>
        
        <description>
            Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love,
            live in or have just visited - are what make this guide.
        </description>
        
        
            <item>
                
                
                <title>Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Dean Gallery</title>
                
                <link>http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16630</link>
                
                <description><![CDATA[These are two first-class galleries, across the road from one another, in Belford Road, some 15 minutes' walk from the city centre. The collections are diverse, of very high quality, and contain a comprehensive display of painting and sculpture from 1900 to the present time.  <br><br>Only a portion of the entire holding can be shown at any one time. Accordingly a selection is rotated periodically, with special exhibitions mounted in the Dean Gallery, where there is, in addition, a permanent show of the work of Eduardo Paolozzi - a local hero with an international reputation.<br><br>Entry is free. The galleries have shops, selling scholarly material as well as postcards and gifts, and the Cafe Newton in the Dean Gallery is particularly attractive, with good food at sensible prices. The staff at both galleries are welcoming and helpful.]]></description>
                
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16630</guid>
            </item>
        
            <item>
                
                
                <title>The Water of Leith: a wonderful walk</title>
                
                <link>http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10451</link>
                
                <description><![CDATA[The Water of Leith Walkway will take you along about 12 miles of river through the heart of Edinburgh from Balerno to Leith. One of the nicest stretches is the walk from Stockbridge to the Dean Gallery and Modern Art Gallery, which consists of a mile of picturesque woodland, including a Victorian mineral well guarded by a rather grand nymph-type and wander through the very pretty Dean Village. The best bit is that when you get to the fantastic galleries, you can reward yourself with chocolate cake (Dean Gallery Cafe - highly recommended).  Alternatively, walk in the opposite direction (towards Leith) and after three miles pop out onto The Shore in Leith for an excellent feast and pint at the King's Wark.]]></description>
                
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10451</guid>
            </item>
        
            <item>
                
                
                <title>Forest cafe and arts space</title>
                
                <link>http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7991</link>
                
                <description><![CDATA[One of the most loved places for hippies, lefties, backpackers and young artists: the Forest Cafe, run by a DIY collective of artists, is the best place in Edinburgh to hang out in a non-capitalist fashion and meet like-minded people.<br><br>With free internet access, an art gallery, vegan and vegetarian food and stunning entertainment and events during and outside of the festival, this is the craziest place in town for dissidents and thinkers.<br><br>No matter if you want to watch films, read the latest protesting leaflets, or drop off your clothes and old books in the free shop, the Forest is the space for you. Just around from the university, it constantly changes.<br><br>It’s usually open from about 11am -11pm, licensed - sometimes with bring-your-own bottle - and during August it’s open till 3am. Also, it sells famous organic heather ale and seaweed beer.]]></description>
                
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7991</guid>
            </item>
        
            <item>
                
                
                <title>Edinburgh museums and art galleries</title>
                
                <link>http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7505</link>
                
                <description><![CDATA[There are plenty of free museums and art galleries to see in Edinburgh: Chambers Street museums (Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland), Museum of Childhood, Museum of Edinburgh, The People’s Story (all central) and City Art Centre, Dean Gallery and the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art (n.b: you have to pay entry fee for some exhibitions within the galleries).]]></description>
                
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7505</guid>
            </item>
        
    </channel> 
</rss>
