View over Edinburgh from Calton Hill, United Kingdom

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Niko Kersting

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Nuno Lela

Andrey Omelyanchuk www.ansharphoto.com

Ralph Kiesewetter

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Niko Kersting

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Jan Musil

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Terry Dunlap www.twdimages.com

Mike Mena cardspirit.ch

Thomas Mahnken www.schonok.de

Hanspeter Hofer

Jonathan Miller jmillerphoto.format.com

Jasen Crawford

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United Kingdom View over Edinburgh from Calton Hill

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You will have a nice view over Edinburgh and the foreground is well known. Find your perspective!

Photography Tips

Sunrise, sunset, in the evening when the city is illuminated, or on cloudy days, everything looks good here.

Travel Information

This location is Carlon Hill. It's about a 15-minute walk from the city center. It's a popular spot for sunset photos but there's usually no problem finding a good spot for your tripod.

Spot Type Outdoor

Crowd Factor A decent amount of people

Best Timing Sunset

Sunrise & Sunset 08:39 - 15:42 | current local time: 02:49

Photo Themes Calton Hill City landscape Desde el mirador Edimburgo golden hour Long Exposure Mirador Sunset Town view

Locations Edinburgh Calton Hill Scotland Edinburgh Castle Dugald Stewart Monument Calton Hill Edimburgo

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Spot Comments (8)

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Pieter-Jan D'Hondt 01.02.2019

Wrong location...

Nuno Lela 01.02.2019

Thanks for the note Pieter, already fixed, realy don´t know why was out of the place. Need to check my other spots. Thanks again.

Pieter-Jan D'Hondt 01.02.2019

Super thanks! I thought it was there :)

Klaus W. Wolf 23.04.2017

I remember the spot from a sabbatrical in Edinburgh many many moons ago.

Andreas Brett 02.02.2017

Hi Roberto. It's not very helpful to post title and all texts in spanish as only spanish-speaking photographers will be able to find your spot and read your tips.

roberto lopez cruz 02.02.2017

Tienes razón Andreas, lo tendré en cuenta. Gracias

Josh Owen 18.05.2016

Detail and light are just absolutely stellar.

fototante.de 19.05.2016

Thank you, Josh!

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Thank you fototante.de for creating this photo spot in United Kingdom and Niko Kersting, Nuno Lela, Andrey Omelyanchuk, Ralph Kiesewetter, Frank Mertens, Jan Musil, roberto lopez cruz, Terry Dunlap, Mike Mena, Thomas Mahnken, Hanspeter Hofer, Jonathan Miller, Jasen Crawford, Mia Pflieger for improving it with additional photos or content.

United Kingdom View over Edinburgh from Calton Hill

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Spot Comments (8)

Ratings (9)

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