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Check out The Scene's recommendations for the Scottish capital and send us your ideas and suggestions below.

Forget kilts, bagpipes, shortbread and golf. Scotch whisky is the one aspect of the whole tartan tourism business that merits your time and money. The Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre has more than 200 blends to choose from.

Scotland is the spiritual home of the hangover (see above). Shake off the post-binge blues with a bottle of Scotland's favorite soft drink Irn Bru -- a fearsome orange mix of sugar, additives and caffeine that makes Coke taste like camomile tea.

Don't set your watch by the clock tower above the Balmoral Hotel. The clock stands over Waverley Station and runs five minutes fast so nobody misses their train.

Visit some of Edinburgh's most infamous fictional crime scenes and follow in Inspector Rebus' footsteps with www.rebustours.com

. Or visit the site of the most disgusting public toilet even seen on screen by taking the Trainspotting Tour -- see www.leithwalks.co.uk

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, Scotland's answer to Timeout.

Edinburgh's biggest night of the year is Hogmanay -- New Year's Eve -- when the whole town center is given over to bacchanalian drinking. Entrance is by ticket only. For details check out www.edinburghshogmanay.org

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