{"id":20472,"date":"2025-04-24T00:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T04:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/?p=20472"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:08:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:08:57","slug":"offbeat-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.takewalks.com\/blog\/offbeat-edinburgh","title":{"rendered":"Offbeat Edinburgh: 8 Madcap, Morbid & Mysterious Things to Do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After several strolls down bustling Princes Street and the Royal Mile, ample amounts of Scotch whisky, a few bites of haggis, a visit to the National (formerly known as the National Gallery) to gawk at works by Botticelli, Bernini, C\u00e9zanne, Degas and El Greco, and a trudge up to Edinburgh Castle, you may be craving something different. Perhaps something unusual and weird. Something offbeat.\u00a0Something you’ll only find in what we like to call “offbeat Edinburgh.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, Edinburgh has a lot of surprises for you. <\/strong>This city of just over a half a million denizens has a large handful of oddball things to do that will entertain and unthaw even the most hardened traveler. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nothing says fun travel like a death mask made out of skin. Photo credit: Kim Traynor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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