As far back as the time of the Picts there has been a settlement on the site of Dundee. The city of Dundee, Scotland’s fourth largest city, has a long association with commerce and trade. The 3 primary trades, in the city of Dundee, were “jute, journalism and jam”.  Although the city of Dundee could be described as post-industrial it has a mixed economy and a large proportion of its inhabitants are still employed in the manufacturing sector (when compared to the rest of Scotland), approximately 13.5%. In recent years the tourist industry has started to become a rather important element in the economy of the city and there are a growing number of guest houses and hotels offering Dundee bed and breakfast accommodation and in the following article I introduce you to 3 Dundee visitor attractions; Discover Point Visitor Centre, Sensation Science Centre and Verdant Works:

Discover Point Visitor Centre

Discovery Point is a fascinating and award-winning attraction in Dundee that explains the events of the most heroic  voyages of exploration ever done, the tale of the world famous explorer of the Antarctic , Captain Robert Falcon Scott, and his first ship,  RRS Discovery. the Discovery was launched on March the twenty first, nineteen hundred and one at Dundee’s Panmure Shipyard. Captain Scott and his crew set off for Antarctica on the sixth of August 1901, reaching there in January nineteen hundred and two. The RRS Discovery is the most prestigious part of the visitor centre having been fully restored from the top to the bottom. Steep stairs and narrow passageways can make it difficult getting around for those with mobility issues, luckily, visitors will discover there is an audio visual presentation at the dockside.

The Sensation Science Centre

If you are in search of an attraction that will provide family entertainment, then Dundee’s Sensation Science Centre is the ideal solution. Sensation Dundee is the only UK science centre that is focused upon the five senses of the body. You can discover the wonders of sciences  through the use of the body’s senses with over eighty interactive hands-on exhibits. There are live science shows and on the spot demonstrations, demonstrating how ordinary household ingredients can be used to amazing effect. Visitors interested in surgery are even able to have an attempt at keyhole surgery. Sensation brings science to life in a large number of highly interesting ways.

Verdant Works

Verdant Works  was, in the past, a working jute mill. At it’s height, during the 1860’s and ’70’s, the industry in Dundee employed roughly fifty thousand people in excess of 60 factories across the city of Dundee. These days,  Verdant Works brings this industry to life, utilising a range of displays including, film shows, original machinery and interactive computers. This incredible museum was once home to 3 enormous steam engines which powered 70 looms and two thousand eight hundred spindles.  There was also 5 hundred people working there, preparing and spinning jute then weaving it over the road in  another factory. Renovation of the jute mill began in 1992 and it first opened to the public on the sixteenth of September nineteen ninety six.

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