99 THINGS TO SEE AND DO IN DUNDEE Crowdsourced City Guide 2017: Recommended by the people who live here and love it.
Take it in… McManus Art Gallery and Museum has a stunning exterior and is the place to explore Dundee’s impressive 01 02 global impact. Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) has everything under one roof - galleries, a two-screen cinema, 02 03 print studio, restaurant, and Jute Cafe Bar. Verdant Works takes you back to Dundee’s jute textile past. 03 04 Hannah Maclure Centre is an exhibition and cinema 04 05 space within Abertay University. University of Dundee hosts four galleries, a museum collection, and LifeSpace, 05 06 06 a science art research gallery. Step onboard RRS Discovery to explore the famous polar expedition ship. 06 07 07 08 Then visit nearby HM Frigate Unicorn. Dundee Rep 07 08 Theatre and Scottish Dance Theatre produce and show 08 09 world class performances. Gardyne Theatre and 09 10 Caird Hall both offer a range of music, theatre and 11 comedy. Visit Dundee Science Centre for hands-on learning. For visual art exhibitions often featuring local 11 12 artists, check out GENERATORprojects.
18 19 intercontinental brunch menu. Taypark House is set in 19 20 And stunning grounds, with Gin Bar and garden. Tea 21 21 22 22 23 Cake, The Palais, Avery & Co, Jessie’s Kitchen in 23 24 nearby Broughty Ferry and Newport based KitshnBake all do good homemade food and cake, lots of cake.
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24 25 D’Arcy Thompson. 25 26 Italian Grill in Visit The The 27 28 City Square. The tiny Agacan for Turkish. Tahini 26 27 28 29 for Lebanese. Manchurian for Dim Sum. Tapas at 29 30 Y Sombra. 31 Sol Gallery 48 with exhibitions too, and 31 32 32 33 Bach for a hint of New Más for Mexican tapas. The 33 34 Zealand, and The Boozy Cow where all profits go to 34 35 West House featuring print local charities, and The presses, pizza and pasta. For fine dining, check out 35 36 36 37 Tayberry and 37 38 Newport with Castlehill, The The next door Tatha Gallery.
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For independent clothing and accessories check out 65 Cartocon Store, 65 66 66 67 The Manifesto, Hard Grind 67 68 68 69 Boutique, 69 70 Boutique (for cuts too), Arkive, M MC 71 and fashion designer Hayley Scanlan’s boutique shop.
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top of the Law, our extinct volcanic plug, is the best for panoramic views over Dundee, Perthshire, Angus and 72 73 Fife. Head along Riverside at sunset and admire the 73 74 Tay Rail Bridge, visit the Riverside Nature Park, head to 75 Maggie’s Centre to admire world renowned architect, Frank Gehry’s impressive building, from the outside only. Cycle the Green Circular, 27 mile route around the city. 76 Walk or cycle over the bridge to Fife, enjoy Slessor Gardens Discovery Walk and take in Sharing Not Hoarding, an experimental public art project. Visit Dundee Urban Orchard and stroll along the waterfront, also the site of the forthcoming V&A Dundee. If you appreciate a good 76 77 Penguins, a statue, check out Dundee’s 76 b 77 Oor a 77 Desperate b c Dan and Minnie the Minx, 76 77 76 77 c d d Wullie, Bash Street, and the the Lemmings!
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13 13 14 Parlour offer Folk Café and its sister cafe The 14 15 healthy and imaginative daytime bites. Flame Tree 15 16 Cafe caters all. Watch the world go by in Henry’s 16 17 Auld Tram Coffee House at City Square. Stop by The 17 18 for takeaway drinks and sandwiches. Pacamara has an
81 Observatory, Baxter Park with a grand pavilion. The city 81 82 Howff cemetery. 82 83 centre calm found in The Magdalen Green with bandstand is a great space on a sunny day; 83 84 Botanic Gardens are too. 84 85 and the Kinshaldy Beach at Tentsmuir is stunning and has to be one of the UK’s 85 86 Sidlaw Hills best, it’s on route to St Andrews. The behind Auchterhouse are brilliant for endless walking. 87 a day pass on the Number 73 bus and spend your Get day visiting a trio of great sandy beaches in Carnoustie, Monifieth and Broughty Ferry – have a pint in the Fisherman’s, an ice-cream in Visocchi’s; explore the Barnhill Rock Gardens and Broughty Ferry Castle. If you like what you see here, help us do more! Make Dundee even better by supporting our Amps project: www.creativedundee.com/amps
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39 39 40 Speedwell and 41 Phoenix. George Orwell, The The 41 42 For something different, The Wine Press, a wine bar 42 43 with wine vending on tap. Mayfly and its Door Below. 44 Jam Jar has a range of cocktails, including Dundee 44 45 Art Bar is a West End institution, themed ones. The across from the art school with live music and laid back 45 46 beer, Duke’s Corner have a whole wall atmosphere. For 46 47 of crafts on tap. Visit Scottish craft brewer’s Innis & 47 48 Gunn’s The Beer Kitchen and Brewdog. Also try Dundonian pilsner by 71 Brewing, and did someone mention Draffens? Shh...
49 Clark’s on Lindsay Street for good live sessions 49 50 Reading throughout the week. Formerly a library, The Rooms is an underground club renowned for its ability to cross musical genres and keep things going late, 51 since 2002. BeatGenerator Live has gigs by new talent and touring bands. Then, if you’re peckish head 51 52 to Clark’s 24 Hour Bakery for a peh or a Helicopter.
Indie spots and shops Make sure you visit Downtown Dundee (around Exchange Street/Dock Street), Nethergate/Perth Road/Westport, Union Street and Broughty Ferry. 52
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and vintage finds of the vinyl variety 54 55 vinyl and kit. DCA Shop stocks contemporary design and craft from near and far. Visit 55 56 optical boutique, Spex Pistols for frames/lenses and 56 57 brilliant interior/banter. Pretty Fly Studios for locally 57 58 designed gifts. Fluph for wool and yarn, workshops and 58 59 59 60 classes. Fraser’s Fruit and Veg and Clementines, both are local greengrocers stocking the best produce. 61 Cheesery. 61 62 Cheese galore at The HeartSpace 62 63 Wholefoods with organic produce. Continental Food Store, up the Hilltown, ‘an Alladdin’s cave of food 63 64 Braithwaite’s, goodness’. Step back in time at JA the best place to buy quality ground coffee.
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88 Here are a few of the organisations and festivals which keep the city creative as the UK’s only UNESCO City of Design.
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89 89 90 91 Fleet Collective, Wasps Studios, Dundee 91 92 92 Ceramics Workshop, DCA Print Studio, The Circle, 94 94 95 District 10, Vision Building includes Comics Creative Space, Dundee MakerSpace, NEoN Digital Arts, Biome 95 96 Collective, Creative Dundee and more. V&A Dundee run events and activities in the run up to the doors opening 96 97 97 98 in 2018. University of Dundee, Abertay University 98 99 and Dundee & Angus College all have leading art/ design courses and each have Degree Shows running in May.
Some of the many creative festivals to check out include: May - Dundee Design Festival, Degree Shows and Ignite Dundee; June - Dundee West Fest; Sep - THIS Festival, and Flower and Food Festival; Oct - Dundee Literary Festival, Discovery Film Festival and Dundee Science Festival; Nov - NEoN Digital Arts Festival.
Creative Dundee connects and amplifies the city’s creativity, to enable creative talent to base, grow and sustain their practice in and around Dundee. Visit us online for news, events and access to lots of other resources. This is the third crowdsourced guide Creative Dundee has produced in collaboration with people who live here and love it, so huge thanks goes to everyone who took part. We hope you enjoy your time in Dundee and if you find this guide useful please do share your experiences: #dundeeguide www.creativedundee.com Facebook/creativedundee @Creative_Dundee
Parks
This guide was produced by Creative Dundee with support from Ignite Dundee and Dundee, One City Many Discoveries.
77 78 Dundee has many great parks, including: Camperdown 78 79 Park and Wildlife Centre; Dudhope with popular 79 80 skatepark; Balgay with great views and Mills
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