| Out and About in Dunfermline |
Dunfermline is steeped in history yet still has the buzz of a vibrant, dynamic and fun city in which to live, study and work. Only a few minutes from the UK's largest outdoor music festival, T in the Park, and home to Carnegie Hall, a beautiful 1930's theatre which hosts regular music and drama events with a licensed restaurant/bar you will never be short of entertainment. Nightlife in Dunfermline is excellent, and there are numerous bars and wine bars, cafes, restaurants, live music venues and three nightclubs. You’ll never be stuck for a night out. And of course Edinburgh is only half an hour away by train on the Fife Circle - with more trendy bars, hot spots and nightclubs than any other city in Scotland. Expect old-style pubs as well as cutting-edge bars and clubs. Live music is plentiful on weekends, particularly folk, blues, and jazz. Well-known artists perform at some of the larger venues. Superb theatres and cinemas – and of course the world famous Edinburgh festival, Festival Fringe and Military Tattoo each year in August. For those keen on sport there is a large private gym close to Carnegie College and the local professional football team ‘The  Pars’ are just minutes from the campus. For the more adventurous Knockhill racing circuit provides great days out karting or driving and is host to some of the top racing events in the UK. Golf is everywhere in Fife from St. Andrews to Dunfermline, from parkland to classic Scottish links style. A wide range of outdoor leisure and adventure activities is available locally including dinghy sailing, kayaking, open canoeing, raft building, mountain biking, hill walking, navigation, orienteering, quad bikes and go karting. Fordell Firs National Activity Centre is a local outdoor activity centre for organised and educational groups. There is a wide range of pubs and restaurants for those who like to eat out, and the Fife Leisure Park is only five minutes from the college. It sits adjacent to junction 3 of the M90 and contains a number of commercial leisure facilities including an Odeon multiplex cinema, a bingo hall, a bowling alley and a number of fast-food restaurants and a hotel associated with the leisure park. And for those students who prefer to shop till they drop, Dunfermline town centre is currently undergoing a £100m investment to include an extension of the Kingsgate shopping centre which will also contain a flagship Debenhams store. With good local transport links it’s easy to spend a day shopping in Edinburgh or the surrounding towns. Check these links for more information http://www.carnegiehall.co.uk/ http://www.visitdunfermlineandrosyth.com/ |
