Viking Optical Centre

Viking Optical Centre is a shop in , which is located on Rose Street. Viking Optical Centre is situated nearby to the building , as well as near the memorial .
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  • Type: Shop
  • Address: 101 Rose Street, Edinburgh
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Scottish National Gallery.

is a historic castle in , . It stands on , which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. is situated 1,300 feet south of Viking Optical Centre.

Art gallery
The National is the national art gallery of . It is located on in central , close to . The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859. is situated 1,200 feet east of Viking Optical Centre.

Photo: Schatir, Public domain.
The is a Victorian Gothic to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the in Havana. is situated 1,600 feet east of Viking Optical Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Town and Moray Estate.

of is 250 years old, in contrast to the settled for over a thousand years. It was laid out on a grid pattern in the late 18th century with elegant Georgian townhouses, and the intervening loch was drained to become Princes Street Gardens.

Neighborhood
The , also known as the Moray Feu, is an early 19th century building venture attaching the west side of the . Built on an awkward and steeply sloping site, it has been described as a masterpiece of urban planning.

is the original settlement of . At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".

Viking Optical Centre

Latitude
55.95212° or 55° 57′ 8″ north
Longitude
-3.2013° or 3° 12′ 5″ west
Open location code
9C7RXQ2X+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3170337816
Open­Street­Map feature
shop=­binoculars
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
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