r/dundee

Hello!

I feel like this is a question that always comes up and everyone answers, then OPs delete it so nobody else knows... like what we told them was just for them and it’s top secret knowledge, or they can brag that they did xyz and you didn’t like some kind of medal... I commented this on someone looking for ideas for a day trip, and I got a few likes so this will be kept up and hopefully comes across in searches for everyone to see!

A good walking route around Dundee centre, or just pick things individually if you want:

Get a coffee and a cake. Loads of independent places to try. Fisher and donaldsons fudge doughnut or coffee tower. Loads of breakfast places too - Bach, cannon, west house, hofn, sook and many many more. 

Union street has a few vinyl record shops if you collect. At the top is the steeple church and the penguin statues on the wall. 

Behind this is the Overgate shopping centre, which has our ‘high street‘ shops - primark, new look, boots, H&M, Fraser’s, flannels, next etc.…

McManus galleries has loads of cool stuff to look at, not just art. You could probably easily spend a good few hours in here on its own. Also a cafe that’s been taken over recently and should be good. 

Walk down to Caird hall square - agree that so much could be done with it to make it nicer, but still nice none the less. See the desperate Dan statue. 

Walk to Slessor Gardens - if you like planting there’s different areas for different things, I’ve not seen something like that before. 

V&A is worth a walk in and around, most of it is free, there’s just one paid exhibition area. Depending on what’s on, and if it interests you, you could again spend a few hours in here. It’s actually got a nice gift shop too, and a cafe with alright views.

Walk around v&a to under the Tay road bridge. Theres a sculpture of a whale, ‘urban beach’/giant kids sand pit, water fountain. There’s a coffee, doughnut and bagel van to this side too. 

Around the other side there’s the discovery ship. It has a visitor centre if you’re interested. 
To the other side is a riverside walk if you fancied more of a walk. You can walk along here to Magdalen green, and from here go up to Perth Road/Blackness Library. From here you can start to walk along Perth Road.

Walk along Perth Road and the shops, restaurants, bars and cafes. All are good. Get a drink in the speedwell or phoenix or both. Or get another coffee from EH9 or Eastfield. Pheonix also does good pub food, probably the best in the centre. This will take you past the Lemmings statutes which is opposite the uni. On route look out on the pavement for little art works painted on chewing gum - a local guy does it to deter from chewing gum littered all over the place. You’ll end up back in the centre if you’ve done the riverside walk too. 

Other things to do include:

-Clarks Bakery is a bit of a local institution, there’s a 24/7 one up Peddie Street - now there’s ones dotted about everywhere, just not 24/7.

-Verdant works for museum on the jute industry.
Dca for contemporary art, and cinema which doesn’t just do your typical showings. 

-Dundee museum of transport… self explanatory. 
Dundee botanic gardens… further along Perth road, ran by the uni (perhaps not for much longer unfortunately) 

-Unicorn ship within City Quay.

-Wild shore water assault course, right beside Unicorn in City Quay. 

-The Howff is a historic cemetery in the centre. It’s not something I’m interested in, but plenty people rave about how cool it is. 

-There’s a mural trail, there’s a map online with all the locations.

-There’s also different art sculptures within the city centre that go from A-Z, theres not much info about it because it is meant to be a hidden thing, but sure online has some info.

-Walk up The Law - it’s a hill in the centre of the city. 360degree views. It’s a fair trek, mostly paved though so not what I’d call a ‘hike’, but aware everyone’s different. There’s also a road and I’m sure a taxi would take you up, wait a bit and bring you back down, but not cheap. You could also get the bus fairly close by and walk the remainder, still steep, but less walking time. 

- walk across the Tay Road Bridge - there’s a separated path all the way along the centre of the bridge. I must say I don’t like walking it, it’s very long and also I hate being so close to traffic zooming past you. I would prefer cycling but then the path is quite narrow if you have a bigger bike... but people do this to then have fish and chips on the other side, or there’s a few restaurants with lovely views and sunsets back across to Dundee. if you didn’t want to walk or cycle there are busses, or a taxi.

-Broughty Ferry which is a suburb, it has its own town centre with independent shops, bars, cafes, it also has a big beach, historic castle which you can go in, walks along the river. It’s a historic fishing village, and also the ‘posh’ area of Dundee. Loads of regular buses take you there, or some trains. You can also walk or cycle from the centre, past city quay, through a fenced off portion of the port (again not interesting to me, but some might be interested in the industrial type things…), then you come out along the waterfront with a lovely scenic path.

- If you want to be more in nature, there’s loads of woods about for a walk.. camperdown, backmuir, dronley, templeton, monikie reservoir. Theres countless other walks about, sure other websites have info if needed.

If you’re staying in Dundee for longer… a lot of people say getting out of Dundee is the best thing about it, so… there’s plenty of places to go on a day trip. All you can get to from public transport.

- St Andrews (busy tourist, golf, posh student town)

- Falkland (cute village with lovely waterfall walk)

-East Neuk villages (all cute villages with cafes etc)

-Cairngorms (loads of lovely hikes, castles/estates and villages/towns - Ballater is my favourite)

-Dunkeld (cafes, restaurants and some shops, and nice river walk and hermitage walk)

-Tentsmuir (beach, forest, food truck beside the car park which is a nice walk from the bus stop)

-Arbroath Cliffs (walk along cliffs, try smokies, or fish and chips - the centre isn’t a great offering but there’s pockets of interesting stuff)

-Loch Leven (walk or cycle full way around, nice cafe and farm type shop too)

-Loads of other castles/estates dotted about - Glamis, Scone, Doune

-Also bigger cities - Stirling, Edinburgh, Glasgow. 

if there’s anything I’ve missed then please let me know and I can edit, or hopefully they’ll see below!

And news just in from Forfar, it looks like it might be the end of the line for wee Kerryann and her continuing canine capers with two dozen dangerous dogs.

i’ve been trying to make friend all this year and i’ve connected with a few people and all but one hasn’t gone anywhere and has fizzled out. i’ve tried the suggestions or that people often say here, like going to cake and dice, bumble and other groups but idk :/. the dnd and waking clubs don’t really interest me.

also i think i’m better suited in groups of people rather than one on one because its less awkward but how am i supposed to get a friend group if i can’t even make friends? i’m wasting my youth being alone when id love to go to parties, do fun activities and do whatever other people my age do. i was thinking about buying new clothes but i thought what’s the point if i don’t even go anywhere? thats whats inspired this post lol.

if anyone wants to be friends or has a friend group i could join loll pls message me. im 24f and i like art, painting, true crime, music, gaming pop culture, kpop and other things

Heyy ppl! I am not from UK and I am visiting Dundee this weekend for the first time, I will be alone most likely. Can y'all suggest some good places to visit, things to do and food/drinks to try? I will be there all day.

PS- Im not into hiking or anything like that 😅

I know this gets asked a lot but it's either recommendations before Covid or people looking for different things.

Up in Dundee for a week and looking for a decent pub for saddos drinking on their own who don't mind being sociable but don't demand it either - so a bar you can sit at, basically.

Preferably craft beer options with an alternative vibe but I also like folksy or cozy places. Been eyeing up a few of the craft beer places. Prefer bars that don't get crazy busy or loud but also not in the shadow realm where you're the only patron or the only non regular.

I'm up for work and the thought of drinking in my travellers hotel bar fills me with an existential sadness that makes tins in the bedroom seem preferable.

Hi everyone,

I hope you are doing well.

I’m a Master's student and have just finished university. I’m currently looking for pretty much any kind of work and wanted to ask if anyone knows of places hiring in Dundee or any places that can help me with finding employment.

I’ve been applying consistently for the last 6 months and haven't had any luck to get a job whether that be casual work or a job in my field which is Urban Planning. I’m honestly at the point where I’m really worried that time is passing by and I'm not getting any work experience and money is getting tight. I'm trying to keep myself busy doing online courses to gain new skills and by volunteering locally at Transition Dundee and Shelter Scotland. I'm also learning how to drive as I've seen that a driving licence is a requirement for most jobs that I've come across.

I have experience working in customer service, sales and administrative support roles, but I’m very open to trying something new as well. I learn quickly and I’m very flexible with hours now that university is over.

I’ve mainly been searching online, but honestly it’s been mentally exhausting. A lot of listings seem to require a driving licence, or experience I don’t have, and the jobs I do meet the criteria for rarely get back to me after interviews. I’ve also been applying directly through company websites, but it’s mostly been the same radio silence.

Every couple of weeks I’ve been going into local shops, restaurants and cafés in Dundee to hand in my CV in person as well, but even when places say they’re “looking to hire new staff", it still just seems to lead nowhere.

If anyone has any advice, recommendations, or knows of anywhere hiring, I’d really appreciate it. At this point though, I’m open to any sort of help I can get.

Thank you for reading!

Hello! I (23F) recently graduated university and moved to Dundee for work; during that time, I never quite got chance to complete my DofE gold award as my university did not provide it and i was drowning a bit. However, the clock is ticking, so I thought I would ask to check if there are any recommendations for where I could get the expedition training and hopefully complete the award? I have my bronze and silver from high school, just want to round off the set and get some adventure in while i'm still young lmao.

Any help much appreciated!!

Can anyone recommend me the cheapest skip hire company? All of the sites say call or contact but would like to compare prices before I book anything.

Hello, hello! I recently graduated... and I wanted to ask for advice regarding council tax. I put off applying for a while but I decided to take care of it now. Currently Im living with a student but I'm the non-student.

Edit: since I put it off for so long (i graduated during June)... will I be liable for fraud?

Hai! I’m visiting dundee this week and would love some good recommendations on an authentic fish n chip shop, or any other restaurants for that sake! Thanks

EDIT: The Fife / The silver tray across the Tay bridge is great! Fresh fish, small menu dedicated to fish and chips! Lovely staff and people kept coming in, very local and beautiful senecry right along the road where you can eat your food (there is no seating)

I have a lot of clipboards , sleeves to store papers in and poly pockets. Does anyone know somewhere that would make use of these?

Does anyone know any where or even small local businesses that can turn ties into scrunchies?

I am an American entirely of Scottish Ancestry tracing back to Dundee and specifically to James Maule (the 4th Earl of Panmure in case you didn't know).

I was hoping to say that everyone during the Jacobite uprising didn't die for nothing, but seeing these half drunk Loyalists proudly wave Jacks around makes me sick to my stomach and is a complete mockery of our independant culture and identity.

It's as if they forgot how many thousands had died challenging such a diabolical union. Same one why so many of us had to flee our homes and settle in the new world. And I thought after more than three hundred years things would have eventually simmered down and allow those of us who were essentially exhiled to return to our home country. But no. Sadly it seems absolutely nothing has changed.

We are basically being held hostage in our own country, like the Druids of Ireland, the Maori people of Asia Pacific and the Aboriginies of Australia.

So I just moved here from England and I find out uber is not a thing here? And bolt is not even active in the region? Taxi is so expensive, it starts from £4.40 whereas in England I used to go around in uber in £2-£3 for short trips. I can’t figure out which shopping centre is the main one. I’ve been to the Overgate and another one (I forgot the name). And when I search city centre it’s completely different place than those shopping centres. I’ve not been to city centre yet, is there another shopping centre? I came here today tbh and I’m already having a very hard time adjusting. Is Dundee worth giving a try or is it my worst life decision ever? 😭

Hi, I just moved to the city and my 2 years anniversary is coming up, what would be a good restaurant to go to? I don’t mind any cuisine but preferably not toooo expensive.

Basically the title. I've managed to find a test available for the end of September. I've had lessons before but never in an automatic so just looking to get a quick crash course if possible. Any recommendations I'd really appreciate!