The Best Bookshops in Edinburgh (Old Town) [cc]

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  • Опубликовано: 29 июл 2024
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  • @booksandquills
    @booksandquills 3 года назад +27

    I want to visit THEM ALL!

  • @thomashirschmann621
    @thomashirschmann621 3 года назад +16

    I absolutely looove Armchair Books, going there feels like stumbling into someone's private library. Floor to ceiling, it's absolutely stacked with books and it smells exactly like a bookshop should (although that may just be my personal little kink)

    • @JeansThoughts
      @JeansThoughts  3 года назад +1

      Yes! They are peek bookshop smell ahah.

  • @booksoverbreakfast
    @booksoverbreakfast 3 года назад +13

    Edinburgh is such a beautiful city. I only spent a weekend there but I definitely want to go back.
    Everywhere I turned there seemed to be some kind of literary connection that I’d find without meaning to like Deacon’s House Cafe. I was so envious of all the literary monuments. We don’t tend to do that in Canada and we should!

  • @tina.InTheSkyWithDiamonds
    @tina.InTheSkyWithDiamonds 2 года назад +1

    omg when I visited Edinburgh with a friend we randomly found Armchair Books during a rain shower and we spent 2-3 hours in there. It was paradise! So lovely to see it here 🥰

  • @mollyimogen9669
    @mollyimogen9669 2 года назад +1

    I was in Edinburgh for a couple of days this week and my boyfriend and I visited all of these bookshops and bought books in every single one 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @DesertThunderDownUnder
    @DesertThunderDownUnder 8 месяцев назад

    Armchair Books 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 oh how I love that bookstore, visited Edinburgh in December 2022, on a Saturday afternoon folks were lining up on the footpath to get in. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🇦🇺

  • @eliza.the.earthling
    @eliza.the.earthling 2 года назад +1

    I’ve been to Edinburgh just once 3 years ago when I had just moved to London and I visited a few of these (since you’d recommended them)! Thank you for sharing, I’m pretending I’m travelling right now from lockdown in Sydney, Australia ✨

  • @luzmelo
    @luzmelo 2 года назад

    I visit Edinburgh in 2019 and I just loved it. I really would love to live there! 🥰 And there Bookstores… love them all.

  • @dieorwrite9460
    @dieorwrite9460 3 года назад +1

    I've been to Edinburgh last Friday to this Monday. So I got to go to some of the bookshops you mentioned and GOD I LOVE THEM

    • @JeansThoughts
      @JeansThoughts  3 года назад

      Yay I'm so pleased you had a good time!

  • @juditkovacs1205
    @juditkovacs1205 3 года назад +1

    The only place I've ever been to in the UK is Edinburgh. And the bookshops were the best part. I wasn't able to find that many though, so seeing videos like this just makes me want to go back again, and check out all of these.

  • @GraemeBell9864
    @GraemeBell9864 3 года назад +2

    I challenge you to do one of these walkabouts in Glasgow. (Thud! Gauntlet is thrown down).

  • @emmanovella
    @emmanovella 3 года назад +1

    Me clicking on this like ARMCHAIR BOOKS BETTER BE HERE

  • @rynb4868
    @rynb4868 3 года назад +2

    the Amnesty Bookshop in Marchmont is also such a good little hidden gem

    • @JeansThoughts
      @JeansThoughts  3 года назад +2

      Oooh I'll have to take a look! I used to live in Marchmont when I was at uni but don't think I've been.

    • @braincabbage
      @braincabbage 3 года назад +2

      oooh I love that one! I should recommend it more often, for some reason I always end up forgetting about the charity bookshops in Edinburgh when I talk to people - and the Amnesty bookshop is my favourite charity shop!

  • @amarantareyes5696
    @amarantareyes5696 3 года назад

    Yes please! Part two.

  • @WhatVictoriaRead
    @WhatVictoriaRead 3 года назад

    I cannot wait to come up at some point next year and visit allllll of these beauties 😍

  • @ruth3083
    @ruth3083 3 года назад +2

    Aww this makes me so excited! I lived just outside of Edinburgh during my childhood and studied there. I’m now based in Aberdeen and haven’t visited since before Covid. I miss it so much and can’t wait to visit I once I am fully vaccinated!

  • @maartjedegroot9598
    @maartjedegroot9598 Год назад

    I’ve been to Blackwell’s yesterday. Tomorrow I’ll try a couple more from your video.

  • @danielleeadie7124
    @danielleeadie7124 3 года назад +1

    Ahhhh I am so homesick for Edinburgh right now 😭. Love this video and can’t wait to see the rest of the series x

  • @queenlucysroyalmaid1
    @queenlucysroyalmaid1 3 года назад +2

    Jean!! Putting in the access information!! Absolutely love to see it 💖 this is gonna be so helpful when I eventually visit Edinburgh! (I've been wanting to for years 😩)

  • @Mukkonnakal
    @Mukkonnakal 2 года назад +1

    nice video! hope I can visit Edinburgh one day.

  • @thomasbulpin3260
    @thomasbulpin3260 2 года назад +1

    Love videos like this - love visiting bookshops when I travel!

  • @sabrinaburton7158
    @sabrinaburton7158 3 года назад +1

    I miss Edinburgh so much and can't wait to be able to visit again!

  • @rosemannering
    @rosemannering 3 года назад +1

    Loved this! I’ve been to Lighthouse Bookshop before and it’s so lovely in there

  • @N_Garamond
    @N_Garamond 3 года назад +1

    this was great, Jean! i hope to go to Edinburgh someday and this is a great guide. definitely would be interested in a second part.

  • @sunshinelorena
    @sunshinelorena 3 года назад +1

    I miss Edinburgh so much 😫 next time I am back I think I just need a bookshop day there 😂

  • @bentheoverlord
    @bentheoverlord 2 года назад

    Aww I love the Lighthouse book shop. Some of these Ive never been to which I'll need to rectify because I'm constantly through the Burgh (like Transreal seems like a place I must visit)

  • @Ashleigh_Absurd
    @Ashleigh_Absurd 3 года назад +2

    I have been wanting to read more Scottish fiction and didn't know Blackwells had a seperate section for it.
    Not heard of the others even though I live in Edinburgh. Definitely need to check them out

  • @braincabbage
    @braincabbage 3 года назад +1

    Lighthouse is my favourite bookshop in the world (from the ones I've been to). Absolutely love them. I think because it's a little tight for wheelchair users during regular opening hours they give you the option to come in while no one else is in the shop and choose books

    • @JeansThoughts
      @JeansThoughts  3 года назад +1

      Agreed - I always find something interesting and I’m really glad to hear that as well!

  • @charlottened
    @charlottened 3 года назад +1

    This was such a cute and cozy video🥰

  • @kaylakinney5954
    @kaylakinney5954 3 года назад +1

    Makes me want to visit Edinburgh even more now!!

  • @ubu6420
    @ubu6420 3 месяца назад

    as a broke, depressed 30 something living in nyc, this place in scotland is my /dream/. i don't know how or if i'll ever make it, but im never giving up on the dream

  • @karenmiddlebrook8215
    @karenmiddlebrook8215 2 года назад

    I miss all the fabulous UK bookshops. Bookshops are my zen spaces, all the browsing.

    • @karenmiddlebrook8215
      @karenmiddlebrook8215 2 года назад

      We have some lovely bookshops in NZ but books here are sooooo expensive $35 to $40 for a paperback (approx 20 GBP 😮).

  • @Wejda05
    @Wejda05 Год назад

    I visited Lighthouse and Blackwells and found a few new books in there. would recommend.

  • @BookTubewithAmy
    @BookTubewithAmy 3 года назад

    I love Armchair books it's a great wee shop :)

  • @whateverbabe
    @whateverbabe 3 года назад +2

    Beautiful bookshops, I wish I could visit them

  • @booksandbargains
    @booksandbargains 3 года назад +1

    I need toplan an Edinburgh trip soooo badly!

  • @arp711
    @arp711 3 года назад +1

    This was lovely!! Would definitely like to see a part 2.....and 3 and 4 and however many you want to make :)

    • @JeansThoughts
      @JeansThoughts  3 года назад

      Ahaha I may run out of bookshops eventually but I suppose I could venture beyond Edinburgh ;)

  • @Liz86000
    @Liz86000 3 года назад

    Thank you ! I wanted you to do this video for a while now, so thanks for the advice !

    • @JeansThoughts
      @JeansThoughts  3 года назад +1

      No problem :D glad to be of service!

  • @LanaExLibris
    @LanaExLibris 3 года назад

    Ohhh I miss bookstoressss

  • @YasmeenKhan
    @YasmeenKhan 3 года назад +1

    I love Armchair

    • @JeansThoughts
      @JeansThoughts  3 года назад +1

      Yes! I did that during lockdown and they were so nice.

  • @missywency6819
    @missywency6819 2 года назад

    How wish to visit Edinburgh! 😍😍😍

  • @agameoffangsandthrones584
    @agameoffangsandthrones584 3 года назад +1

    I'm actually going to Edinburgh for a day trip from Newcastle tomorrow - 11/8 - so this video came at the perfect time. like so many bookworms i like to get a book from the cities/countries i visit and if i can support an independent/semi-independent shop thats even better :)

    • @JeansThoughts
      @JeansThoughts  3 года назад

      Ooooh the timing could not have been more perfect - have fun!

  • @jocquemorrison9785
    @jocquemorrison9785 Год назад

    Very nice video. Thanks

  • @ReadingNymph
    @ReadingNymph 3 года назад

    Beautiful 😍

  • @demeldapenkitty7937
    @demeldapenkitty7937 3 года назад

    Love this!

  • @books_andblankets8493
    @books_andblankets8493 3 года назад +1

    I'm off work this week and I know exactly what I'm doing now!

  • @inessamaria2428
    @inessamaria2428 3 года назад

    I miss bookshops!

  • @Books_BrewsandBeyond
    @Books_BrewsandBeyond 3 года назад +1

    I would love to visit all of these beautiful looking bookshops if Covid eases and lockdowns lift.

  • @samuelleask1132
    @samuelleask1132 6 месяцев назад

    1:58 sign me the HECK UP

  • @CakeorDeath1989
    @CakeorDeath1989 3 года назад

    I've just been recommended your channel.
    First thing I've got to say is that with that surname, it was almost destiny for you to become a book reviewer on RUclips.

  • @kayleighoneill7954
    @kayleighoneill7954 3 года назад

    Hi , just wanted to let u know , “fully accessible” is always a misleading term. Lighthouse does have a ramp but it needs to be manually put out so the shop isn’t accessible on arrival. There is also other issues. x

    • @JeansThoughts
      @JeansThoughts  3 года назад

      Thanks so much for clearing that up! Really important to know.

  • @carausiuscaesar5672
    @carausiuscaesar5672 2 года назад

    What about military history books?

  • @TarieS7
    @TarieS7 3 года назад

    🤩🤩🤩

  • @LittleMew133
    @LittleMew133 3 года назад

    Wait, mass market paperback is your favorite format? How come?!

  • @KathyTrithardt
    @KathyTrithardt 2 года назад

  • @mirrormirror5814
    @mirrormirror5814 2 года назад

    If you love books, this is a must-see! ruclips.net/video/_O0V4D1sbFw/видео.html

  • @derbuchhandel
    @derbuchhandel 2 года назад

    Der Buchhandel Berlin Germany