Dundee City Guide
| A Guide to the Districts of Dundee Dundee is the fourth largest city
in Scotland with a population of around 142,000. It is situated on the
north bank of the river or Firth of Tay which flows into the North Sea
and, being south facing, attracts a better than average amount of
sunshine for a Scottish City! Dundee's fortunes as a city have been
inextricably linked with the sea and many of it's past industries,
including textiles, whaling and ship building have relied upon it. In
fact, Dundee used to be called the city of "jam, jute and journalism"
all of which thrived in Dundee and supported many jobs. The city used
to be the jute capital of the world with a large number of textile
mills in the 19th Century where imported jute was woven and then
exported all around the world. The production and export of Keiller's
marmalade also became a big employer in the city too. The publishers,
D.C. Thomson & Co still successfully publish magazines and
newspapers today. Nowadays, however, Dundee is rightly promoted as the
"City of Discovery" in recognition of it's pioneering contribution to
science and technology and also to honour Captain Scott's ship the "RSS
Discovery", built in Dundee over 100 years ago, and now berthed in the
City at Discovery Point. Due to it's geographical location in a natural
harbour and it's links with maritime trading, Dundee was once an
important ship building city during the 19th Century, but sadly this
industry no longer exists. With the decline of the traditional
industries, the city has re-invented itself and now employs a
significant number of people in biotechnology and the biomedical
science industry and also in digital and software development. Dundee
is now very much at the pioneering end of these industries and
"discovery" therefore continues to be an important theme for this City
and it's future. The city was in fact the first place to manufacture
the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in the 1980's and more recently is home to the
company that produced the Grand Theft Auto series of computer games and
now has a very healthy software development industry. The city is a
very popular university town with two main universities, the University
of Abertay and the University of Dundee. The former is particularly
recognised for its work in the fields of computing and technology,
whereas the latter is strong in the fields of biomedical science and
biotechnology. With a student population of around 20% it is a young,
vibrant city, with a night-life to match.
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 Dundee and the Tay Road Bridge. For more detailed information, please choose a district of Dundee below:- Broughty Ferry More coming soon! What to do in Dundee
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