Söderberg The Meadows stands out as a bright, glass-walled structure tucked into the Quartermile area at twenty-seven Simpson Loan. This Scandinavian-style café functions as a local hub for Swedish baking, specifically known for its…
Southside Bookshops and Cafes
This peaceful walk takes you through Edinburgh's bohemian student quarter, stopping at beloved independent bookshops and cozy, wooden cafes along the Meadows. It is the perfect way to spend a quiet afternoon hunting for rare paperbacks and vintage maps while enjoying the city's finest espresso.
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1. Söderberg The Meadows
2. Book Lovers Bookshop
Book Lovers Bookshop sits at six Melville Terrace, distinguishable by its status as the first brick-and-mortar store in the United Kingdom dedicated entirely to romance fiction. Founded in twenty twenty-four by Caden Armstrong, a romance…
3. Tills Bookshop
Tills Bookshop sits at the edge of the Meadows, a sprawling park in the south of the city. Housed at one Hope Park Crescent, this independent second-hand bookstore is recognizable by its windows that look out across the parkland toward…
4. Cult Coffee Roasters
Cult Coffee Roasters is identifiable by its distinctive cobalt-blue frontage on Buccleuch Street. Established in two thousand fourteen, it began as a café in a converted vennel before eventually evolving to include its own in-house…
5. Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop
Lighthouse, located on West Nicolson Street, is an independent community bookshop easily identified by an A-frame blackboard out front that typically reads, "everyone welcome." This storefront has operated as a bookshop for over thirty…
6. Black Medicine Coffee Co
Black Medicine Coffee Company is distinguished by its lush green exterior and antique double doors on Nicholson Street. Established in nineteen ninety-eight, the café occupies a space that once sat directly below the former Nicolsons…
7. Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell's Bookshop on South Bridge is recognized as the oldest bookstore in Edinburgh, with its origins in the site tracing back to eighteen forty-eight. While the name Blackwell's is widely known across the United Kingdom, this specific…
8. The Royal Mile Gallery
The Royal Mile Gallery occupies a building at two hundred seventy-two Canongate, part of the historic thoroughfare that stretches from Edinburgh Castle down to the Palace of Holyroodhouse. For over forty years, this space has been…