Dundee
Dundee is an industrial city and port, historically part of Angus county in northeast Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Tay, which here broadens out into the North Sea, and in 2022 had a population of 148,000. Wikivoyage
Population 148,280 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 7 h 30 of daylight
- February: 9 h 34 of daylight
- March: 11 h 46 of daylight
- April: 14 h 12 of daylight
- May: 16 h 23 of daylight
- June: 17 h 42 of daylight
- July: 17 h 09 of daylight
- August: 15 h 12 of daylight
- September: 12 h 49 of daylight
- October: 10 h 29 of daylight
- November: 8 h 13 of daylight
- December: 6 h 54 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Dundee
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Dundee's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
1 to 2 hours· 3
2 to 3 hours· 4
3 to 5 hours· 11
- Berwick-upon-Tweed3h 12
- North Berwick3h 15
- Lanark3h 16
- Inverness3h 22
- Aviemore3h 32
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 57
- Durham4h 19
- Sunderland4h 25
- Annan4h 38
- Preston4h 47
1 moreFewer
5 hours or more· 49
- Fort William5h 03
- Bolton5h 08
- Wigan5h 13
- Middlesbrough5h 16
- Doncaster5h 19
- Blackpool5h 22
- Manchester5h 24
- Warrington5h 24
- Leeds5h 29
- Salford5h 31
39 moreFewer
- Wakefield5h 34
- Stockport5h 40
- Oban5h 43
- Huddersfield5h 49
- Sheffield5h 50
- Accrington6h 01
- Scarborough6h 02
- Chester6h 03
- Liverpool6h 06
- Peterborough6h 10
- Burnley6h 15
- Kingston upon Hull6h 16
- Runcorn6h 24
- Nelson6h 27
- Derby6h 29
- Altrincham6h 35
- Nottingham6h 37
- Lincoln6h 37
- Wrexham6h 38
- Shrewsbury6h 47
- Ely6h 48
- Cleethorpes6h 55
- Stevenage7h 01
- London7h 03
- Leicester7h 05
- Cambridge7h 05
- Birmingham7h 08
- Stamford7h 08
- Ludlow7h 20
- Llandudno7h 25
- St Albans7h 26
- Milton Keynes7h 30
- Whitby7h 34
- Coventry7h 40
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll7h 43
- Reading7h 48
- Cheltenham7h 52
- Chelmsford7h 53
- Northampton7h 57
From Dundee's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
1 to 2 hours· 4
3 to 5 hours· 9
5 hours or more· 1
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- The McManus Museum · 170 m
- HMS Unicorn Museum · 750 m
- V&A Dundee Museum · 780 m
- Discovery Point Museum · 810 m
- D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum Museum · 850 m
- Verdant Works Museum Museum · 860 m
- Dundee Science Centre Museum · 910 m
- North Carr Attraction · 650 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Solas
June
Solas is a midsummer music festival at Errol Park 8 miles west of the city, with the next on 19-21 June 2026
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Westfest
June, November
Westfest is a music festival and community fair on Magdalen Green, with the next on Su 7 June 2026. There's a smaller event in November
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Discovery Festival
July
Discovery Festival is a music event in Slessor Gardens, 24-26 July 2026
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Lughnasadh
August
Lughnasadh is an arts and music festival at Forgan Arts Centre, on Kirk Road across the bridge in Newport-on-Tay. There's not much accommodation there so it's easier to base yourself in Dundee.
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Royal National Mod
October
The Royal National Mòd (Scottish Gaelic: Am Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail) is an Eisteddfod-inspired international Celtic festival focusing upon Scottish Gaelic literature, traditional music, and culture which is held annually in Scotland.
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Dundee Jazz Festival
November
Dundee Jazz Festival is next held on 11-15 Nov 2026
6 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Dundee); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 38 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.