Image credits
The photographs on this site come from Wikimedia Commons and are used under their licences: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY), Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA), CC0 or public domain. Thank you to the photographers below. Each entry links to the original file, its licence and, where listed, the photographer’s page.
We resize the images, crop some of them to fit the layout and convert them to modern formats (AVIF and WebP). Images under CC BY-SA remain available under the same licence.
View of Edinburgh from Arthur's Seat May 2025
By 4300streetcar. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.
By Kitjank. Licence: CC0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.
Edinburgh from Calton Hill with Dugald Stewart Monument
By Ad Meskens. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.
Cockburn Street, Edinburgh - 13 May 2026
By Stinglehammer. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.
Edinburgh , Dynamic Earth - geograph.org.uk - 4960199
By Lewis Clarke. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.
By Saffron Blaze. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.
Edinburgh Old Town 4 (5797223131)
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By Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom. Licence: CC BY 2.0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.
By Ludi Ling. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.
Holyrood Palace forecourt - geograph.org.uk - 5093805
By Andrew Abbott. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.
Edinburgh Palace of Holyroodhouse 20211019
By Daniel Kraft. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.
National Museum of Scotland, interior. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
By Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg). Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.
The Royal Mile Edinburgh - geograph.org.uk - 4149133
By Steve Houldsworth. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.
Edinburgh , Scottish Parliament Building - geograph.org.uk - 4960201
By Lewis Clarke. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.
Edinburgh Waverley Station-20110903-RM-161203
By Ermell. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: Resized, cropped to fit some layouts, and converted to AVIF and WebP.