Mehr als 50.000 Teilnehmer haben bei einer Umfrage von The Scotsman darüber abgestimmt, welches die beliebtesten schottischen Nationalsymbole sind. Es standen 30 verschiedene Symbole aus Natur, Kultur und Technik zur Auswahl.
Mit knapp 100 Stimmen Abstand landete der Single Malt Whisky auf Platz 2.
Seven Wonders of Scotland: the public choice
IT WAS once described as the Eighth Wonder of the World – and now the Forth Bridge can lay claim to be the First Wonder of Scotland.
In a massive public ballot, which attracted more than 50,000 votes, readers of The Scotsman selected the triumph of Victorian engineering as their favourite national icon.
Single malt whisky was 100 votes adrift in second place, while Edinburgh Old and New Town came third. Glencoe was fourth and the Prehistoric Treasures of Orkney, championed by broadcaster Lesley Riddoch, came fifth…