SCOTLAND

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comparisons: Scotland is in U.K Scotland’s traditional clothes are more strange than Spain’s clothes Scotland is bigger than Spain Scotland has got the best gol f curses in the world In Scotland is the most famous lake: the lonch Ness Scotland have more culture than Spain Scotland is colder than Spain In Scotland are more green places than in Japan Scotland have the most beautiful castles in the world   Here we finish whit sentences and comparisons. New, we would like

to begin with Scotland information: sport, culture, climate

ABOUT SCOTLANDScotland is the northernmost of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom. Along with England and Wales, part of the island of Great Britain, covering a third of its total area, is also made up of over 790 islands to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean on the east by the North Sea, south England and south-west by the North Channel and Irish Sea. The Scottish territory covers 78,772 km2 and its population is estimated at 5,116,900 inhabitants, resulting in a population density of 65 inhabitants per km2. The capital is Edinburgh, and is a major European financial centers.  The largest city is Glasgow's metropolitan area which encompasses 20% of the total Scottish population.

ANCIENT HISTORY Unknown if Scotland was inhabited during the Paleolithic, as successive glaciations that covered its current territory have destroyed all evidence of human settlement prior to the Mesolithic period. It is believed that the first groups of hunter-gatherers arrived about 11,000 years ago, when the first glacial ice to retreat began northward. The first settlements Scottish appeared territory for about9500 years ago and the first 6,000 people. From this period dates e  settlement of Skara  Brae, the largest of the Orkney Islands, which is in very good condition, and other debris from homes schools and rituals from the Neolithic burials found mainly in the Scottish islands. This abundance of buildings that have survived the passage of time may have been due to the absence of trees in the area, which allowed early settlers to create their own buildings in local stone.

THYPICAL CLOTHES

ABOUT CLOTHESThe garment is the traditional Scottish kilt, the misnamed "kilt"-word is offensive to the Scots. The kilt is usually made of wool with a tartan design, traditionally associated with a particular Scottish clan. Each receives a Scottish kilt at an early age, and use it on special occasions like weddings, baptisms, communions ... The kilt is wrapped around the waist, and cover the bottom to the knees, also because it has no pockets, can be complemented with a special bag called sporran. Contrary to popular belief that under the kilt underwear should not dress, the fact is that there is no established rule about it.

MAP OF SCOTLAND

SPORT: RUGBY AND FOOTBALL

Sport also plays an important role in Scottish culture, as the country holds its own national championships in various sports varieties, in addition to independent representation of the rest of the UK at events like the World Cup, the Rugby World Cup or Commonwealth Games (although not in the Olympics, in which the UK participates as a single computer). In addition, Scotland has its own sporting bodies such as the Scottish Football Association (the national association football second oldest in the world) or the Scottish Rugby Union.The most popular sport is football in Scotland. Some varieties of football in Scotland have been practiced for centuries: the earliest reference dates back to 1424.75 The association football is the national sport of Scotland, and indeed the Scottish Cup is the national football trophy oldest mundo.

RUGBY

FOOTBALL: CELTIC

FOTBALL: RANGERS

MORE ABOUT FOOTBALLThe most important football teams in Scotland are Celtic and Rangers Football Club Football Club, both of Glasgow Celtic, whose stadium is Celtic Park, became champion of the European Cup in 1967, while the Rangers, who play at Ibrox Stadium, it was the Cup Winners Cup in 1972. Their rivalry goes beyond mere sport, as the Celtic is the team of Catholics in Scotland, Glasgow Rangers while it is of protestantes.77 Both teams play in the Scottish Premier League, founded in 1891 and the 12 teams competing. Ibrox Stadium, the field of the Rangers, and Hampden Park, the stadium where they usually play their home games the Scottish football team are 5 star stadium by UEFA criteria.

SPORTS: GOLF AND RUGBY

St. Andrews, Fife County, is internationally known as the "home of golf" and for many golfers the Old Course at St Andrews, considered the oldest golf course in the world, is almost a place of peregrinación.There are many other famous golf courses in Scotland, including Carnoustie, Gleneagles, Muirfield and Royal Troon. Rugby is also very popular in Scotland: the Selection of Scottish rugby (which plays its home games at Murray field Stadium) participates in the Six Nations tournament since its inception, and has won 14 times.

SPORTS: GOLF

LENGUAGEThe languages  spoken today or in the past in Scotland are divided into two families: Celtic and Germanic languages . The only Celtic language which is still preserved in Scotland is the Scottish Gaelic, spoken in parts of the Highlands and the Hebrides (known as Gàidhealtachd areas), but previously spoken in much wider areas, as evidenced by place names. A variant of Gaelic is also spoken in the southwest of Scotland, around Galloway, and Annandale and Strathnith, but has disappeared. Both languages  come from the ancient Gaelic, a descendant in turn the original Gaelic. According to the census of Scotland, 2001, approximately 1% of the total population are Gaelic speakers escocés.

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Furthermore, the current Scotland two Germanic languages  are spoken: English, Scottish and Scotland. The Scotsman (English, Scots or Lowland Scots) spoken in the south of Scotland in the area known as Lowlands. It comes from northern variant called Middle English known as "Old Scotch". According to the 2001 census, approximately 30% of the population was considered scots.fluent speaker of English in Scotland, meanwhile, is the standard dialect of English spoken in Scotland. There you can find influences of Scottish and Scottish Gaelic. The northern variant is a distinct dialect, the English of the Highlands, even more influenced by Scottish Gaelic.

CLIMATE AND TEMPERATURE

The climate is temperate and oceanic Scotland, and tends to be very variable. Is tempered by the Gulf Stream from the Atlantic Ocean, and therefore has much milder winters (but also warm, humid summers) than other areas of similar latitude as Oslo and Moscow. However, temperatures are generally lower than in the rest of the UK: the historical temperature lowest in the country are -27.2 ° C (-16.96 ° F) recorded at Braemar in the Grampians the February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982, and in Altnaharra in the Highlands, on 30 December 1995.44 the winter peak around 6 ° C (42.8 ° F) in the Lowlands , and the average summer maximum18 ° C (64.4 ° F). The highest recorded temperature reached 32.9 ° C (91.22 ° F) in Greycrook in the Scottish Borders, 9 August2003.45

AND…In short, western Scotland is warmer than the east, due to the influence of ocean currents and lower temperatures in the North Sea. Tree in the Inner Hebrides, is one of the sunniest places in the country had 329 hours of sunshine in May1975. Rainfall varies enormously across Scotland. The Western Highlands is the most rain, with more than 3,000 millimeters anuales.4nstead, much of Scotland receives less than 800mm. The snowfall is not common in the Lowlands, but at higher altitudes. Braemar experiences an average of 59 days of snow a year,  while coastal areas have an average of less than 10 días.

CURRENCY

Although the Bank of England is the central banking the UK, three Scottish banks still have the power to produce their own banknotes: the Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland and Clydesdale Bank. The value of Scottish banknotes in circulation is estimated at 1,500 million pounds, and although it is not officially legal tender anywhere in the United Kingdom, in practice these tickets are interchangeable with those produced by the Bank of Inglaterra

AND MORE…Despite this equivalence, the banknotes issued in Scotland are sometimes rejected in England and Wales, and not always accepted by other banks and exchange offices outside the United Kingdom. This is especially true with 1 pound fare that still emits the Royal Bank of Scotland, and is the only 1 pound note remains in circulation throughout the R

CULTURE

Throughout the centuries, the culture of Scotland is molded with the amalgam of different elements. There is a significant artistic activity, both musical and dramatic and literary sources influenced mightily by traditional Scottish, but also open to external influences, especially in Europe. Music occupies an important place in Scottish culture. The traditional Scottish instrument is the bagpipe most notable, including the Highland bagpipe, a wind instrument consisting of one or more sound tubes fed by a reservoir of air in a bag. . . 

MORE SCOTISH CULTUREThe classic or Celtic harp, violins and accordion are also traditional Scottish instruments, especially the last two, which are part of a typical band for traditional Scottish dances. Scottish emigrants took with them many of these traditional forms of music that influenced their host countries, for example in country music in the music scene estadounidense.55 modern, there are many bands and artists from Scotland, such as Belle & Sebastian , Primal Scream, Travis, Franz Ferdinand or Snow Patrol.56Scottish literature includes text written in Scotland, English, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish, French or Latin.

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 The considered "national poet" Robert Burns, wrote in both Scots and English, although much of his work is written in a simplified version of the Scottish accessible to a wider audience. Other internationally renowned Scottish writers include Sir Walter Scott and Arthur Conan Doyle, whose work had an international impact XIX.57 late James Matthew Barrie, author of Peter Pan, was the creator of the movement known as "school of Kailyard" also in the late nineteenth century, which came into fashion fantasy and folklore in the literatura.5

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This literary tradition has been considered by some critics as a brake on the development of Scottish literature, and focusing on an image pastoral and idyllic Escocia.58 Some modern novelists like Irvine Welsh (author of Train spotting) have chosen to reflect the raw realities of contemporary life in the Scottish cities, using the English Escocia.59National television is BBC Scotland (BBC Alba in Gaelic), part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the public channel in the UK

AND MORE CULTURE…In addition to two television channels, the BBC also has national radio channels: BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, among others. The main private television stations in Scotland are the STV and Border Television. There are also specific to the field Scotsman newspaper, the Daily Record, The Herald (published in Glasgow) or The Scotsman.60 newspapers circulated among the local or regional stress the Courier, published for Dundee and the east of Scotland, and The Press and Journal, Aberdeen and norte.60

DINER AND LUNCHSome of the traditional Scottish dishes include Scotch broth or "Scotch broth" made from barley, meat and vegetables, the porridge or gruel, or meat pies, especially the Scotch foot, stuffed lamb. Some of these dishes, such as porridge or oatcakes (oatcakes) may have its origins in the nomadic nature of Scottish origin, who always carry a bag of oats to eat. Also, the haggis, considered the "Scottish national dish," originally could arise when transporting meat in a pork or lamb gut. 

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The haggis is like a pudding, but with lamb or venison, and is traditionally eaten during the "Burns Supper" on 25 January.In the early years of this century, Scottish cuisine has had a "Renaissance" in 2006, nine of the restaurants have a Michelin star, and many restaurants that combine traditional elements with contemporary innovations in the kitchen . In addition, all major Scottish cities hosting international restaurants . FOR EXAMPLE: Chinese, Italian, Mexican, Indian, ...

DRIKS

The most internationally renowned beverage of Scotland is whiskey, to the point that in America it is called simply Scotch, and in England the term "whiskey" means the Scottish origin, unless otherwise indicated. The origin of the whiskey in Scotland seems to go back to the fourth century or V, where the monks brought distillation continent. For centuries the Scotch production was stable, but its final explosion occurred in the nineteenth century, when it developed new modes of production, taking advantage of the plague of phylloxera devastated the vineyards of France and Spanish in 1880.

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Beer is also a popular drink among the Scots: Scottish ales are characterized by their dark color and malty flavor. Some of the best-known beer brands in Scotland are Belhaven, Ten Ensor Caledonian, but there are many other signals of local or regional distribution.Among the beverages, the most characteristic of Scotland's Irn-Bru, soda, competing in popularity with the Coca-Cola.7

ANIMALS AND PLANTS

The flora and fauna of Scotland is typical ofnorthwestern Europe, although several large mammals such as grizzly bear, wolf, aurochs,Tarpan, lynx, beaver, reindeer, elk or walrus were hunted to extinction in historic times. There are still large populations of seals and nesting areas for seabirds such as gannets común.48 The golden eagle is almost a national symbol, with the white-tailed eagle, the osprey and red kite,which have recently been reintroduced in Scotland after being hunted to extinction.

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A population of Plectrophenax invalids come in the summer to the mountain peaks of Scotland, where winter can also be seen partridges, hares and mink coat in invernal. still retain certainpinos forests it inhabits the Loxia sciatica, the only endemic bird in Britain, the same habitat is also suitable for capercaillie and black grouse, wildcat, red squirrel and pine marten

TRANSPORT

Scotland has five international airports: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow Prestwick and Inverness, which connect to 150 destinations intotal international scheduled and chárter.95 BAAoperates three of these airports (Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen), while Highland and Islands airports controls 11 smaller regionalairports (including Inverness), which connect tothe most remote Escocia.96 Finally, the company Infratil owns Glasgow Prestwick airp

AND…The main highways and major roads (known astrunk roads) are run by Transport Scotland, while the rest of the network of roads is the responsibility of local authorities in each area.Given that Scotland has lots of islands, there areregular ferry services linking them with the mainland. These services are mainly developedby Caledonian MacBrayne, but there are other companies, and some lines directly depend on the county. There are also international ferry linesthat connect Scotland to Northern Ireland, Belgium, Norway, the Faroe Islands and Iceland.

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The rail network is run by Transport ScotlandScotland.97 lines known as East Coast MainLine ("Main Line East Coast"), West Coast MainLine ("Main Line West Coast") and Cross Country line ("line across the country") connect most major cities in Scotland betweenthemselves and with the rail network in England.There are also domestic train services operated by First Scotrail. In the main line of the east coastincluding the section crossing the Firth of Forthvia the Forth Bridge

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 This cantilever bridge, completed in 1890, is considered a pioneering work of civil engineering and is one of the most recognizable monuments Escocia.98Network Rail owns and controls all rail infrastructure in Scotland, while the Scottish government is responsible for planning andfinanciación.99¡

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