Coming Soon - Edinburgh Festival

July 20th, 2007

The buzz around the city is starting again and that can only mean one thing. The Edinburgh Festival and the associated ‘Fringe’ is almost upon us. Whilst this brings in a great deal of revenue to the city, it also brings a great deal of disruption to it’s residents.

It becomes almost impossible to do anything quickly during the months of August and September as the city’s population swells to three times it’s normal amount. Even getting a bus from one side of the city centre to another becomes a major chore. Forget even trying to get a taxi.

Ideally, instead of building a tram network, maybe Edinburgh council should build a Festival bypass, allowing all of us Edinburgers to go directly from work to home in one easy step, missing out Princes Street and it’s snapping tourists entirely. Like going straight to jail in Monopoly, without passing Go. Obviously having to roll a 6 to go to work the following day may be problematic. Or not, as the case may be.

Whatever your opinion on the festival - love it or loathe it - the Edinburgh International Festival has been with us for 60 years and will be for another 60, long after most of us are dead and gone.

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