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100 Brilliant Edinburgh Captions for Instagram

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This article showcases the best Edinburgh captions for Instagram photos. If you’ve shot some awe-inspiring photos use these Edinburgh quotes to perfectly articulate the moment!

This stunning city is visited and loved by millions each year, so hopefully, you’ve had a brilliant experience! Known for its stunning architecture, yearly comedy festival, and awesome cafes, there is so much to do in this city.

Browse this selection of hilarious Edinburgh puns and choose your favorite from the list. It’s time to make memories that last a lifetime.

Edinburgh Captions for Instagram

Edinburgh Captions for Instagram
  • It’s gettin’ Scot in here!
  • Never met a castle I didn’t like.
  • This view will do.
  • In Scotland, there’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes.
  • There are two seasons in Scotland: June and winter.
  • If you don’t love Edinburgh, you should be tartan fettered.
  • The Scottish Highlands are not to be mist!
  • Some like it, Scot!
  • Some places just feel like home. Edinburgh is one of them.
  • Well, put on a kilt and call me Scottish.
  • All I need is just a little trip around Scotland. That’s all.
  • Making memories in Edinburgh.

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Edinburgh Captions
  • Edinburgh is my kilt-y pleasure.
  • Nothing can ruin this view.
  • I love a man in a kilt.
  • High-land on life.
  • Property of Scotland.
  • Edinburgh officially has my heart.
  • Where is my prince?
  • I love to stay in castles every two weeks to enjoy a good fort-night.
  • Kilt: it’s what happened to the last person who called it a skirt.
  • I’d rather be in Edinburgh.

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Edinburgh Instagram Captions
  • Enjoying a reign-y day here at Edinburgh castle.
  • People never forget two things: their first love and their first day in Edinburgh.
  • Turn that crown upside down.
  • I love you to Edinburgh and back.
  • Here for the views and castles.
  • Not leaving anything behind in Edinburgh but my heart.
  • In Scotland, there’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes.
  • Scotch eggs. Haggis. Scotland.
  • I couldn’t have afforded to live in a castle, but it would have been peasant.
  • Thistle do nicely.
  • Once upon a time in Edinburgh
  • I’ve got a crush on Edinburgh.
  • Let’s take a picture, it will last longer.
  • Edinburgh is a real dream.
  • Edinburgh feels like a real-life fairytale.

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  • Love Edinburgh? Kilt-y as charged!
  • I’m just dancing on my throne.
  • My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.
  • Any day is a good day in Edinburgh.
  • Either you love Edinburgh or you are wrong.
  • No, mom, I haven’t picked up a Scottish accent yet.
  • Joust do it.
  • Winter in Edinburgh is snow joke!
  • Don’t mess with Scottish people, they’re temperamental. Half temper, half mental.
  • Like my castle?
  • Dear Edinburgh, I love you.
  • Dress Code: Kilts.
  • Cue the castles and rain.

Are you visiting Edinburgh during the holidays? It’s absolutely magical. Edinburgh in Winter is such a vibe! Lights everywhere, snow on the castle – you’ve got to see it.

Edinburgh Instagram Caption

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  • It’s quite peasant in Edinburgh.
  • Edinburgh is always a good idea.
  • I’m not perfect, but I am Scottish and that’s kind of the same thing.
  • PSA – Update your address books, I live here now.
  • From Edinburgh with love.
  • You can’t buy happiness but you can buy a plane ticket to Edinburgh and that’s pretty much the same thing.
  • I’m in a good place right now. Not emotionally, I’m just in Edinburgh.
  • If you don’t like Scottish weather, just wait 30 minutes as it’s likely to change.
  • Guys, I want a castle.
  • They say ‘do what makes you happy’ so I came to Edinburgh.

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Edinburgh Quotes for Instagram

Edinburgh Quotes for Instagram
  • “The Scots think of it as their capital; they’re too possessive, Edinburgh belongs to the world.”- Richard Demarco
  • “The most beautiful of all the capitals of Europe.” – Sir John Betjeman
  • “Edinburgh is so cultural and such a beautiful place to walk around.” – Rupert Friend
  • “Edinburgh is alive with words.” – Sara Sheridan
  • “Fantasy, myth, legend, truth – all are intertwined in the story that is Scotland.” – Laurence Overmire
  • “Edinburgh isn’t so much a city, more a way of life… I doubt I’ll ever tire of exploring Edinburgh, on foot or in print.” – Ian Rankin

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Edinburgh Quotes
  • “But Edinburgh is a mad god’s dream.” – Hugh MacDiarmid
  • “I live out in the country in Scotland and know that if I close my eyes, I can recognize every sound.” – Rory McCann
  • “I love coming back to Edinburgh. It’s nice to spend real time here.” – Sophie Wu
  • “Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.” – George R. R. Martin, ‘Game Of Thrones’.
  • “It’s still part of me, Scotland. I’m still immersed in it even though I am not there.” – Irvine Welsh
  • “Enchanting… [Edinburgh] shall make a delightful summer capital when we invade Britain.” – Joseph Goebbels
  • “There is magic in Scotland. It’s a country with a lot of pride and bravery.” – Gayle Rankin

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Edinburgh Instagram Quotes
  • “Edinburgh is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again.” – Alexander McCall Smith
  • “There are no stars as lovely as Edinburgh street-lamps.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
  • “The most beautiful of all the capitals of Europe.” – Sir John Betjeman
  • “It is quite lovely – bits of it.” – Oscar Wilde
  • “Edinburgh is my favorite city. We’ll be doing a lot of children’s theatre and galleries.” – Carol Ann Duffy
  • “Hello, Hagrid. Tell us, have you been setting anything mad and hairy in the castle lately.” – Hermoine, ‘Harry Potter’
  • I love Scotland. Edinburgh is a beautiful city and has a wonderful tradition of supporting the arts. – Peter Hambleton
  • “I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home.” – Alan Rickman
  • All you need is love and a little bit of Edinburgh.
  • Happiness is not a state of mind, but a trip to Edinburgh.
  • Edinburgh sights & unforgettable nights.

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Quotes About Edinburgh
  • “There’s no leaving Edinburgh, no shifting it around: it stays with you, always.” – Alan Bold
  • “Poetry, the reading of it, the writing of it, the saying it out loud, the learning of it off by heart, matters deeply to ordinary Scottish people everywhere.” – Liz Lochead
  • “She felt something missing in her soul. It wasn’t until she landed in Edinburgh that she realized that missing piece was the wild, mystical land.” – Donna Grant 
  • “Edinburgh is a sort of gothic fairytale city, and it can be a gothic horror city as well.” – David Mackenzie
  • “Edinburgh is a hotbed of genius.” – Tobias Smollett
  • “Wherever I wander, wherever I rove; the hills of the highland forever I love.” – Robert Burns
  • “The Scottish sun, shocked by having its usual cloudy underpinnings stripped away, shone feverishly, embarrassed by its nakedness.” – Stuart Haddon
  • “I could get used to it. Yep, I’m used to it. Guys, I want a castle.” – Flynn Rider, ‘Tangled’
  • Brb, catching a flight to Edinburgh.
  • I left my heart in Edinburgh.

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Edinburgh Puns

Edinburgh Puns
  • Kilt: it’s what happened to the last person who called it a skirt.
  • Edinburgh, you’re the city of magic.
  • Wherever I rove, the hills of the Highlands call me.
  • The Royal Mile is my style.
  • It’s quite cold here at Edin-brrrr Castle.
  • Scots: making plaid sexy.
  • Scotland had oil, but it’s running out due to all that deep frying.
  • Edin-brrrrrrrrrr.
  • I joust love Edinburgh.
  • Even the rain can’t dampen Edinburgh’s beauty.

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Iain Salter

Founder & Editor of The Road Trip Expert

Iain founded The Road Trip Expert in 2019 and continues to manage the website to this day. The inspiration to start the blog came during an extensive road trip around Europe with two friends that spanned several months and involved over 25,000km of driving. He first developed a passion for backpacking in 2014 and has had the pleasure of exploring over 60 countries.

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