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About Aberdeen

Aberdeen has won the Britain in Bloom competition a record-breaking ten times, and hosts the Aberdeen International Youth Festival, a major international event which attracts up to 1000 of the most talented young performing arts companies. The city is also well known for its extensive granite structures, particularly in Union Street and Rubislaw Quarry. Aberdeen has an impressive architectural heritage with many historic buildings such as Marischal College and St. Nicholas Church (the longest church in Scotland). There are two UNESCO World Heritage Sites within the city: Aberdeen Maritime Museum; and Robert Gordon University's King's College Campus (formerly King's College of Arts & Sciences), including Gray's School of Art—a world-renowned art school dating from 1748 that is one of only three institutions outside London to have been granted a royal charter by Queen Elizabeth II for furtherance of education.