I used to live in Glenrothes, it used to be sooooo clean before Fife Council took over. The shopping centre is basic but you missed a large portion of it. You also don’t get the Glenrothes experience in the centre….there is all kinds of art and sculptures all over the town in the public spaces. Glenrothes has always been under rated, but it’s such a friendly place. When my brother visits from London he has to adjust to the chatty locals, you can be standing in a queue and everyone is chatting with the people in front and behind them, striking up conversations is sooo easy there….very different from London.
As an American who visited Scotland two years ago, the best places I've went besides the obvious big cities were Dundee, St. Andrews, Portree, Oban, Inverness and Pitlochry.
@@LukaDonesnitch I just love my country I recently took my son al over Scotland camping and living in hostels he loved it getting to see his country and it was a great Father Son adventure for us a trip we will always remember.
There’s plenty of shops, it’s a nice shopping mall. Burntisland hasn’t many shops so you’re going to be disappointed there, and you will be even more shocked in Kirkcaldy, it’s gone to wreck and ruin.
I used to live in Glenrothes, now live in Perth! You only saw half the shopping centre,if you kept walking up past greggs to the left,there are many more shops ie new look, trainers shops,smiths,pet shop,savers
I live in Glenrothes and the town centre was built in the 1950s and hardly renovated that's why it looks old, you also missed a lot of places because you took the wrong turn and went outside
There are some nice areas within Glenrothes, the town centre is not one of them. There are some beautiful nature reserves and Falkland is just behind it, recommend visiting there.
Markinch, the neighbouring town, is the ancient capital of Fife. It has character and history. An ancient clock tower and a stone circle. Glenrothes is a new town. It doesn’t have a heart, a feeling, like the neighbouring towns. It was kind of plonked on between all the neighbouring towns and joined them all up. But Thornton, Markinch & Leslie are lovely wee places, with history and heart. I used to live in the graveyard in Markinch, next to whisky legend’s Haig’s old factory.
Eddy: this can't be it all, surely?!! Me: no, it's not TURN AROUND! Eddy (Walking through doors) Me: TURN ROUND AND FACE THE OTHER WAY and follow it round the corner!! Eddy (Got Greggs and walking back to the main square) Me: YOU'VE MISSED OUT TWO THIRDS OF THE BLOODY CENTRE, ya stupid @$£&%!!! Hahahaha! I moved from Perth to Glenrothes aged 7 and three-quarters, Eddy. I can remember when none of that indoor shopping mall was there - and watching it open up, phase by phase (including two more phases that you didn't see, beyond Greggs...). Glenrothes was a new town Eddy - founded in 1948. Great to grow up in when you're a kid, horrendous when you were a teenager - but, I'm told it's got better than it used to be.... I actually met a group of old schoolmates over there today - we're all 60 this year, and I'd not seen any of them for 45 years!! But two of them were away and moved back - can you believe that? I've been sectioned for less...!!! 😂😂🤣 You see, Fife has a problem - there are too many towns too close together, and with the best will in the world, they can't all be commercial successes. Mind you, if you think that's bad, maybe you need to go to Leven - 6 miles to the east, or Kirkcaldy, 7 miles to the south: both of them have died as shopping centres, too. I mean, both Tesco and McDonalds moved out of Kirkcaldy - need I say more?? Dunfermline's not much bigger, but a lot of Edinburgh commuters live there and so it's more prosperous and so has some decent shops - well, relatively-speaking that is. It's not a bad new towns new towns go, but they all made the same mistake you see, when they built inward-looking indoor shopping malls that get locked up at night... Privately owned, charging ridiculous rents that most of the wee independent shops - of which there were once lots - just can't afford.. Add to that the fact that most people won't even walk the lengths of themselves these days , online shopping and the 20-minute bus service to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee & St Andrews and well, who's going to choose to shop in Glenrothes? It's actually quite a big town, as these things go in Scotland. About 40,000 people live there. But it is run-down in places, Stagecoach do specialise in running the crappiest buses ever, and its a bit unloved by the local authorities, these days.
Oww my home 😂 nah but tbf its became a dive over the last 15 years. But saying that you did yourself a disservice by only visiting the town centre aswell as only looking at half of it. We were voted most beautiful town 20 years ago for our public displays of art aswell as beautiful scenery, just not where the town centre is 😂 if you ever choose to come back, i highly doubt it, try adventuring around the town, there are some charming parts aswell as people ready for a good chat
Honestly, come to Peebles, you'll be shocked at how beautiful it is. The independent shops, the castles, half mile tunnel, japanese gardens, Haylodge park with the river tweed next to it. No highrises, no homeless, no traffic wardens. The food cafes are top notch. ❤❤ (Bilton is Beef jerky) lol.
@tannersmith8205 I lived in Galashiels and worked in selkirk a year ago, Galashiels is not what it used to be, most shops are closed, only thing missing is tumbleweed. It's ashame. ❤️
@@ScottishDeeSideEye New shops and restaurants have opened in both Galashiels and Selkirk recently the pandemic hit the Scottish Borders hard particularly small businesses but things are getting better but it is still a beautiful area to live in.
Eddy, if you are considering purchasing a kilt the following may be useful. Don't go to some of the cheaper tourist type shops as the material is of a very low quality. Best buys can often be found at decent formal dress hire shops - they will often sell ex hires, this is usually good quality that has been completely refurbished and hygienically cleaned.
I live just outside Glenrothes but grew up on the Fife coast, when I first moved here (mid 2000s) the town centre was always busy but didn’t have the best shops as they were given to Kirkcaldy because the shopping centres were owned by the same company, so it never had the best start then the internet stole the best from both towns, but even when it was good I would only head into town for the bank and would shop in Perth, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Glenrothes was built as a Glasgow over flow town and like most of them, these town fail as they lack local culture and passion, not by the people but the town. Interesting pop fact…Glenrothes was named after The Earl Of Rothes and if you’ve ever seen The Titanic film…the Earl was the guy the bought the life boat for just him and his family
always amuses me when i see vloggers visiting insane malls in "3rd world" Asian countries, and compare them to the post apocalyptic hellholes you find in Scotland. They spend enormous sums even just at Christmas, whereas we throw 500 quid at it for a couple of plastic reindeer with tinsel round their necks and a Santa that looks like he cheated on the PVG disclosure form
Big fan live here myself gutted I didn’t bump into you! Cafe at the top of the kingdom centre is pretty decent, you did only see half the centre and turn back but honestly I don’t blame you😂 there is loads of of cool wee statues and sculptures dotted about everywhere to see. Riverside park can be nice too but the council are currently redoing the pond so loads of construction stuff there atm
That's a change for you. Normally you have been praising everywhere you go, but you were a wee bit critical the moment you got out of the car, this time.
In my town, they have shut the banks, post office, police station and job centre, it's an absolute shot hole. Come to the West Coast and see some of the wee towns and it will give you a glimpse of Scotland away from the capital
I enjoy your videos Eddy & you are a cheerful host & great fun but…. Scotland is a small country of 5.7 million people. Ireland is a small country of 5 million to 7 million odd people Wales is a small country of 3.1 million people England is a small country of some 60 million people & it’s densely populated & is in fact one of the most densely populated countries on planet Earth especially when you realise it’s not that much bigger than Scotland or the island of Ireland. Look at Birmingham it is massive with a population in the whole area of 3 million plus Same with Greater Manchester. London has 10 million so when you think of a small town in places like Scotland these are in fact large towns in these small countries. Glenrothes is the 38th largest town in Scotland so it’s never going to have the activity of Birmingham or London etc It is what it is. Having said this a lot of small towns and bigger ones have became very quiet and with no activity like before covid and the economic world crisis 🎉 Comparison is the root of unhappiness & it is what it is.
Should try some of the coastal towns on either east or west, genuinely underated wee towns like Arbroath, Broughty Ferry, Kirkcaldy or on the west there is Ayr, Addrosan and Irvine to name a few, will find plenty of independent bars and cafes all over these towns
