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{{Infobox Scottish Location|country = Scotland|council = Aberdeen|map = <map lat='57.150396' lng='-2.095392' zoom='10' view='0'/>|pop = 184,788|motorways = A90, A96}}Aberdeen is the third most populous city in [[Scotland]] Nicknames include the Granite City, the Grey City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands. During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen's buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, whose mica deposits sparkle like silver. The city has a long, sandy coastline. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the Oil Capital of Europe or the Energy Capital of Europe.
Work your way south of the river to Torry.Walk onto the A956 (Wellington Road).Follow the road A9 south over two roundabouts, the second of which is really big.Just south of the big roundabout is a petrol station.From experience thumbing is not very effective, be willing to approach people as they fill up their cars. =Hitchhiking Out== A96 North-West towards [[Inverness]], [[Elgin]] or [[Inverurie]]=== Either take a bus or walk out from the city centre towards the Bucksburn suburb, following the A96 urban dual-carridgeway from the Huidagian Roundabout (from the Huidagian to the Bucksburn roundabout is roughly a 25 min walk). After a while there is a large roundabout with a 'Lidl' supermarket and a MacDonalds above it. Take the road just before the roundabout to the right, called 'Inverurie Road', it rejoins the A96 after a short time. [Better to just keep walking along the main A96, ie go LEFT at this roundabout]. After about ten minutes you will reach a lay-by with a fast food trailer. You have the choice of hitching here or a bus stop just after the lay by. I personally find the bus stop to be better, it is only another 1 or 2 minutes walk further. === A947 North towards Banff === There are no good places to hitch from if you walk all the way to the edge of the Dyce suburb. You are left with rural roads with nowhere safe nor possible for people to stop for a good distance. I would suggest either hitching from within the Dyce suburb or even closer to Aberdeen with a sign for Oldmeldrum. Other options may be either to hitch to Inverurie and then take the backroad to Oldmeldrum (note: i have not tested this route myself!) or take the bus to Oldmeldrum and hitch onwards from there. Once on the A947 at Oldmeldrum it is quite easy to hitch from town to town.
==Trashwiki & Nomadwiki =South towards [[Dundee]], [[Edinburgh]] or [[Glasgow]]===Work your way south of the river to Kincorth (a district about 1hr walk SW from the train station).Walk onto the A90 (Stonehaven Road).Just South of where Nigg Road meets the A90 is a petrol station from which many people are heading south.(sorry, this is a rubbish description, check google maps, youll find it easier.)From experience thumbing is not very effective, be willing to approach people as they fill up their cars.