12 nights, from Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Netherlands. Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands, although it is not the seat of the government, which is The Hague. Amsterdam has a population of 851,373 within the city proper, 1,351,587 in the urban area] and 2,410,960 in the metropolitan area. The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country but is not its capital, which is Haarlem. The metropolitan area comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad, one of the larger conurbations in Europe, with a population of approximately 8 million.

The town is well known for the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. More recently it has also become known for the repair of oil rigs which line up in the Cromarty Firth on which the town is situated. In the 1970s and 1980s nearby Nigg was known for the construction of these rigs. The yard used for this is now attempting to re-establish itself as a fabricator of large offshore wind turbines and oil rig refurbishment since being purchased by Global Energy Group.

For a number of years Invergordon was the site of an aluminium smelter until 1981 when British Aluminium closed it down. The pipeline that covered the conveyor belt from the smelter to the BA pier was not dismantled until the early 2000s and the two large tanks still stand today as well as a water tower.

It still has a grain whisky distillery, operated by Philippines-owned whisky giant Whyte and Mackay, the output of which contributes to many blended whiskies. Connected to the distillery was the Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band.

At present the port is visited by many large cruise liners each year, as the deep water port allows disembarkation for coach tours in the northern Highlands.

Since the 1970s some would perceive the town as a 'Glasgow colony', since many workers were recruited from southern Scotland to work in the oil rig fabrication and aluminium smelting industries. As a result, the residents' accents often show more influence from Glasgow, than the surrounding Easter Ross dialect of Highland Englishalthough this has changed in recent years.

In recent years Global Energy Group have been expanding, with the purchase of the Nigg fabrication yard it has also brought much appreciated work to Invergordon's Docks with the town again full of oil company workers through the day.

Исконно шотландский город Глазго, расположен всего в 50 км от Эдинбурга. Это достаточно оживленный город с множеством интересных мест. В центре города Вас порадует множество достопримечательностей, в том числе район Сочиххол Сэнт, в котором сосредоточено много магазинов, пабов и кафе.

Восточнее расположена старая часть города, в которой можно полюбоваться Собором Глазго, посетить Музей религии и искусства Сент Мунго.

В парке Кантри расположена коллекция Баррелл — главная достопримечательность Глазго, здесь представлен китайский фарфор, антикварная мебель, импрессионистические картины. Вся эта роскошь расположена под крышей одного современного здания.

Исконно шотландский город Глазго, расположен всего в 50 км от Эдинбурга. Это достаточно оживленный город с множеством интересных мест. В центре города Вас порадует множество достопримечательностей, в том числе район Сочиххол Сэнт, в котором сосредоточено много магазинов, пабов и кафе.

Восточнее расположена старая часть города, в которой можно полюбоваться Собором Глазго, посетить Музей религии и искусства Сент Мунго.

В парке Кантри расположена коллекция Баррелл — главная достопримечательность Глазго, здесь представлен китайский фарфор, антикварная мебель, импрессионистические картины. Вся эта роскошь расположена под крышей одного современного здания.

Dublin is the capital of, and largest city in, Ireland. It is on the east coast of Ireland, in the province of Leinster, at the mouth of the River Liffey, and is bordered on the south by the Wicklow mountains. It has an urban area population of 1,173,179, while the population of the Dublin Region (formerly County Dublin), as of 2016, was 1,347,359, and the population of the Greater Dublin area was 1,904,806.

There is archaeological debate regarding precisely where Dublin was established by Celtic-speaking people in the 7th century AD. Later expanded as a Viking settlement, the Kingdom of Dublin, the city became Ireland's principal settlement following the Norman invasion. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest city in the British Empire before the Acts of Union in 1800. Following the partition of Ireland in 1922, Dublin became the capital of the Irish Free State, later renamed Ireland.

Dublin is a historical and contemporary centre for education, the arts, administration and industry. As of 2018 the city was listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as a global city, with a ranking of "Alpha -", which places it amongst the top thirty cities in the world.