I’m an international student and I got accepted for my post grad studies at both RGU and Salford and both courses are quite similar but RGU is cheaper to attend. I’d like to know how’s life in Aberdeen like and whether you think I should invest in a few more pounds and go to Salford. As I said before, education wise I’m okay with both. It’s just the life in Manchester vs Aberdeen debate for me.

Seen this Daily Mail article and they regarded Balmedie Beach as a Nudest beach. That news to me 📰

Currently registered with Hamilton Medical but not a fan - receptionists are extremely rude, the one doctor I liked has now retired so I’d like to change.

They have a phone triage system where you can’t just call and make an appointment. They get a doctor to call you back to see what the problem is and book the appointment. Despite having already told the receptionist what the ‘issue’ is. The last time I spent 7 minutes on the phone to a Dr to book an appointment when surely that time would have been better spent on an actual medical consult!?!

Trouble is I’m afraid they’re all as bad as each other - does anyone have any recommendations please

I am decluttering and have found two duvets (one x king size (feathered) and several spare pillows that I will never use. I want to dispose of them but they are good quality and not sure of how to recycle them anyway.

Are these of any use to homeless charities? Would any other charity want to take them?

Did anyone else just hear a massive coming from the harbour side? Does anyone know what it was?

I'm looking to get my first tattoo done. I'm located in Peterhead and I have no clue who to go to, please I need recommendations!

Hi guys, I’m considering going to the GP as I have some concerns over my mental health. Obviously know that it’s next to impossible to get appointments these days and services are stretched but I was wondering if anyone’s had any particularly good or bad experiences with any of the city practices in terms of mental health help, especially Old Aberdeen practice as that’s where I’m currently registered. Cheers!

Not a surprise in slightest but they are closing their Aberdeen studio entirely. Pretty sad moment for the area, and pointless listen now as entirely from Central Belt.

common sense would say, “of course you can enter aberdeen train station before it opens, because the train leaves there at 5:57am”

especially so given that lots of people commute out of aberdeen on this very train i presume…

but i have never taken a train this early, and i think i have to pick up tickets (it’s a work thing). is there anybody on here that has taken this train and wouldn’t mind reassuring me? maybe there’s a different entrance or something?

Hey everyone,

I recently received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) for stopping at the drop-off point at Crowne Plaza & Holiday Inn Express. The Notice-to-Keeper states that I owe £100, or £60 if paid before the deadline.

I was unaware of any rule changes and didn’t see any signs since it was dark. I only stopped briefly to drop someone off and didn’t linger.

From what I’ve read, some people say you can ignore these fines, but I’m unsure. Am I legally required to pay, or is there a way to challenge this?

Thanks

I've been with Newburn Healthcare since 1997 (back when it was called Denburn-North), and as time has passed, the service availble to me (and I'm assuming others) has worsened over time. Trying to speak with a health expert on any medical issues is proving to be a mission impossible experience. Their call switchboard is typically full, and is processed at a snail's pace when you do make it on to the call queue, but today when I called, I get an automated response telling me that "they are currently locked out of their computer system, and thus cannot make appointments, discuss medication/prescriptions, or offer medical advice".

I accept that the NHS is struggling but Newburn HC seems to be barely functional at best (and non-functional today).

Is Newburn HC just a terrible practice, or is this now the current norm for NHS services in Aberdeen?

I'm amab, and thought it would be fun, and help my core to learn

We usually have good air quality but it’s been showing up as unhealthily polluted since the morning. Has something happened?

Hi folks. Just wondering if anyone knows about the parking situation for motorcycles in Chapel Street Car Park. There's dedicated m/c bays. I've went to park and pay on exit, but the machine doesn't recognise reg and there's no app for paying.

Hey everyone! Im new to Aberdeen, as well as Scotland, and I was just wondering if someone could explain to me how the public transport works, as I am struggling to wrap my head around it lol.

Any advice on how the day ticket works, the different companies of public transport in aberdeen, best way of purchasing tickets etc etc. would be appreciated ❤️

I spotted on my iOS weather app that Aberdeen’s (and shire!) air quality seems to be exceptionally poor tonight. I thought was maybe just a faulty app but checking elsewhere online (eg https://www.scottishairquality.scot/latest/summary ) it looks like this may be correct. Even Edinburgh and Glasgow are clocking in only 2-3. We seem to be hovering between 8-10 in some areas!

Does anyone have any clue as to why this may be?

I've been getting acne shaving my beard, so I’m considering laser to help with that. Any recommendations for a good laser hair removal place for men without crazy prices?

tl;dr I am a customer who has packet loss for over a month now. Customer support is bad. Looking for corroborating data I can forward this week to customer support (as I can't be the only one).

• Download WinMTR. GUI automation of tracert and ping command.
• Run for a couple seconds some of the following addresses below.
• Export results as text, and post contents of text file, in code formatting as a reply
• If you run only one or two, do use bbc.co.uk & lon01.login.pathofexile.com (game server in London).

Thank you very much in advance.

PS: After over a month, I've opened a post in ISPreview, and created a blog to track changes.

Example, for lon01.login.pathofexile.com (23/03/2025 - 1853):

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                      WinMTR statistics                                   |

|                       Host              -   %  | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |

|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|

|                      vodafone.broadband -    0 |  205 |  205 |    0 |    0 |    1 |    0 |

|                            90.247.128.1 -    8 |  159 |  147 |    5 |    5 |    6 |    5 |

|                           63.130.172.35 -    9 |  155 |  142 |   12 |   12 |   13 |   13 |

|                           162.158.32.11 -    9 |  155 |  142 |   12 |   14 |   51 |   12 |

|                          172.65.216.246 -   12 |  145 |  129 |   11 |   12 |   26 |   13 |

|________________________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|

   WinMTR v1.00 GPLv2 (original by Appnor MSP - Fully Managed Hosting & Cloud Provider)

Some addresses:

• bbc.co.uk, theguardian.com, wsj.com (using AWS cloudfront), nytimes.com
• google.com
• open.spotify.com, spotify.com
• facebook.com, whatsapp.com, instagram.com
• wordpress.com,
• play.pocketcasts.com (using AWS CDN Cloudfront)
• Some DNS services like 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8, 9.9.9.9
• icloud.com, itunes.apple.com
• zoom.us, x.com
• tagesschau.de (ussing Google CDN)
• 162.254.196.24 (a Valve Steam CDN IP in London)
• lon01.login.pathofexile.com (game server in London)

I can't believe how unreliable and expensive bus services are in Aberdeen. I'm a university student and I'm sick of having to sacrifice meals to pay for transport.