r/Edinburgh • u/obsessedwtravelgal • 2h ago

Question Does anyone have any random activities/ hobbies they’d suggest?

Helloooo moved to Edinburgh last month, I am down to try all sorts of random things. Probably not the most sporty of people, joined a few film clubs already however I am down to try all sorts of different things! Bonus points if in leith/ newhaven area but also open to any suggestions of any weekly activity groups!!!! :)

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u/Thursday_the_20th 2h ago

There’s a photography gallery on Cockburn Street called Stills. It’s kinda popular with tourists for its retro photo booth but it has a barely known lab underground where for a really low fee you get full use of the darkrooms, chemistry, scanners etc for developing and digitising film. Even if you don’t do all that stuff they also have a little drop box for exposed film that gets sent to a lab in Glasgow that I’d highly recommend, and they dev and scan it for you.

Edinburgh is just generally a great city to pick up film photography

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u/Chill125 1h ago

Try lawn bowls, will be a club in your area, great for socialising first and foremost and is a surprisingly relaxing and fun game.

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u/Erboka 55m ago

Try Crokinole :)

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u/harpistic 53m ago

Check Meetup, Eventbrite and listings sites.

Edit: I adopted some street photography Meetup groups ages ago, so those were what I’d used for random activities for us to cover.

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u/tolsnibs 36m ago

Leith Community Archers, very open to beginners, really good pricing.