@weetabix
@HeinzUK
Speaking as the country who gave the world such culinary delights as haggis and deep fried confectionary, we can confirm that this is, in fact, a step too far ❌
Even though celebrating Burns Night is a wee bit different this year, you can still get dressed up in your tartan best 💃
That includes tartan pyjamas 😉 Join in with Scotland & share your
#BurnsNightIn
moments 🏴
Scotland is breath-taking beauty and the warmest of welcomes. Scotland is investing in your future and the future of our planet. Scotland is innovative, pioneering, inclusive and creative. Scotland is all of those things and so much more. Scotland is now.
#ScotlandIsNow
This year to celebrate
#BurnsNight
, we want to bring people together even whilst we are apart 🥂
Join Scotland in a global toast 🥃 Raise a glass of your favourite tipple and share using the hashtag
#BurnsNightIn
💃
Here’s
@Outlander_STARZ
’s
@SamHeughan
to get us started 👇
Happy St Andrew's Day! 🏴 2020 has shown us the importance of being kind, so celebrate Scotland's national day with us by reaching out to others 💙👇
#ScotlandIsNow
#StAndrewsDay
Robert Burns once wrote 'A night o' guid fellowship sowthers it a’!' which means an evening in good company can mend everything 💙
Although we can’t get together for a Burns Supper this year, you can join Scotland & celebrate with a
#BurnsNightIn
🏴
Scotland is commited to creating an equal society, that's why we're the first country in the world to make period products available in every school, college & university 🌍 & we're just getting started 💪💙
#ScotlandIsNow
We are kind, creative and inventive 💡 A country of heart, with the warmest of people, determined to play our part 💚 If you share these feelings too, Scotland is waiting, and open to you 🏴
#ScotlandIsNow
In 2019, Scotland became the first country in the world to offer free period products to students at all levels of education 💙 But that was just the start.. Today, a bill has passed in the Scottish Parliament to make period products free to everyone 💪
#ScotlandIsNow
Second up from Miss PunnyPennie and her Scots words of the day is Sonse... this gives us a warm glow 🤗
ℹ️ Len Pennie (known on TikTok as MissPunnyPennie) is a Scottish poet and advocate for Scots language and mental health.
#ScotlandIsNow
#ScotsLanguage
📹
@Lenniesaurus
"Everyone was so welcoming, it made me feel like I was in my own country. The community were really friendly; they helped us with our English, went shopping with us and taught us about how public transport worked. All they wanted to do was help us” 👨👩👧👦💙
#ScotlandIsNow
Scotland offers the warmest of welcomes to people from all over the world. Dured Alhalabe is a Syrian refugee who began a new life in Scotland after war tore his home apart. Listen to his incredible story.
#ScotlandIsNow
#LiveScotland
🌎Top 15 Best Countries in the World: 🌎
15. It’s
14. Impossible
13. To
12. Compare
11. Countries
10. They
9. Are
8. All
7. Amazing
6. In
5. Their
4. Own
3. Individual
2. Ways
1. Scotland 🏴
Len Pennie is a Scottish poet and advocate for the Scots language and mental health. We asked her to share a few of her Scots words of the day.
First up it’s Eat the Breid…🍞
What a wonderful expression!
#ScotlandIsNow
#ScotsLanguage
#ScotFoodFort22
📹
@Lenniesaurus
Over 20 million Europeans have taken Scotland to their hearts over the past fortnight & we have loved hearing all your stories and having your support 💙 Europe, let's continue this love affair... 🏴🇪🇺
#LoveScotland
#ScotlandIsNow
#ScotlandIsOpen
Scotland's Baby Box has now welcomed 50,000 babies into the world! Take a look at its journey as it makes its way to a new family. 👨👩♥️🏴
#babybox
#scotland
#scotlandisnow
Scotland isn’t just ancient castles and rolling hills – though, nobody does it better! We’re also vibrant cities and incredible adventures. We may be small, but you’ll never run out of things to do. Like and follow, and be part of the journey with
#ScotlandIsNow
#VisitScotland
Did you know in Scotland, every family receives a baby box for their new arrival? Packed with clothes, bedding and many other useful things to help give each baby the best possible start in life.
Here 'Rachel Clenaghan' shows us what she got in her box for her latest arrival. 👶
“O my Luve's like a red, red rose…” 🌹 The words of Robert Burns have connected with millions all over the world 🌍
We are inviting everyone to join in with Scotland on 25 January & share your
#BurnsNightIn
moments 🏴
Big news for Glasgow as
@JPmorgan
have announced the development of a new state of the art technology home in the city! 👨💻 The development will open in 2022 and will create around 2,700 jobs 👏😮
#ScotlandIsNow
#InvestScotland
#WorkScotland
Are you getting ready to dance the night away at a Burns Night Supper tomorrow night? 🕺
Ceilidh dancing is a traditional Scottish dance taught in school and with you for life at every wedding, party and burns night supper you'll ever go to!
#ScotlandIsNow
#BurnsNight
Happy Tartan Day! Today is a celebration of Scottish heritage & the special relationship between Scotland and the USA 🏴 🇺🇸 💙
#ScotlandIsNow
#NYCTW
To celebrate St Andrew's Day we asked people from all around the globe, 'What makes you feel connected to Scotland?' and from those answers we created this❤️
So, wherever you’re celebrating in the world today, Happy St Andrew’s Day! 🏴
#StAndrewsDay23
#ScotlandIsNow
Happy St Andrew's Day! 🎉 Join Scotland in celebrating our national day with a small act of kindness - use the hashtag
#MakeSomeonesDay
& your act could appear on our website 🤗🏴
#StAndrewsDay
#Scotland
Dreaming of studying abroad in 2019? Four of Scotland's 19 universities are amongst the Top 200 in the world - have a click around our uni map 🖱🎓
#StudyScotland
#StudyAbroad
#ScotlandIsNow
➡
This ‘World TV Day’, we’re celebrating the world-renowned TV show that’s set and filmed across Scotland – Outlander!
One of many shot here in Scotland, it’s incredible to see our country come to life on screen. Which of these locations have you been to?
#WorldTVDay
#Outlander
Scotland is standing with the people of
#Ukraine
.
Today, the Scottish Government pledged £4million towards humanitarian aid for people living in Ukraine, helping to meet health, water, sanitation and shelter needs.
#ScotlandIsNow
Scotland will provide both financial aid and medical supplies to
#Ukraine
.
The Scottish Government will contribute £4m of humanitarian aid, as well as medical equipment and supplies, to help those most affected.
Full story:
This June Scottish wildcats were released into the Cairngorms National Park 🐈
Known as Highland tigers, they are Scotland’s last remaining native cat species.
We're proud to support this project and make progress towards vital global conservation. ➡️
A new large-scale film studio, led by Sean Connery's son Jason, will open its doors in Edinburgh 🎬 Great news for Scotland's expanding creative industries sector 🏴📽️
#ScotlandIsNow
#InvestScotland
We want Scotland to be the best place in the world to grow up & our baby box initiative means every baby gets an equal start 👶 Scotland's baby box has had a little refresh for 2019 💙
Find out more ➡
Are you ready to dance the night away?💃 With Edinburgh hosting one of the most iconic New Year's Eve parties in the world, Scotland is getting ready to welcome 2024 with open arms!
Happy Hogmanay!🎉
📷 IG/pandeyrr
#ScotlandIsNow
#Hogmanay
#NewYearsEve
Almost a quarter of a million EU citizens call Scotland home 🏠 As the relationship between the UK and Europe changes, here's how Scotland are looking after our valued EU citizens 💙👇
#ScotlandIsNow
Marine & Hugo came to Scotland for an amazing work opportunity & here they tell us why they are enjoying life as New Scots 💼💙
#LiveScotland
#ScotlandIsNow
Did you know in Scotland, the first person to enter your home after the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, is called a 'first footer'? 🏃
It's a long-honoured tradition in Scotland that is said to determine the luck your home has for the rest of the year ahead!
Spanning 1,000ft & sitting 100ft above the ground, it's no wonder
#Glenfinnan
Viaduct attracts 1000's of visitors from around the world! Have you been? 😍📍 Glenfinnan,
#Highlands
#ScotlandIsNow
“The welcome I received gave me a feeling of being at home from the very first day” – Erica moved to Scotland from Italy for a job opportunity & loves her new work life balance 💼💙
#WorkScotland
#ScotlandIsNow
Dundee has been named in the
@lonelyplanet
'Best in Europe 2018'.
With amazing attractions like the V&A, Dundee and an ever-growing cultural scene, it's easy to see why Scotland's 4th largest city joins Europe's elite! Find out more here:
#ScotlandIsNow
Scotland was one of the first countries in the world to acknowledge the climate emergency 🍃 Here are some of the things we are doing to tackle it 👇
#TimeForAction
#COP25
#ScotlandIsNow
Come on in the water’s lovely 🌊 Next year, Scotland will celebrate its Coasts and Waters with a year-long programme of events and activities, making a huge splash about all that our waters have to offer 💦👏
#YCW2020
#ScotlandIsNow
Did you know that Scotland's national animal is the unicorn? 🦄🏴
You can join Pumpkin the unicorn &
@welovehistory
to celebrate
#UnicornDay
here 👉
Happy St Andrew’s Day from Scotland 🏴
Join us in raising a glass and toasting friends and family across the world. Let’s share the best of Scotland's food and drink and celebrate together 💙
Here’s to the mix of people and cultures who craft it!
#ScotlandIsNow
#StAndrewsDay
Scotland is a land of myths and legends and the most famous of them is 'The Loch Ness Monster'. A large dinosaur-like creature first seen nearly 1,500 years ago and still thought to be alive today🦕
Find out more about Scotland's mythical creatures➡️
We want to make Scotland the best place in the world to grow up, and part of that is giving every child born in Scotland an equal start in life. Read more about Scotland’s baby box 👶💙
In 2019, we had a message to Europe, to tell you that Scotland is Open to you 💌 Here is some of the amazing love we received in return 🇪🇺💙
#ScotlandIsNow
Compassion & kindness are at the heart of Scottish culture & the work that the
@SocialBite_
team are doing to end homelessness in Scotland are a perfect example of that 💙
#ScotlandIsNow
#LiveScotland
This is the Gearrannan Blackhouse Village located on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. 🏴
They preserve a piece of island life that is long gone and draw visitors from around the globe 🌍
📸
@david_mck33
That's right, Scotland has become the first country in the world to make period products free for all 💪 Because in Scotland, we believe it’s fundamental to dignity, equality and human rights 💃💙
#ScotlandIsNow
#FreePeriods
What happens when
@Scottishyogaboy
takes tartan to Times Square? Let's find out 👀
"Celebrating Tartan Week, we have a busy schedule but have still managed to hit some of the best spots and take in the sites while sharing a flavour of Scotland with New York City!"
#TartanWeek