About Edinburgh Albums
Locally made cultural keepsakes inspired by Edinburgh’s stories and people
Edinburgh Albums is a social enterprise creating thoughtful trails, albums and storytelling projects designed to help visitors and residents connect more deeply with the city and the people who shape it.
Through locally rooted creative projects, we explore heritage, memory, identity and the small details that make Edinburgh feel lived in rather than simply visited.
Why It Started
Edinburgh is often presented through its landmarks and history, but everyday life is part of the city’s identity too: conversations, humour, routines, creativity, ambition, struggle and community.
Over a year ago, I began the In Conversation with Tourists podcast to better understand how people experience cities; what visitors are searching for, what makes experiences feel meaningful and how tourism can become more mindful, personal and connected to local life.
That research gradually shaped Edinburgh Albums: a growing collection of keepsakes and experiences designed not just to sell a version of the city, but to help people engage with it in a more thoughtful, flexible and human way.
A Collaborative Social Enterprise
Edinburgh Albums develops projects in collaboration with local contributors including children, artists, multilingual residents, volunteers and community voices.
The aim is not only to create meaningful experiences for visitors, but also to support emerging and underrepresented creative talent while widening access to storytelling, heritage and cultural participation.
As the project grows, future collaborations will continue exploring how overlooked voices, lived experiences and local creativity can become part of the way a city is remembered.
An umbrella of albums, each with its own voice
Edinburgh Albums is an umbrella for a growing collection of themed albums, each exploring a different, very human aspect of the city.
We are developing them one by one, there will be albums about architecture , about seasons, like Christmas in Edinburgh, about traditions, albums rooted in specific places each with its own character, pace and stories.
Every album is different.
For children too
Alongside the albums, Edinburgh Albums also includes products designed especially for younger explorers, such as the Edinburgh Animal Trail — a playful way for children (and the adults with them) to experience the city through curiosity, movement, and discovery.
Edinburgh Albums exists to keep your experience alive long after your trip ends. Sometimes, an album can quietly invite you back to the city or to the feeling of being here.
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Edinburgh Albums began as a personal attempt to create more thoughtful, locally rooted ways of experiencing the city. It combines storytelling, heritage, creativity and community collaboration.
Before founding Edinburgh Albums, I worked in the employability sector, particularly alongside ethnically diverse communities and individuals facing barriers to participation and visibility.
Those experiences strongly shaped the values behind the project: creating space for different voices, making cultural experiences feel more accessible and personal, and recognising the creativity and talent that often goes unnoticed.