Press Archive | Aberdeen City Council

This is an archive of news articles from Aberdeen City Council up to 30 November 2021.

Café culture trial in Aberdeen city centre

22 July 2015

A trial to create a café culture in an Aberdeen city centre street is to start next month.Belmont Street, Little Belmont Street and Gaelic Lane are to be closed to almost all traffic from 11am to 6pm…

Aberdeen Art Gallery artworks to feature in major exhibition overseas

21 July 2015

Artwork on loan from Aberdeen Art Gallery will feature in a major international exhibition of works by The Glasgow Boys the foremost group of British artists of their day in The Netherlands later…

Aberdeen Maritime Museum reopens to the public

21 July 2015

Aberdeen Maritime Museum has reopened to the public today (Wednesday 22 July) in time for families to enjoy free fun drop-in sessions.The creative sessions will take place between 10.30am-12.30pm on…

Aberdeen Art Gallery redevelopment gets under way

15 July 2015

The keys to Aberdeen Art Gallery have been formally handed over to contractors McLaughlin and Harvey of Belfast with work now under way on the £30million redevelopment.Inspiring Art and Music will…

Steel beams in place as Third Don Crossing finally spans the river

15 July 2015

The final huge steel beams for the Third Don Crossing were today being lifted into place to complete the span across the river.The beams were being manoeuvred into place in two lifts by a 1,000-tonne…

New electric Co-wheels vehicles for Aberdeen add up to largest fleet in UK

14 July 2015

Eleven new electric Co-wheels Car Club vehicles were launched today [Weds 15 July] in locations across the city making Co-wheels Aberdeen the largest car club electric fleet in the UK.The eight…

New riverside cycle path opens on River Dee

13 July 2015

A section of a new shared-use cycle path to link Aberdeen city centre with the Robert Gordon University campus at Garthdee was opened today [Tues 14 July].Aberdeen City Council has overseen the…

Harry Potter owls fly in for Duthie Park fun day

12 July 2015

Folk are invited to an afternoon of fun at an Environment Day at Duthie Park on Sunday (19 July) which will feature an appearance by two film star owls!There will be plenty to do and see, with…

New public wi-fi access for Aberdeen City Council buildings

12 July 2015

Free wi-fi is now available across 30 publicly-accessible Aberdeen City Council buildings, as part of the latest work to be delivered by the Accelerate Aberdeen programme.Aberdeen City Connect is…

The first Third Don Crossing steels lifted into place

07 July 2015

The first of the huge steel beams for the Third Don Crossing was today lifted into place over the River Don.The 60-tonne beam which is a box-section girder was manoeuvred into place by a 1,000-…

Butterflies sculpture lands in Aberdeen Central Library

02 July 2015

Aberdeen Central Library will host a paper sculpture made from books in a unique exhibition throughout July.'The Butterflies' features paper butterflies 'flying' from an open book and was sculpted…

Shop owner sentenced to 150 hours’ unpaid community work