In the sunny southern town where I come from, thanks to my mum, quite a few people have added “visit Aberdeen, Scotland” to their bucket list. Why mum Italian mum loves Aberdeen…Some of her favourite places include St Machar’s Cathedral in Old Aberdeen, where once we lost hours listening to choir rehearsals (“the music flowed so beautifully down the medieval aisles”). My mum also loves Union Square (“it has everything, the shops, the food, the movies, the station”). ‘My mum sees Aberdeen as a place full of magic’“There are so many colours,” she said smiling another day, walking slowly through Castlegate. ‘The rain makes Aberdeen shine’You can find the same brave indifference in so many other aspects of everyday life in Aberdeen.