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    24 Photos That Prove Everything You Think About Scotland Is Wrong

    It's not all stags and tartan, you know.

    1. Think all there is to Scotland is lochs and glens? Think again.

    2. Bits of it actually look a lot like Japan.

    3. There are French châteaux dotted around too.

    4. And this is surely the backwoods of America.

    5. Some parts look uncannily like India.

    6. While others clearly stepped out of a fantasy novel.

    7. Or belong on another planet.

    8. Like this industrial complex that looks like an alien city.

    9. Our coastline is positively tropical in places.

    10. With white, sandy beaches that stretch for miles.

    11. And our surf could put Bondi Beach to shame.

    12. You don't have to go to Norway to see the Northern Lights.

    13. And Cornwall doesn't have a monopoly on thatched cottages.

    14. There are surreal, ancient, abandoned places everywhere.

    15. And spooky forests that are way more Blair Witch than Braveheart.

    16. Everything in Scotland is built on a massive scale.

    17. Even our sculptures are gigantic.

    18. See?

    19. In fact, there's modern art everywhere you look.

    20. Forget Tibet; we have a huge Buddhist temple right here.

    21. We also have palm-fringed castles that look like Spanish fortresses...

    22. ...huge, ancient colleges that look like the Houses of Parliament...

    23. ...and modern buildings that look just a tad Australian.

    24. So forget what you think you know; come and see what Scotland is really like.