The country is ready to blow away decades of dashed hopes and celebrate, with marching bands and all-night parties
Scotland is leaning into one its most treasured traditions: embracing the hope and anxiety of a football World Cup, with a healthy dose of self-deprecating style.
There are brash new tartans, an Edinburgh bar offering free Irn-Bru-infused “fiery ginger” beers for patrons with red hair, a collaboration between Scottish whisky firms and a Brazilian distiller, and all-night parties in nightclubs repurposed as fanzones.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Severin Carrell Scotland editor.
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