{"id":10458,"date":"2011-08-02T15:25:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T13:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/tip\/the-old-city-observatory\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T12:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:00:23","slug":"the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"tip","link":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/edinburgh\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old City Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Calton Hill is een groene uithoek van de stad waar een grote verzameling monumenten en gebouwen is gegroepeerd. The Old City Observatory, beter bekend als de Playfair Observatory (Sterrenwacht), is een fascinerende plek waar het wetenschappelijk werk binnen Schotland plaatsvond. In 1818 werd het imposante bouwwerk op Calton Hill ontworpen door William Henry Playfair. De wiskundige Playfair liet zich voor zijn ontwerp inspireren door de Griekse tempel van de Vier Winden in Athene. Het grote koepeldak kon worden gedraaid in elke windrichting. De rest van de instrumenten zat binnen in de koepel verborgen achter luiken en kon worden geopend naar de hemel. De beroemde Professor Thomas Henderson was de eerste astronoom die hier zijn laboratorium vestigde. Ge\u00efnteresseerden en fervente sterrenkijkers kunnen in het gebouw o.a. de intact gebleven Cooke telescoop bekijken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":596916,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tip_category":[3245],"class_list":["post-10458","tip","type-tip","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tip_category-musea"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Old City Observatory is een museum in Edinburgh<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Old City Observatory is een fascinerende plek waar het wetenschappelijk werk binnen Schotland plaatsvond. Meer info vind je op CityZapper.com.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/edinburgh\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Old City Observatory is een museum in Edinburgh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Old City Observatory is een fascinerende plek waar het wetenschappelijk werk binnen Schotland plaatsvond. Meer info vind je op CityZapper.com.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/edinburgh\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CityZapper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-17T10:00:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/storage.cityzapper.com\/2026\/09\/Musea-iStock-1299273200.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1803\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Geschatte leestijd\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minuut\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cityzapper.com\\\/nl\\\/edinburgh\\\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cityzapper.com\\\/nl\\\/edinburgh\\\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Old City Observatory is een museum in Edinburgh\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cityzapper.com\\\/nl\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cityzapper.com\\\/nl\\\/edinburgh\\\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cityzapper.com\\\/nl\\\/edinburgh\\\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/storage.cityzapper.com\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Musea-iStock-1207772719.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-08-02T13:25:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-17T10:00:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Old City Observatory is een fascinerende plek waar het wetenschappelijk werk binnen Schotland plaatsvond. Meer info vind je op CityZapper.com.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cityzapper.com\\\/nl\\\/edinburgh\\\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cityzapper.com\\\/nl\\\/edinburgh\\\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cityzapper.com\\\/nl\\\/edinburgh\\\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/storage.cityzapper.com\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Musea-iStock-1207772719.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/storage.cityzapper.com\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Musea-iStock-1207772719.jpg\",\"width\":1800,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cityzapper.com\\\/nl\\\/edinburgh\\\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cityzapper.com\\\/nl\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Old City Observatory\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cityzapper.com\\\/nl\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cityzapper.com\\\/nl\\\/\",\"name\":\"CityZapper\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cityzapper.com\\\/nl\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Old City Observatory is een museum in Edinburgh","description":"The Old City Observatory is een fascinerende plek waar het wetenschappelijk werk binnen Schotland plaatsvond. Meer info vind je op CityZapper.com.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/edinburgh\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\/","og_locale":"nl_NL","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Old City Observatory is een museum in Edinburgh","og_description":"The Old City Observatory is een fascinerende plek waar het wetenschappelijk werk binnen Schotland plaatsvond. Meer info vind je op CityZapper.com.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/edinburgh\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\/","og_site_name":"CityZapper","article_modified_time":"2026-09-17T10:00:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1803,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/storage.cityzapper.com\/2026\/09\/Musea-iStock-1299273200.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Geschatte leestijd":"1 minuut"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/edinburgh\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\/","url":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/edinburgh\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\/","name":"The Old City Observatory is een museum in Edinburgh","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/edinburgh\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/edinburgh\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/storage.cityzapper.com\/2026\/09\/Musea-iStock-1207772719.jpg","datePublished":"2011-08-02T13:25:34+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-17T10:00:23+00:00","description":"The Old City Observatory is een fascinerende plek waar het wetenschappelijk werk binnen Schotland plaatsvond. Meer info vind je op CityZapper.com.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/edinburgh\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"nl-NL","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/edinburgh\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"nl-NL","@id":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/edinburgh\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/storage.cityzapper.com\/2026\/09\/Musea-iStock-1207772719.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/storage.cityzapper.com\/2026\/09\/Musea-iStock-1207772719.jpg","width":1800,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/edinburgh\/the-old-city-observatory-edinburgh\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Old City Observatory"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/","name":"CityZapper","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"nl-NL"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tip\/10458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tip"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tip"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tip\/10458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tip_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tip_category?post=10458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}