Dundee Photo Walks

Dundee Photo Walks Choose from six guided walking tours of Dundee with local photographer Stephen Finn.

Dundee Gaming Tour
Dundee Gaming Tour - Just GTA
Dundee Gaming Tour - The 8 bit Experience
Dundee Railway Tour
Dundee Engineering Tour
Dundee 4J Tour

20/08/2026

Dates for guided walking tours from now until the end of September.

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Thursday 20th August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 21st Augustn 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Saturday 22nd August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Engineering Tour
Saturday 22nd August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Railway Tour
Sunday 23rd August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 23rd August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Railway Tour
Saturday 29th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 29th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 30th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Engineering Tour
Sunday 30th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Thursday 3rd September 5.30 – 7.00 pm

The Dundee Railway Tour
Friday 4th September 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 6th September 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Engineering Tour
Sunday 6th September 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee 4J Tour
Thursday 10th September 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 11th September 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Railway Tour
Saturday 12th September 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 12th September 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 13th September 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Engineering Tour
Sunday 13th September 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Thursday 17th September 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 18th September 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Saturday 19th September 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Engineering Tour
Saturday 19th September 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Railway Tour
Sunday 20th September 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 20th September 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Railway Tour
Saturday 26th September 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 26th September 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 27th September 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Engineering Tour
Sunday 27th September 3.30 – 5.00 pm

16/08/2026

Exclusive* video of vintage vehicles departing the Tay Road Bridge 60th Anniversary Celebrations on Saturday 15th of August 2026. I missed the official procession that morning but I did see them leave, most headed north across the bridge but a few headed south along the A92.

The original footage was 30 minutes so this is a double cropped version I cropped out all the regular traffic and cropped + upscaled for a closer view at the vehicles. There is another version a stop start timelapse with a wider view.

* Yes it really is exclusive as there nobody about to watch them leave, I wonder how many people saw them arrive, though they don’t travel that much around the roundabout.

I will post some photos of the vehicles on Monday and photos of boats and bridges on Tuesday.

Dundee Museum of Transport
Dundee Culture

13/08/2026

Did anyone else see anything unusual during the solar eclipse yesterday?

The timelapse was a bit boring so I thought I would add some 8 bit gaming action

Which C64 sprites do you recognise/remember?

In order
Blood Money (1990)
Uridium (1986)
Cybernoid (1988)
Delta (1987)
Dropzone (1984)
Forgotten Worlds (1989)
Zaxxon (1984)
Hunter’s Moon (1987)
Katakis (1988)
Mega Apocalypse (1987)
Retrograde (1989)
Salamander (1988)
Sanxion (1986)
Thrust (1986)
Zynaps (1987)

I talk a lot more about the Commodore 64 on

The 8 bit Experience

2 Computers: ZX Spectrum + C64
2 Software houses: Ocean + US Gold
2 Magazines: Crash + Zzap64
= The 8 bit Experience

The ZX Spectrum was made in Dundee but there are so many stories about the 8 bit era to share, plus lots of retro tech to touch.
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/

Upcoming Gaming Tours

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Friday 14th August 5.30 – 7.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 16th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 21st August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Saturday 22nd August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 23rd August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 29th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 30th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

It’s 100 days until the release of GTA VI on the PS5 and X-Box.And there are two questions on everyone’s mind.When is co...
11/08/2026

It’s 100 days until the release of GTA VI on the PS5 and X-Box.
And there are two questions on everyone’s mind.

When is coming out on PC?

Will Heather Street Food feature in the game?

Well maybe only people in Dundee are wondering about the second one.

But the owner of this award winning coffee roasters & donut specialists located beside the V&A really is trying to get his business featured in the game, what an amazing Dundee related Easter Egg that would be to have his coffee and donut van somewhere on the map.

If you visit their Insta page you can see an amusing reel.
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DY2YrEqMP-f/

Supposedly they have a member of staff related to one of the original DMA Design team. He went on to make the PS2 version of GTA1.

Heather Street Food



02/08/2026

In the 1980s to play a computer game you needed to load the data from tape. EVERY time you wanted to play. This took about 5 – 10 minutes but it felt longer

In case you forgot what you were going to play. A loading screen with music would load first. The picture would appear block by block. This is a homage to loading a game on a Commodore 64.

The image is 200 pixels high by 160 double width pixels using a 16 colour palette but only 4 colours can be in the same character 8 high x 4 double width pixels.

I’m a photographer not an artist so this is a converted photo of the RRS Discovery.

I talk a lot more about the Commodore 64 on

The 8 bit Experience

2 Computers: ZX Spectrum + C64
2 Software houses: Ocean + US Gold
2 Magazines: Crash + Zzap64
= The 8 bit Experience

The ZX Spectrum was made in Dundee but there are so many stories about the 8 bit era to share, plus lots of retro tech to touch.
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/

Upcoming Gaming Tours

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Thursday 6th August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 7th August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Saturday 8th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 9th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Friday 14th August 5.30 – 7.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 16th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 21st August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Saturday 22nd August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 23rd August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 29th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 30th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

part 2 - Dundee in retro 8 bit style.Sunrise under the Tay Road Bridge. For about a week in the spring and autumn the ...
30/07/2026

part 2 - Dundee in retro 8 bit style.
Sunrise under the Tay Road Bridge. For about a week in the spring and autumn the sun rises out of the ea and can be viewed through the supports of the Tay Road Bridge.

This dramatic view as it would be seen with the limited colour palette (16 colours) and resolution (200 x 160 wide pixels) of Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum which had a colour palette of 15 colours and a resolution of 192 x 256 pixels.

Not such a big difference on this image though the Commodore 64 can display 4 colours per character (8 x 4 wide pixel block) whereas the ZX Spectrum could display only two characters per character (8x8 pixels).

I did a bit of work on the Spectrum version as the conversion software made a mess of the sun, a mosaic of white, light grey and yellow squares.

You can see the original photo in the third image which not AI it was taken on 22nd September 2017.

You can see more on my instagram page
https://www.instagram.com/the_dundee_gaming_tour/

I talk a lot more about the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum on

The 8 bit Experience

2 Computers: ZX Spectrum + C64
2 Software houses: Ocean + US Gold
2 Magazines: Crash + Zzap64
= The 8 bit Experience

The ZX Spectrum was made in Dundee but there are so many stories about the 8 bit era to share, plus lots of retro tech to touch.
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/

Upcoming Gaming Tours
(Please check website for any changes)

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 31st July 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 1st August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 2nd August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Thursday 6th August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 7th August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Saturday 8th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 9th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Friday 14th August 5.30 – 7.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 16th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 21st August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Saturday 22nd August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 23rd August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 29th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 30th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

28/07/2026

In the 1980s to play a computer game you needed to load the data from tape EVERY time you wanted to play. This took about 5 – 10 minutes but it felt longer.

In case you forgot what you were going to play. A loading screen with music would load first. The picture would appear block by block. This is a homage to loading a game on a Commodore 64
The image is 200 pixels high by 160 double width pixels using a 16 colour palette but only 4 colours can be in the same character 8 x 8 pixels.

I’m a photographer not an artist so this started out as a photo of a yellow cassette tape then I changed colour added text and reduced the colour palette. Actual photos coming soon, sunsets seem to work best.

I talk a lot more about the Commodore 64 on

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝟠 𝕓𝕚𝕥 𝔼𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖

2 Computers: ZX Spectrum + C64
2 Software houses: Ocean + US Gold
2 Magazines: Crash + Zzap64
= The 8 bit Experience

The ZX Spectrum was made in Dundee but there are so many stories about the 8 bit era to share, plus lots of retro tech to touch.
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/

𝕌𝕡𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔾𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕋𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 31st July 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 1st August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 2nd August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Thursday 6th August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 7th August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Saturday 8th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 9th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Friday 14th August 5.30 – 7.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 16th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 21st August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Saturday 22nd August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 23rd August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 29th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 30th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

To celebrate 60 years of the Tay Road Bridge* there will be a family fun day on Saturday 15th of August 2026 featuring v...
26/07/2026

To celebrate 60 years of the Tay Road Bridge* there will be a family fun day on Saturday 15th of August 2026 featuring vintage vehicles, vintage bus trips, children's entertainment and food and drink.

Unfortunately the free boat trips from the pier that the Fifies** used in Newport-on-Tay has sold out but you can still photograph the boats as they pass under the bridge to give your images some scale.

To give you a taste of what vehicles will be involved in the celebration a few photos from the 50th anniversary celebrations on the 21st of August 2016 which featured vintage cars, vans and buses plus a lot of scooters and motorbikes.

* The bridge was officially opened by the Queen Mother on the 18th of August 1966

** Before the Tay bridge opened a vehicle ferry operated from Newport Pier in Newport-on-Tay to Craig Harbour in Dundee (the current home of the RRS Discovery)

There will be another chance to hear how they built the Tay Road Bridge and a lot more on my Dundee Engineering Tour on
Sunday 15th of August 2026 3.30 – 5.00 pm

You can see the full list of dates for that tour here:
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/the-dundee-engineering-tour/

Tay Road Bridge
Discovery Point and RRS Discovery

Looking for something to do?There are three Dundee Gaming Tours.𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕠𝕦𝕣 - Dundee's ZX Spectrum factory, the or...
24/07/2026

Looking for something to do?
There are three Dundee Gaming Tours.

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕠𝕦𝕣 - Dundee's ZX Spectrum factory, the origins of DMA Design and their games Lemmings and GTA1 plus Minecraft

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝟠 𝔹𝕚𝕥 𝔼𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 2+2+2=8
2 Computers: ZX Spectrum + C64
2 Software houses: Ocean + US Gold
2 Magazines: Crash + Zzap64
= The 8 bit Experience

𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝔾𝕋𝔸
The stories behind GTA 1 - GTA V

Tickets from £10 tours 60 - 90 minutes
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/

𝕌𝕡𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔾𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕋𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 25th July 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 26th July 2.00 – 3.30 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Thursday 31st July 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 1st August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 2nd August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Thursday 6th August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 7th August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Saturday 8th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 9th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Saturday 15th August 3.30 – 4.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 16th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 16th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 21st August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Saturday 22nd August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 23rd August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 29th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 30th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

17/07/2026

2+2+2=8

2 Computers: ZX Spectrum + Commodore 64
2 Software houses: Ocean + US Gold
2 Magazines: Crash + Zzap64
= The 8 bit Experience

Only the ZX Spectrum was made in Dundee but there are so many stories about the 8 bit era to share, plus lots of retro tech to touch.
dundeephotowalks.co.uk

Upcoming Gaming Tours (I left the Railway + Engineering tours out)

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 18th July 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 19th July 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Thursday 23rd July 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 25th July 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 26th July 2.00 – 3.30 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Thursday 31st July 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 1st August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 2nd August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Thursday 6th August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 7th August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Saturday 8th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 9th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Saturday 15th August 3.30 – 4.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 16th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 16th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The 8 bit Experience
Friday 21st August 5.30 – 6.30 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Saturday 22nd August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Sunday 23rd August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour: Just GTA
Saturday 29th August 3.30 – 5.00 pm

The Dundee Gaming Tour
Sunday 30th August 2.00 – 3.00 pm

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