It’s billed as Scotland’s largest free festival celebrating architecture, culture and heritage - and Doors Open 2026 has recruited quite a few more buildings ready to invite the public in to see behind the scenes.
The annual event takes places in different parts of the country on different dates - Midlothian’s Doors Open Days were last weekend, Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13, and West Lothian will be following suit next weekend, September 19 and 20.
Edinburgh’s turn comes on Saturday and Sunday, September 26 and 27. More than 100 sites in the Capital have signed up to take part.
We’ve already featured 29 places you can visit that weekend - and here’s another 25 also willing to welcome people in for a look around.
Scroll through and decide which ones you want to put on your list.
21. Lind and Lime Gin Distillery Tours
Lind and Lime offers a tour of the working distillery, within the actual production area. Visitors will hear about the origins of the gin and its links to the history of Leith, how the Lind & Lime signature gin is made, get hands-on with the botanicals used in its production, and learn how the giant still operates. Tour lasts approximately 45 minutes and is for adults 18+ only. Booking essential: Lind & Lime Distillery x Doors Open Days Address: 24 Coburg Street, EH6 6HB. Tour: Sunday, September 27, 12-12.45pm
22. Lothian Buses at Marine Depot
Marine depot is one of Lothian Buses' eight operational bus garages and will open its doors for the public to walk around and have a peek behind the scenes. A variety pf Lothian's own vehicles will be on display, along with vintage buses from the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum. Address: 18 Seafield Road East, EH15 1EB. Open: Saturday, September 26, 11am-3pm. | TSPL
23. Lyon & Turnbull Auctioneers
Designed by Archibald Elliot in the neoclassical style in the 1820s, the building originally opened as Broughton Place Church in 1821 and was converted to an auction saleroom in 1999. Now it is the headquarters of UK auctioneers, Lyon & Turnbull, a firm who have been part of Edinburgh's history for 200 years. On exhibition will be an important private collection of Scottish art, Darkness & Light: Post-War and Contemporary Art in Scotland, ahead of its auction on September 30. Address: 33 Broughton Place, EH1 3RR Open: Sunday, September 27, 10am-4pm. | Google
24. Magdalen Chapel
One of the oldest buildings in Edinburgh, Magdalen Chapel in the Cowgate was opened in 1541 as a Roman Catholic chapel before becoming a Protestant place of worship at the Reformation. And it features the only pre- Reformation stained glass windows in Scotland. For over 300 years the chapel was also the guild hall of the Incorporation of Hammermen, a guild for all those using metal tools as part of their trade. Talks on the history of the chapel hourly from 11am. Address: 41 Cowgate, EH1 1JR. Open: Saturday September 26, 10am - 4pm. Photo: Julie Bull