Many flock to Edinburgh to see the city’s beautiful sites, including its collection of stunning statues. Some are very famous – like the Scott Monument and Greyfriars Bobby – but there are also lesser known ones that you might pass everyday but never see.
Here are nine of the Capital’s unusual statues and where you can find them.

. Wojtek the bear
It’s not every day you see a memorial of a brown bear that helped soldiers in WW2. But this bear did exactly that! Whilst serving in the 22nd Artillery division with the Polish II Corps, the gentle giant famously carried heavy ammunition boxes during the Battle of Monte Cassino seeing him promoted from private to corporal. After the war Wojtek moved to Scotland where he lived at Edinburgh Zoo until his death in 1963. Photo: submitted

. Morocco’s Land Effigy
Despite being located on one of Edinburgh's most famous streets, this unusual sculpture is easily missed, situated high above street level on the Royal Mile. Legend has it that it portrays Andrew Gray, a 17th century Edinburgh man who fled to Morocco after assaulting the Lord Provost. On his return to Edinburgh 12 years later, he cured the Provost’s daughter of the plague and the sculpture was erected in his honour. Photo: submitted

. David Balfour and Alan Breck Stewart
Two famous characters from the iconic novel, Kidnapped, can be found on Corstorphine Road. The statues depict the Robert Louis Stevenson characters, David Balfour and Alan Breck Stewart standing where their journey concludes in the 1886 masterpiece. The statues were unveiled by Sir Sean Connery in 2004. Credit: Tom Parnell, Flickr Photo: submitted

9. Goma Man
Created by Antony Gormley, the artist behind the Angel of North, this sculpture depicts the top half of a man emerging from the pavement and can be found outside the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art on Belford Road. The artwork is part of a series of six sculptures laying out the route of the Water of Leith. Although easy to spot in daylight, he is also easy to walk into at night! Photo: submitted