North Berwick, East Lothian, is named the best place to live in Scotland in 2021.
Maybe it’s the energy radiating from North Berwick Law, a 300 million-year-old volcanic plug that stands brooding over the town, or the profusion of yoga teachers practicing downward-facing dogs at the Barefoot Sanctuary event space near Miley Bay beach. Either way, there’s no denying the spiritual aura of North Berwick, an elegant seaside resort that has been luring jaded urbanites from Edinburgh — only 30 minutes away — and beyond for decades. Nevermore so than during the pandemic, when locals working from home have been able to wander the shoreline or simply gaze out to the gannet-speckled Bass Rock in their lunch hour.