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The City of Discovery is sixth on Bloomberg Businessweek’s “top 22” destinations to visit in 2018, taking its place on the “where to go” list next to entire countries, including South Korea,

Jordan, Namibia and Fiji. Chilean Patagonia and Borneo also feature next to Dundee. Bloomberg claims May is the best time to visit Dundee, citing the forthcoming V&A Museum, the RRS

Discovery and the city’s proximity to Edinburgh. It adds that November to February is the worst time to visit as “the days are painfully short”. The Bloomberg article states that “few

international travellers have heard of this port town”, adding: “It’s best known as the 19th-century centre of the jute trade and the (supposed) birthplace of orange marmalade. “But later

this year, the V&A Museum of Design Dundee will open on the city’s waterfront in a gleaming building that evokes a ship’s prow jutting over the water; it will showcase Scotland’s

wide-ranging design legacy, including Hunter boots and Dennis the Menace cartoons. “It’s just one piece of a $1.3 billion revitalisation project... that will also include a new train

station, art installations, and an urban beach – cementing Dundee’s status as an up-and-coming cultural hub. “Travellers can come on day trips from Edinburgh or arrive directly by ship:

Azamara Club Cruises and Crystal Cruises make their first calls here in July.”