Trivia
- One of the main streets of the New Zealand city of Dunedin is named Princes Street after the street in Edinburgh. Dunedin is the Gaelic form of Edinburgh's name and many of Dunedin's streets duplicate Edinburgh street names.
- A stone run on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands was named "Princes Street" by Charles Darwin, who studied at the University of Edinburgh. It is around four miles (6 km) long, and he thought it reminded him of the cobbles of Princes Street.
- The floral clock dates from 1903 when it was first planted by the Park Superintendent, Mr. McHattie. It displays a different theme every summer.
- The opening scene of the film Trainspotting shows the main character Renton being chased by store detectives along Princes Street.
- Sylvain Chomet's 2010 film The Illusionist features some charming animated scenes of Princes Street in the late 1950s.
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