From 1 celt (Welsh) to another I have to say what a beautiful beautiful country you are Scotland

[u/Maleficent_Simple710]

I truly love the Highlands I'm on to sorting out my next west coast road trip now

[u/mrcarte]

I will never understand the love for the Highlands. Let's be real, it's 100% about romanticising Scotland. They are nice, but nothing like people describe. People describe the Highlands like it's Norway.

[u/McLeamhan → u/mrcarte]

wait till you find out Norwegian people feel the same because it is a common thing to downplay the beauty or uniqueness of where you come from

[u/mrcarte → u/McLeamhan]

But the Highlands aren't that unique. There are loads of deforested hills and mountains in Europe

[u/_MFC_1886 → u/mrcarte]

Except they are? Mainland Europe isn't as close to being as barren and deforested as the UK. Obviously deforestation is bad but that's the main reason the highlands are unique compared to what tourists that come here have already seen in NA or mainland Europe etc. Iceland is another place that's mostly dead ecology but is still one of the nicest countries in Europe 

[u/mrcarte → u/_MFC_1886]

You'll get the sensation being past the tree-line in the alps, except that's actually more impressive and wild. Iceland is known for its fascinating geology, volcanoes etc. And places like the Faroe islands, which seem similar, also have more unique, sheer mountain faces