The Year of Coasts and Waters will this year celebrate all these things with a new exhibition digging deep into the country's archive to help document our sea-loving nation.
5. The fashion for sailing
Trips off the west coast of Scotland became particularly fashionable in the early 20th Century with this couple pictured near Ayr. Photo: Historic Environment Scotland
6. Time for the seaside
Long days at the beach brought much relief to those living in Scotland's industrial heartlands. This girl is pictured at Ayr, which has long been a popular seaside resort for those living in the West. Photo: Historic Environment Scotland
7. Happy days
Largs one summer's day in 1923. Photo: Historic Environment Scotland
8. Dipping in
These women are pictured at Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire around 1898. The town became a little 'Scottish Riviera' which attracted day trippers and holidaymakers with its Art Deco lido, which is still open today. Photo: Historic Environment Scotland