This is the moment two men scaled one of Scotland's most iconic retail buildings

Two men were spotted scaling the roof of one of Scotland’s most iconic shopping buildings.

Police were called on Christmas Eve to the former Jenners building on Princes Street after receiving calls that two men were on the roof.

Men were spotted on the roof of Jenners on Christmas Eve | Contributed

However, officers were unable to track down the two men.

Jenners has been an Edinburgh landmark since its opening in 1838, and has been on the same imposing site on Princes Street ever since.

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It was Scotland’s oldest independent department store until it was acquired by House of Fraser in 2005. In 2017, it was purchased by AAA United, a property business owned by Anders Holch Povlsen, whose ambition is to re-introduce commercial activity to the famous building.

Northern Ireland firm Graham has begun construction work on the historic Jenners building on Princes Street, Edinburgh, to transform the location into a contemporary mixed-use space

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 2.25pm on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, officers received a report of two people on the roof of a building on Princes Street, Edinburgh.

“Officers attended. However, there was no trace of the two people.”