Happy #BurnsNight! Robert Burns and Scotland go together like haggis, neeps and tatties, and this famous poet was born today in 1759. In Scotland, many will be celebrating the bard through a Burns Supper. It’s a night involving poems, whisky and haggis, ending with a toast and a tune. Burns became a literary superstar at just 27, publishing hundreds of songs and lyrical poems in his lifetime including the internationally famous, Auld Lang Syne – you know the one! The Robert Burns Birthplace Muse

Sunday, 25 January 2026 is Burns Night, to commemorate the life of Scotland's most beloved bard, poet and lyricist, Robert Burns. Traditionally, haggis is eaten as Scotland's national dish, especially at Burns Night suppers, which means catching the wild haggis around the Highlands ready for the big day. Here we have highlanders rounding up a haggle of Haggi outside Braemar Castle in Deeside, Scotland. Just a bit of fun from us, with no mythical Scottish creatures harmed in this #AI composite we