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Merrit Lingard, played by Chloe Pirrie, pictured with Edinburgh Castle in the background. But where was the scene shot? | Netflix

Where was Dept. Q filmed? Here are 17 Scottish locations that are pivotal to the hit Netflix crime drama

Scots will no doubt recognise plenty of the locations used in the crime series.

New Netflix crime series Dept. Q seems to have been a hit with both critics and viewers - with hopes that a second series could be on the way.

Based on a series of book by Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen, it sees Matthew Goode play police detective Carl Morck, who is put in charge of a cold case unit in Edinburgh.

Chloe Pirrie, Jamie Sives, Mark Bonnar, Leah Byrne, Kate Dickie, Shirley Henderson and Kelly Macdonald also star.

The series was filmed across Edinburgh and Scotland, and eagle-eyed viewers have been trying to work out where the real locations are.

Here are 17 of them.

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