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Mini guide to Glasgow

Britain’s third most popular city for visitors, and European City of Culture in 1990, Glasgow is very much a Scottish city in character. It’s history dates back to the 6th century and it has an important industrial legacy. It is also an ideal launching point for the spectacular Scottish highlands.

It is the distinctive atmosphere that ‘makes’ Glasgow, best experienced by strolling around this Clydeside city. There are several notable attractions; Glasgow Cathedral is a shining example of pre-Reformation Gothic architecture, George square is home to statues of famous people who have been associated with the city, the museum of piping is uniquely Scottish, while the Celtic football visitors centre charts the success of this remarkable football club. St Andrew’s square is a well-equipped, recently restored entertainment precinct. The idiosyncratic Burrell Collection is one of the finest privately amassed collections in Europe.

Tenement House is a quirky, fascinating, insight into middle-class city life in the late 19th/early 20th century. Kelvingrove art gallery and museum, in a grand Victorian cathedral, is a cultural experience not to be missed.

For international cuisine, or a good old ‘dram’ of whisky, restaurants and pubs can be found scattered about the CBD grid.

The major suburbs in Glasgow are: Abbotsinch, Bearsden, Bishopbriggs, Clydebank, Erskine, Griffnock, Paisley, Pollokshields, Renfrew and Stepps.