The Victorian influence in the architecture is everywhere you look, and culture runs deep along the twisting Clyde. The City of Glasgow has thirteen separate museums, including the reopened and mega-impressive Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, making it one of Europe’s most culturally important showcases. Visitors come for the sedate pleasure of these artefacts and the beauty of the architectural gems, especially those of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, one of Scotland’s most famous architects. The fact that the city is built on a grid system makes navigation even easier for the stranger in town, and you can depend on the fact that you won’t be a stranger for very long.
Alongside those quieter pleasures, Glasgow is famous for its explosion of world-class venues, and a native live music scene that’s arguably the UK’s finest. Add to that the black humour, the spade-is-a-spade directness and the proud Billy Connolly-esque working class spirit and you’ve got a gruff, smiling welcome from Glasgow that will stay with you long after you’ve left it.
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