Glasgow Things To Do

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Waverley Excursions

The last seagoing paddle steamer, the wonderful Waverley has retired several times, but the city refuses to let this Glasgow institution fade...

City Chambers

Dominating the east side of George Square, this exuberant expression of Victorian confidence, built by William Young in Italian Renaissance...

Glasgow Cathedral

The most complete of Scotland's cathedrals (it would have been more complete had 19th-century vandals not pulled down its two rugged towers...

Necropolis

A burial ground since the beginning of recorded history, the large Necropolis, modeled on the famous Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, contains...

Botanic Gardens

It is a minor Glasgow miracle how as soon as the sun appears, the Botanics (as they're known to locals) fill with people. Beautiful flower displays...

Glasgow School of Art

A 2014 fire badly damaged this iconic Glasgow building exemplifying the genius of architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and it is currently undergoing...

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Worthy of its world-class reputation, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum attracts local families as well as international visitors. This...

Riverside Museum: Scotland's Museum of Transport and Travel

Designed by Zaha Hadid to celebrate the area's industrial heritage, this huge metal structure with curving walls echoes the covered yards where...

Tenement House

This ordinary first-floor apartment is anything but ordinary inside: it was occupied from 1937 to 1982 by Agnes Toward (and before that by her...

Burrell Collection

An elegant, ultramodern building of pink sandstone and stainless steel houses thousands of items of all descriptions, from ancient Egyptian...

Culzean Castle and Country Park

The dramatic clifftop castle of Culzean (pronounced ku- lain ) is the National Trust for Scotland's most popular property. Robert Adam designed...

New Lanark

Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, New Lanark was home to a social experiment at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Robert Owen (1771...
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Educational Institution 2

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