Glasgow - Scotland with style

Useful Websites

Government:

• The Scottish Government
• The Scottish Parliament

News and events:

• The Herald Newspaper
• The Scotsman Newspaper
• BBC Scotland

Travel and tourism information:

• Visit Scotland
• SeeGlasgow
• Edinburgh Inspiring Capital
• Traveline Scotland
• National Rail Enquiries
• BAA

Weather

• Glasgows Weather (supplied by MET)

People

Glasgow is Scotland’s largest city: almost 600,000 live within its municipal boundary, and the city is at the heart of the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley region (population 1.7 million).

Glasgow’s distinctive architectural and urban style contains many of the finest examples of Victorian architecture anywhere. The city is also famous for its buildings by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, an influential figure in the Art Nouveau movement.

Glasgow’s striking economic and cultural renaissance has been marked, and assisted, by notable events such as its status as European City of Culture in 1990 and UK City of Architecture and Design in 1999.

Glasgow is home to Scotland’s principal performing arts organisations including Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Economy

Glasgow has successfully transformed itself from the “Second City of the (British) Empire”, which built a large proportion of the world’s ships and locomotives, to a modern service-based economy.

The city is a major centre for public administration, financial services, and tourism-related sectors. Glasgow is Scotland’s largest centre for higher education, print and broadcast media, and retail: indeed the city is rated the best shopping centre outside London.

A few famous citizens

James Keir Hardie, Donald Dewar, Sir Thomas Lipton, Sir Alex Ferguson, Billy Connolly, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Kenny Dalglish, Allan Pinkerton, Robbie Coltrane, Gordon Ramsay and James McAvoy.

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