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Glasgow Attractions: Top 25 (MANY PHOTOS)
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If you decide to start exploring Scotland, then the sights of Glasgow will be a worthy starting point for this purpose.
Musical events, free museums, interesting shopping. In daily walks, you won’t even have a question what to see in Glasgow, because the city is known for its rich historical heritage and modern novelties. From here it is easy to continue your tourist route further, to the islands or to the highlands of the country.
Top things to see in Glasgow
Considering the sights of Glasgow photos with names and descriptions in preparation for the trip, first choose the most well-deserved of them, which are famous throughout Scotland.
1. Merchant City District
Tolbooth Clock Tower on the Square in Merchant City
Be sure to include this legacy of a once prosperous area that was home to wealthy merchants on your trip. Over time, the area was reconstructed, supplemented with office centers and industrial-scale fashion stores. The success of architectural metamorphoses and the level of development were so high that the area was awarded the title of Laureate of the Academy of Urbanism in 2006.
This place is often called a party place because of the large number of entertainment venues.
2. City Council Building
Monument to the victims of two world wars of the XX century (sarcophagus and two lions) in front of the city council building
A striking architectural landmark that no tourist will pass by distractedly. The building is interesting with its central pediment richly decorated with sculptures; mosaic inclusions dominate in the interior. Of particular note are marble columns, a staircase made of granite, murals generously painted with gold leaf, earthenware, and precious stones. It seems that everything here silently, but eloquently convinces of the prosperity and prosperity of the city.
3. University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow – a stately building with turrets in the Gothic style
One of the four oldest universities in England is one of the best sights in Glasgow due to the architecture of the building, which is an example of the neo-Gothic style.
Today it is a major research center. 9 faculties, almost 6 thousand employees and more than two tens of thousands of students speak of the scale and prestige of the institution.
Official website: https://www.gla.ac.uk/
4. Mitchell Library
Mitchell Library, where archives of the city are collected from the XII century
Public library, one of the largest in Europe. The architecture of the building is notable for the statue mounted on the green dome, which is a kind of symbol of Glasgow. The library funds are huge, most of them are collected in the western part of the library. On the territory of the building there is a small theater with a capacity of up to 500 spectators.
5. Botanical Garden
Sculpture in the glass building of the Kibble Palace in the Botanical Garden
Although not the main, but still the sights of Glasgow. A small, well-groomed area welcomes visitors with blooming greenery. Trimmed lawns, a large number of flowers and a mass of people strolling idly sets the mood for a rest.
A very beautiful greenhouse with tropical plants and succulents.
Official website: http://www.glasgowbotanicgardens.
6. Royal Concert Hall
Statue of Donald Dewar in front of the Royal Concert Hall Martin Abeglen
Most of the large-scale musical performances are given on the stage of this hall. The main concert hall, relatively young in terms of architecture, is ready to accommodate 2.5 thousand spectators at once. The genre in which performers perform is wide: from rock to classical music. In addition to music, ceremonial and celebratory civic events are held here.
Official website: https://www.glasgowconcerthalls
7. Kelvingrove Gallery and Museum
Kelvingrove Gallery and Museum illuminated at night
There are interesting places in Glasgow with huge expositions of paintings by famous artists. This Gallery was built at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries; the red sandstone building turned out to be massive and recognizable.
The author of the project conveyed the Spanish Gothic style through several towers crowned with sharp spiers, arched windows with characteristic frames and an arched column on the facade. In the exhibition of paintings you can see the works of Rubens, Degas, Titian, Rembrandt, Botticelli, Van Gogh, Picasso. In addition to paintings, there are sculptures, weapons, and archaeological treasures.
Official website: https://www.glasgowlife.
8. Burrell Collection
L-shaped museum building on the park lawn
Listing the main attractions of Glasgow briefly, let’s dwell on this collection separately. The building in which it is stored is located in a country park. Burrell was a businessman who collected art. In the middle of the last century, he gave them to his native city, however, with the condition of a certain approach to choosing a building for his exhibits. As a result, the Burrell collection settled in Pollock Castle, and today art objects from different periods are presented here.
Official website: https://www.glasgowlife.org.
9. Contemporary Art Gallery
Statue of the Duke of Wellington in front of the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) at
Queen’s Square
The most striking cultural attraction of the city, opened in 1996. The exhibition of works by artists, both beginners and well-known, is dedicated to the direction of avant-garde. In addition to paintings, there are figurines, mosaics, photographs, clippings from the periodical press. It is worth noting that some exhibits, although impressive in scope, are difficult to understand.
Official website: https://www.glasgowlife.org
10 Glasgow Science Center
Glasgow Science Center and 125m Glasgow Tower
An interestingly designed building, sparkling in the sun with metal hemispheres, has earned strong recommendations from those who were lucky enough to visit here. It is worth seeing the rotating tower, going to the planetarium and getting into the experiment room. Children really like it here – in the center there are a lot of things that you can touch, pick up, turn on. A great place for a flight of fancy and the development of creativity.
Official website: https://www.glasgowsciencecentre
11. Clyde Arch Bridge
Clyde Arch Bridge or “Slanting Bridge” over the River Clyde Myriam Thyes
This Scottish landmark is known as the “Slanting Bridge” because of its curved structure, thrown obliquely across the River Clyde. The unusual design, created in 2006, doomed this arched structure to fame not only in Glasgow, but throughout the country.
12. People’s Palace and Winter Garden
People’s Palace and Winter Garden – Museum and Conservatory in Glasgow Green
Another pride of Glasgow. An interesting building of the palace is made of red brick, crowned with a large green dome and a statue on the top of the facade. Your trip to Glasgow is not complete without a visit to the magnificent greenhouse with ferns, palm trees and other tropical plants. The glass building with metal structures can be visited even on rainy days, and the photos taken here are very colorful.
Official website: https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk
13. Home for art lovers
Design studio and educational center of the School of Art in the building of the House for Art Lovers
We will advise art lovers what to see in Glasgow. Surely they will be impressed by the exhibition hall, art gallery, art cafe with an unusual, exotic setting. The building was built in the Art Nouveau style with the reconstruction of the interiors according to the project of the author-architect. Around it there is a wonderful garden, which is fenced on all sides with a stone fence.
Official website: https://www.houseforanartlover.
14. Glasgow School of Art
Façade view of Glasgow School of Art
The foundation of the higher art school dates back to the middle of the 19th century. Initially, they planned to teach design here. Today, at 10 faculties, more than one and a half thousand students study cinema, sculpture, painting, photography.
Official website: http://www.gsa.ac.uk/
15. Provence Lordship
Provence Lordship – Glasgow’s oldest rough-hewn dark stone dwelling
This is the oldest building in the city, decorated with its ancient coat of arms. Under the shield you can still read the faded but still distinguishable motto of Glasgow. The unique building presents the stage-by-stage struggle of the inhabitants of the city for this place, the life of the Middle Ages is clearly traced. It is surprising that the building has survived from the time of construction, even the pharmacy garden remained.
Official website: https://www.glasgowlife.org.
16. Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow Cathedral at
High Street, the city’s oldest street
For those who are interested in the history of the city, we will advise what to see in Glasgow in 1 day. He initiated the construction of the cathedral in the XII century. King David, choosing for him a strict Gothic style. Due to its location on a slope, it is divided into Upper and Lower. Inside, on a sunny day, the cathedral sparkles with multi-colored highlights thanks to the most beautiful stained-glass windows. The ashes of the patron saint of the city of St. Munge rest here, pilgrims come here. Good acoustics, amazing organ sound.
Official website: http://www.glasgowcathedral.
17. St. Andrew’s Cathedral
St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Cathedral from Clyde Street AlasdairW
The neo-Gothic style in which this Catholic cathedral was built in the early 19th century is reminiscent of pointed towers with twisted elements and the general outlines of the building, as if striving upward. The reviews mention a fairly restrained, no-frills interior, while people admire the gothic facade, which has not changed its appearance since its construction.
Official website: http://www. cathedralg1.org/
18. Glasgow Necropolis
Tombstones of an old Victorian cemetery on a high hill
The cemetery built on the top of the hill keeps about 50 thousand of the dead in its land. It seems that there might be something interesting here? But the reviews mention interesting monuments and sculptures, wonderful alleys at the top, where you can just wander, reading the inscriptions on the tablets.
Although the tombstones look old, they date back to the 19th century. They are located in rows, for ease of visiting, some of them are impressive external luxury.
Official website: https://www.glasgownecropolis
19. Arena Ibrox
Ibrox Arena, home of Rangers Football Club Daniel
Football fans have a lot to visit in Glasgow. It is here that the legendary Glasgow Rangers football club lives. This is one of the oldest stadiums in the UK. In addition to its “football” fame, the stadium is also interesting in architectural terms. It gained notoriety as a result of two tragedies that occurred in the last century, when about a hundred people died due to the collapse of structures.
Official website: https://rangers.co.uk/club/ibrox/
20. Celtic Park
Statue of Brother Walfid in Celtic Park Tom Brogan
This location of the football club of the same name is known to everyone who is not indifferent to football. Guides in Glasgow invariably recommend this stadium to football fans, characterizing it as the second largest in the country. Today, in its arena, it hosts matches of various levels.
Official website: http://www.celticfc.net/mainindex
Sights of Glasgow: what else to visit in Glasgow?
There are must-see places here, even if you are not very interested in history, architecture or art. When thinking about where to go in Glasgow, you should plan your visit to them.
21. Riverside Museum of Transportation
An ancient sailboat moored at the south front of the Riverside Transportation Museum
Many excursions in Glasgow include this museum in their program – one of the main city attractions. The original museum building is designed in a futuristic style and resembles a floating iceberg with jagged peaks. There is a huge exposition with a variety of means of transportation, including vintage bicycles and the first subway cars. Interactive equipment simplifies the acquisition of information and makes the visit more “alive”, interesting.
Official website: https://www.glasgowlife.org.
22. Crane Titan Clydebank
View from the top of the Titan Clydebank crane – part of the shipbuilding museum
This giant crane with a height of 46 meters was created for the movement of warships and parts of ocean liners. Its capacities were used in the construction of large English ships of the last century. Today the crane belongs to the Glasgow Shipbuilding Museum.
23. Glasgow Green
Green Alley to Nelson’s Monument in Glasgow Green
Existing for the sixth century, the park not only serves as a place of rest for citizens and tourists, but also accommodates ancient architectural monuments on its territory. Among them are the People’s Palace with a historical museum, Maclennan’s Arch. The park is located in the city center with access to the river. People come here to walk along the numerous paths, sit on a bench by the fountain, organize a picnic or go in for sports.
Official website: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk
24. Pollock Park
Ornamental garden with rare species of flowers and plants in Pollock Park
The city’s largest park in terms of area has received a high tourist rating due to its purpose. This is the only park in the country created in the country format. Once it was presented to the city by the Maxwell family, so today you can see the house that belonged to them on the territory. The farms contain cows and bulls. Be sure to visit the museum located in the main building with the Burrell collection. Amazing sculptures, tapestries, paintings, medieval weapons are exhibited here. Beautiful landscape and clean air will make you forget about the bustle in the center of Glasgow.
Official website: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk
25. Loch Lomond and Trossachs
Loch Lomond with green mountains in the background
The national park, which occupies about 2 thousand square meters, is spread over an area of stunning beauty. Trossachs is only a small part of it with lakes, mountain valleys and hills. Loch Lomonge is a 37 km long freshwater lake with 30 islands scattered across it. On the lake there are opportunities for water sports, on land they offer cycling and hiking along interesting routes. Nearby are hotels in Glasgow with impeccable English service.
Official website: http://www.lochlomond
If you are lucky, you will get to the festivals that are held here regularly. In any case, you will enjoy your stay in the second largest city in Scotland with its rich and interesting life.
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  Knights of the tea table
The first European who tried tea was most likely Marco Polo, who came to China at the end of the 13th century and lived there for 17 years. In the 16th century, tea came to Europe – in 1517, the Portuguese brought it to their country.
Tea began to spread rapidly throughout the country, but only wealthy people could enjoy it: “Chinese grass”, along with such rarities as ginger and sugar, was very expensive – at current prices up to $ 100 per pound. The predilection of the English aristocracy for an exotic novelty significantly enriched the Honorable Company, which, having received a monopoly on the import of tea, brought 7.5 million pounds of Cantonese tea, which was popular at that time, to the country only during the period from 1705 to 1805.
Around tea began to develop their own traditions. For example, daily five-hour tea drinking. This custom was introduced at the beginning of the 19th century by the Duchess of Bedford, Anne, who was bored at her summer residence. The gap between breakfast (usually consisting of bread, cold beef and beer) and lunch (heavy but late) was very long – it is not surprising that the Duchess, in addition to boredom, also experienced hunger. And she offered her friends a very expensive entertainment in those days – “a five-hour conversation over a cup of tea.” Tea was poured into the thinnest Chinese porcelain cups and served with pies, sweets and layered sandwiches, which had just been introduced into fashion by the Earl of Sandwich.
Another tradition is “tea gardens”. At the end of the 18th century, fireworks and dances organized by the English aristocracy in the open air were supplemented by an indispensable tea party. And by the end of the 19th century, “tea gardens” were open throughout the country for everyone. The popularity of tea by this time had grown so much that in these “gardens” in honor of their favorite drink, hundreds of thousands of Englishmen simultaneously danced the Charleston, “tea dance”, with pleasure. All this indicated that tea had turned from a privilege of the aristocracy into a public drink. And it happened thanks to Thomas Lipton, a grocer from Glasgow.
Grocer’s fate
In May 1850, a fifth child was born into the family of Mr. and Mrs. Lipton, who had recently arrived in Glasgow from Ireland. Thomas was the last hope of the already elderly Liptons – the first two children died in infancy, the health of the remaining son and daughter caused serious concerns among parents. Who, if not little Tom, will help his parents in the grocery store? From the age of five, he had to learn the intricacies of the trading business: although the tiny shop of his parents could accommodate no more than five customers at a time, there was enough work for everyone. And since Tom was an only child (his brother and sister died when he was not even ten), even school had to be forgotten. Parents could not get enough: an excellent assistant is growing, if things go smoothly, maybe instead of a small shop it will be possible to open a bigger shop.
However, Tom was not at all attracted by the prospect of spending his whole life in his father’s shop. His native Glasgow, near which the largest shipyards of that time were located, was the main point of departure for ships carrying cargo and passengers to America. Every day, Tom, smiling kindly at the customers, thought longingly of those who at this very moment are crossing the Atlantic Ocean – they must be waiting for extraordinary adventures in the New World. And in 1865, fifteen-year-old Thomas Lipton joined them.
During the first three years of his life in America, Thomas traveled throughout the western states in search of work. The recently ended Civil War plunged the entire country into a deep economic depression. To survive, Lipton had to take on any job – growing rice in South Carolina or rolling tobacco leaves in Virginia, but it was clear that Lipton was not to avoid becoming a grocer.
In 1868, he became a salesman in the grocery department of a department store in New York (department stores appeared in America quite recently – born in Philadelphia, a new form of trade quickly spread to all major cities). Becoming a cog in a huge trading machine, Lipton got a unique opportunity to see how carefully organized her work – everything is thought out: from the arrangement of goods on the shelves to the methods of communication with customers. And the motto of American merchants “In God we trust, all others pay cash” (“In God we trust, all others pay cash”; the first part of this motto has been printed or minted on all US banknotes since the middle of the 19th century) Thomas Lipton remembered for the whole life.
In 1871 he returned to Great Britain. He decided to invest his new knowledge, experience and earned £100 in his own business – a grocery store in his native Glasgow. At first, Lipton had to combine the duties of a manager, seller, buyer, cashier and messenger. He himself brought goods from the pier in a cart, delivered purchases to customers himself, personally visited suppliers and never stopped thinking about how to attract customers and make sure that, having entered his store once, they became his regular customers. It would be nice to use advertising, the possibilities of which Thomas got acquainted with in America. But there was not enough money – Lipton stubbornly did not want to raise prices in his store, even if for this he even had to wander around the surrounding farms all the time and, bypassing intermediaries, buy goods directly from manufacturers.
Lacking extra funds, Lipton was forced to use his imagination and ingenuity to the fullest. The shop windows were intricately laid out with groceries, the windows themselves were painted with funny pictures, the posters inviting to the store were changed every week – they were drawn by specially hired cartoonist Willie Lockhart.
It worked: people crowded around the store day and night (showcases were illuminated by gas burners). Gradually, Lipton’s undertakings became more and more ambitious. What was the cost, for example, of the world’s largest piece of cheese, ordered by him in America especially for Christmas 1881! The people of Glasgow discussed for a long time how this mountain of cheese was delivered to the store with the help of heavy trucks, what queues lined up behind it, and how all the cheese was sold out in two hours.
The business was so successful that 11 years after the opening of the first store, Lipton already owned twenty outlets throughout western Scotland, and in 1885 acquired a food packaging factory and food warehouses in Chicago. A little later, several stores were opened in America. The income of the 40-year-old Lipton allowed him to retire at any time and finally rest – to go, for example, on a long sea voyage. But better – on a journey that could be spent with benefit for the cause.
Price Dictator
In 1890 Thomas Lipton starts the tea business. The start time was not accidental: coffee, the only drink that could compete with tea, was in great short supply due to the disease of the coffee leaf that had spread in Ceylon. Most of the coffee plantations on the island went under the hammer or were planted with tea bushes. Land prices fell unheard of, and the enterprising Lipton, confusing his competitors with stories that he was going to open new stores in Australia, secretly came to Ceylon, where he bought five tea plantations with a total area of 5,500 acres.
Lipton conquered the tea market according to all the rules of military science. He made his plantations a testing ground for all the technical innovations that appeared at that time. When it seemed to him that it would take too long to get tea from the plantations to the place of processing, he invented cable cars to transport baskets of leaves. He even had his own fleet – first clippers, light sailboats capable of developing great speed for those times, and then steamships, more spacious and less dependent on the weather.
The arrival of the ship with tea and unloading at the port were accompanied by a real parade with the participation of the Sinhalese orchestra, the colorful participants of which, dancing and playing exotic instruments, followed the boxes of tea.
Lipton clearly saw the goal: tea should be affordable without sacrificing quality. “From the plantation straight into the cup” – this advertising slogan flaunted on the posters put up by Lipton in all British trains and buses. Having become a major planter, he could do without numerous intermediaries – and tea “from Lipton” became much cheaper than the rest. But here’s the problem: since the days of mixing sheep’s dung in tea, cheap tea has a bad reputation firmly established. To convince public opinion, Lipton had to hire the best blenders (specialists who make up the tea mixture) – even if they take into account such a nuance as water hardness, on which the taste of tea also depends. In addition, he changed the very mechanism of trade – he refused to sell tea by weight and sold it packed in cardboard packs.
Finally, he made the tea packaging itself recognizable – so that the public, having once tasted the branded drink, would remain faithful to him.
And here Lipton was not mistaken – his tea, packed in neat packs with the image of a Sinhalese beauty with a basket on her head, became a kind of symbol of the era. And Lipton himself firmly entered the mass culture of that time – he got into caricatures, ditties and music hall entreprises. Queen Victoria became a big fan of Lipton tea – she considered that Thomas Lipton’s contribution to the formation of the “English way of life” was worthy of the title of sir. In 1897 Lipton was knighted. But in order for tea to become not only affordable, but also the most common drink, this was not enough. One more small step was needed. It was made at the beginning of the 20th century by the American Thomas Sullivan.
Tea for dummies
Now there is a huge variety of disposable paper bags – they are flat and voluminous, round and square, with and without strings.
They pack in them everything that requires boiling water – black, green, red tea; leaves, roots, flowers, herbs. The most common are double-folded rectangular bags (this shape was given to them in 1952 by Lipton specialists) – this way boiling water penetrates better to the tea leaves. But the very first tea bag was a small silk bag. It was hand-sewn by a young New York merchant, Tom Sullivan.
Sullivan never thought about the fact that the problem of tea packaging has worried many generations for five thousand years: tea is a delicate and perishable product, its taste directly depends on storage conditions. Sullivan had never seen ancient Chinese drawings of huge porcelain vases, the first tea containers. He never thought about the fate of those sailors who paid with their heads for the fact that the tea transported on ships got wet and irretrievably died because they did not carefully pack it in wooden boxes. Sullivan, of course, heard about Lipton, but did not even guess that it was he who first began to sell tea not by weight, but in packages.
He just supplied tea to New York restaurants and really wanted to get rich. Judging that for tea in small packaging you can get more money, at 19In 04, Sullivan offered tea to customers packed in small hand-sewn silk bags. And he did not lose: the restaurateurs liked the novelty. There was so much garbage in the kitchen from tea leaves, and silk bags could not even be untied – tea was easily brewed in them.
The new idea quickly spread. In restaurants, cafes and tea houses in New York, they began to brew tea in bags, only they were no longer made of silk, but of gauze – it was cheaper that way. Ten years after the first silk tea bag found its buyer, tea in a bag has become the property of not only professional chefs – many merchants have discovered that selling tea in disposable packaging is very profitable, and began to acquire special tea packaging machines.
In 1914, the convenience of tea bags was also appreciated by Europe: for the soldiers who fought on the fronts of the First World War, they turned out to be most welcome.