Why not check out YesGlasgow if you are planning on visiting Glasgow. Glasgow is one of the world's truly great cities and a dynamic centre of modern culture, dining, shopping and commerce. The city prospered through its ability to trade in tobacco, sugar and cotton with the American colonies. When it embraced the industrial revolution, it's reputation for quality shipbuilding on the Clyde spread throughout the world and Glasgow earned its reputation as the 'Second City of the Empire'. Today, over twenty museums and galleries are just part of the legacy of centuries of achievement and prosperity where visitors can explore the city's unique industrial and cultural heritage. Glasgow's tastefully preserved Victorian architecture is amongst the finest in Europe - the inimitable, creative styles of the world renowned architects Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Alexander 'Greek' Thomson add a distinctive edge ... < more >