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The city has a long-standing reputation for its live music scene and is very well off too in terms of
city parks.”

. . . . from Visit Scotland

Things to see and do . . .

Kelvingrove Art Museum and Gallery houses one of Europe’s great art collections. It is amongst
the top three free-to-enter visitor attractions in Scotland and one of the most visited museums in
the United Kingdom outside of London.

Opened in 1901, as the Palace of Fine Arts for the Glasgow International Exhibition, it reopened in
2006 after a three year refurbishment.

It now has 22 themed areas with exhibitions of art, arms and armour, and natural history. The
most famous painting on display is the Salvador Dali masterpiece ‘Christ of St John of the Cross’.
Sir Roger the Asian elephant is another big museum attraction. There is even a Spitfire plane
hanging from the ceiling of the west court.

The Riverside Museum of Transport and Travel is home to over 3,000 objects that detail
Glasgow’s rich past from its days as maritime powerhouse to a glimpse into daily Glasgow life in
the early to mid 20th Century. Amongst the objects on display are everything from skateboards
to locomotives, paintings to prams, velocipedes to voiturettes, vintage cars to a Star
Wars stormtrooper.

Buchanan Street is a pedestrian precinct with excellent shopping – including all the usual suspects
– in buildings of considerable architectural merit. Buskers and street entertainers give it a lively
vibe.

Tennent’s Wellpark Brewery This brewery was founded in 1740. That’s a long time for any
business to be in business. In fact, brewing has been taking place on this site since 1556 so
there’s a long history of beer production here. Tennent’s Lager, which has about 60% of the
Scottish lager market, was first produced in 1885. A tour of the plant, therefore, brings you close to
a very long history of the brewer’s craft.

Glasgow Science Centre is home to hundreds of interactive exhibits throughout the three floors of
the Science Mall – on Floor 3 for instance you can find out all about yourself in BodyWorks where
you can discover the science behind health and well-being.

Get to grips with the biggest challenges facing modern society – the future of our energy supply –
in Powering the Future on Floor 2; and on Floor 1 be captivated by the hugely popular classics like
the plasma ball, chaos pendulums and whispering dishes.

Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre Hundreds of carved figures and pieces of old scrap perform an
incredible choreography to haunting music and synchronised light, telling the funny and tragic
stories of the human spirit as it struggles against the relentless circles of life and death.
Sharmanka (Russian for barrel-organ) was founded by sculptor-mechanic Eduard Bersudsky and
theatre director Tatyana Jakovskaya in St.Petersburg (Russia) in 1989 but has been based in
Glasgow since 1996.

Glasgow Tigers Speedway. Something different. Even if you aren’t into motor sport this might be
an eye-opening diversion. Motor cycle racers battle it out four at a time in a four lap one mile race.