Jacqueline & Iain’s guidebook
Neighbourhoods
A vibrant area full of trendy bars and restaurants, still residential with a mix of students and bohemian types, its a nice safe place to enjoy food and drinks albeit it is not that big. Main thoroughfare would be Argyle Street. Best food places in Finnieston are; Fanny Trollopes, The Kelvingrove Cafe, Six By Nico (although booking is essential and weeks in advance), The Finnieston, The Gannet, Crabshakk, Ox & Finch, Horn Please
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Finnieston
A vibrant area full of trendy bars and restaurants, still residential with a mix of students and bohemian types, its a nice safe place to enjoy food and drinks albeit it is not that big. Main thoroughfare would be Argyle Street. Best food places in Finnieston are; Fanny Trollopes, The Kelvingrove Cafe, Six By Nico (although booking is essential and weeks in advance), The Finnieston, The Gannet, Crabshakk, Ox & Finch, Horn Please
Byres Road is one of the main drags of the 'West End' of Glasgow. It is minutes from Glasgow University and so always has a studenty vibe. There are a variety of cafes, restaurants and pubs with indoor and outdoor space to suit all tastes. Ashton Lane and Ruthven Lane (just off Byres Road) are lovely with fairy lights in the evening over the cobbles and house a variety of bars, restaurants and shops. It is also a great area for Supermarket shopping with Waitrose, Tesco and Marks & Spencer. Within walking distance you can also visit Glasgow University, Botanic Gardens, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Riverside Museum (transport) and the Hunterian Museum
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Byres Road
Byres RoadByres Road is one of the main drags of the 'West End' of Glasgow. It is minutes from Glasgow University and so always has a studenty vibe. There are a variety of cafes, restaurants and pubs with indoor and outdoor space to suit all tastes. Ashton Lane and Ruthven Lane (just off Byres Road) are lovely with fairy lights in the evening over the cobbles and house a variety of bars, restaurants and shops. It is also a great area for Supermarket shopping with Waitrose, Tesco and Marks & Spencer. Within walking distance you can also visit Glasgow University, Botanic Gardens, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Riverside Museum (transport) and the Hunterian Museum
Walking westwards across the Kelvin Bridge by night, the glowing apex of the illuminated university spire just visible behind the Hillhead tenement skyline, the moonlight rippling on the typically rain-swollen waters of the river as it roars beneath your feet – can there be any more quintessential or enchanting view anywhere in Glasgow?
The point where Great Western Road spans the River Kelvin (technically the Great Western Bridge, but nobody calls it that) has been a key nexus of the West End for centuries and in recent years, as Byres Road’s fortunes have faded and Finnieston has reached trendiness saturation point, the Kelvinbridge area has seen a flurry of new openings – shops, bars, restaurants, cafés, arts venues and even a radio station – helping to reinvigorate what was already one of the prettiest, most historic and most happening neighbourhoods in the city.
The Kelvinbridge area is one of the best in Glasgow for retro retail therapy of every kind – be it vintage clothes at Glasgow Vintage Co or Retro, furniture at Authentics, books at Thistle Books or vinyl from Mixed Up.
Find the leafy riverside footpath beneath Kelvin Bridge and follow your feet. Head south through Kelvingrove Park or north past the Botanic Gardens – two of the city’s most gorgeous green spaces. Fancy exploring a little further? Hire a bike from Gear on Gibson Street and head up the Forth and Clyde Canal towpath.
Webster’s Theatre has breathed new cultural life into the long-abandoned Lansdowne Parish Church, a hulking gothic revival construction now housing an intimate theatre. Independent basement music venue The Hug and Pint is the place to catch up-and-coming Glasgow bands; The Stand comedy club, where you might stumble upon the next Kevin Bridges (no relation to Kelvin Bridge).
For a stylish fusion of classic Scottish bakery and French patisserie, Cottonrake rustles up braw savouries such as pork shoulder and Stornoway black pudding tarts, plus ooh là là sweets from chocolate macarons to cookies the size of your palm.
For dishes of the world cooked Scottish-style, try Stravaigin. This café-bar takes pub-grub classics to a whole new level, while the basement restaurant serves delectable haute cuisine from za’atar-spiced mackerel to ras el hanout lamb neck and pan-seared cod.
At Paesano, artisan-built wood-fired ovens from Naples churn out authentic, unfussy and inexpensive Neapolitan pizzas just like mamma used to make them. The queue can wind out the door at peak times, but table turnover is quick so you shouldn’t be kept waiting too long.
Grab one of the handful of bench seats and outdoor tables at boho deli-café Roots and Fruits, a whole foods store and Kelvinbridge institution – or get takeaway and make for the park if the weather’s (unusually) good.
A rock of friendly tradition in Glasgow’s ever-shifting drinking scene, The Doublet is one of the last of a dying breed of good honest West End pubs. The clientele ranges from students to trendy locals and silver-haired gents.
One of the best craft beer pubs in the city also boasts one of the most plum premises – Inn Deep is tucked beneath archways right on the bank of the Kelvin, with outdoor tables overlooking the river. It’s dog-friendly, too. Need we say more?
Your go-to for pre-clubbing cocktails, Bananamoon feels more Berlin than Glasgow with its retro wood-panelling, vintage tables and a bar that looks like it belongs in someone’s sitting room. By day they pour coffee by local brewers Papercup and serve pasties from Freedom Bakery.
A wine bar with bonus small plates, Bar Brett offers a daily changing menu of locally supplied meat, fish, vegetables, shellfish, cheese and charcuterie served sharing-style, to pair with choice bottles from around the world.
To the west you’re not far from the shops and pubs of Hillhead and Byres Road, and to the south, Finnieston and several of Glasgow’s finest restaurants.
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Kelvinbridge
Walking westwards across the Kelvin Bridge by night, the glowing apex of the illuminated university spire just visible behind the Hillhead tenement skyline, the moonlight rippling on the typically rain-swollen waters of the river as it roars beneath your feet – can there be any more quintessential or enchanting view anywhere in Glasgow?
The point where Great Western Road spans the River Kelvin (technically the Great Western Bridge, but nobody calls it that) has been a key nexus of the West End for centuries and in recent years, as Byres Road’s fortunes have faded and Finnieston has reached trendiness saturation point, the Kelvinbridge area has seen a flurry of new openings – shops, bars, restaurants, cafés, arts venues and even a radio station – helping to reinvigorate what was already one of the prettiest, most historic and most happening neighbourhoods in the city.
The Kelvinbridge area is one of the best in Glasgow for retro retail therapy of every kind – be it vintage clothes at Glasgow Vintage Co or Retro, furniture at Authentics, books at Thistle Books or vinyl from Mixed Up.
Find the leafy riverside footpath beneath Kelvin Bridge and follow your feet. Head south through Kelvingrove Park or north past the Botanic Gardens – two of the city’s most gorgeous green spaces. Fancy exploring a little further? Hire a bike from Gear on Gibson Street and head up the Forth and Clyde Canal towpath.
Webster’s Theatre has breathed new cultural life into the long-abandoned Lansdowne Parish Church, a hulking gothic revival construction now housing an intimate theatre. Independent basement music venue The Hug and Pint is the place to catch up-and-coming Glasgow bands; The Stand comedy club, where you might stumble upon the next Kevin Bridges (no relation to Kelvin Bridge).
For a stylish fusion of classic Scottish bakery and French patisserie, Cottonrake rustles up braw savouries such as pork shoulder and Stornoway black pudding tarts, plus ooh là là sweets from chocolate macarons to cookies the size of your palm.
For dishes of the world cooked Scottish-style, try Stravaigin. This café-bar takes pub-grub classics to a whole new level, while the basement restaurant serves delectable haute cuisine from za’atar-spiced mackerel to ras el hanout lamb neck and pan-seared cod.
At Paesano, artisan-built wood-fired ovens from Naples churn out authentic, unfussy and inexpensive Neapolitan pizzas just like mamma used to make them. The queue can wind out the door at peak times, but table turnover is quick so you shouldn’t be kept waiting too long.
Grab one of the handful of bench seats and outdoor tables at boho deli-café Roots and Fruits, a whole foods store and Kelvinbridge institution – or get takeaway and make for the park if the weather’s (unusually) good.
A rock of friendly tradition in Glasgow’s ever-shifting drinking scene, The Doublet is one of the last of a dying breed of good honest West End pubs. The clientele ranges from students to trendy locals and silver-haired gents.
One of the best craft beer pubs in the city also boasts one of the most plum premises – Inn Deep is tucked beneath archways right on the bank of the Kelvin, with outdoor tables overlooking the river. It’s dog-friendly, too. Need we say more?
Your go-to for pre-clubbing cocktails, Bananamoon feels more Berlin than Glasgow with its retro wood-panelling, vintage tables and a bar that looks like it belongs in someone’s sitting room. By day they pour coffee by local brewers Papercup and serve pasties from Freedom Bakery.
A wine bar with bonus small plates, Bar Brett offers a daily changing menu of locally supplied meat, fish, vegetables, shellfish, cheese and charcuterie served sharing-style, to pair with choice bottles from around the world.
To the west you’re not far from the shops and pubs of Hillhead and Byres Road, and to the south, Finnieston and several of Glasgow’s finest restaurants.
Sightseeing
Originally laid out in 1841 to supply the University of Glasgow, the gardens were acquired by the City of Glasgow and made public in 1891. In 1873, the gardens’ defining building – the eccentric wrought-iron and glass-domed Kibble Palace – was erected, followed a few years later by the Main Range teak glasshouse. Both remain beautifully preserved, free to enter and filled with exotic plant life. The long west-facing green in front of the glasshouses teems with life on warm days – be it families, groups of students or yoga classes.
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Glasgow Botanic Gardens
730 Great Western RdOriginally laid out in 1841 to supply the University of Glasgow, the gardens were acquired by the City of Glasgow and made public in 1891. In 1873, the gardens’ defining building – the eccentric wrought-iron and glass-domed Kibble Palace – was erected, followed a few years later by the Main Range teak glasshouse. Both remain beautifully preserved, free to enter and filled with exotic plant life. The long west-facing green in front of the glasshouses teems with life on warm days – be it families, groups of students or yoga classes.
Glasgow Cathedral was consecrated in 1197 and remains a sturdy and impressive example of Scottish gothic architecture both inside and out.
Glasgow Cathedral has one of the most impressive post-war collections of stained glass windows in Britain, including John K Clark’s Millennium Window.
The other big attraction nearby is the Necropolis, Glasgow’s gloriously atmospheric cemetery inspired by Père Lachaise in Paris and dating back to 1833. Amble among the monuments, look out over the city and wonder just how green and bucolic the view was more than two centuries ago.
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格拉斯哥大教堂
Castle StreetGlasgow Cathedral was consecrated in 1197 and remains a sturdy and impressive example of Scottish gothic architecture both inside and out.
Glasgow Cathedral has one of the most impressive post-war collections of stained glass windows in Britain, including John K Clark’s Millennium Window.
The other big attraction nearby is the Necropolis, Glasgow’s gloriously atmospheric cemetery inspired by Père Lachaise in Paris and dating back to 1833. Amble among the monuments, look out over the city and wonder just how green and bucolic the view was more than two centuries ago.
The country’s oldest public museum, with one of the largest collections.
At the Hunterian Art Gallery find the Mackintosh House, with its historically and aesthetically important interior and brutalist exterior. Built in the 1960s near the former home on Southpark Avenue of Glasgow’s most famous architect Sir Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) and his wife, the artist Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864-1933), the modern concrete structure adjoining the university’s gallery-library complex remembers the Mackintosh’s legacy in fond style. Inside is a meticulous reassemblage of the principal interiors from their home.
Two separate major fires in four years at Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building tragically caused the almost complete destruction of the defining work by one of the city’s most celebrated sons. As the Mac is painstakingly rebuilt, the Hunterian is a great place to start discovering other, smaller Mackintosh gems around Glasgow.
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亨特里安藝術畫廊
82 Hillhead StThe country’s oldest public museum, with one of the largest collections.
At the Hunterian Art Gallery find the Mackintosh House, with its historically and aesthetically important interior and brutalist exterior. Built in the 1960s near the former home on Southpark Avenue of Glasgow’s most famous architect Sir Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) and his wife, the artist Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864-1933), the modern concrete structure adjoining the university’s gallery-library complex remembers the Mackintosh’s legacy in fond style. Inside is a meticulous reassemblage of the principal interiors from their home.
Two separate major fires in four years at Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building tragically caused the almost complete destruction of the defining work by one of the city’s most celebrated sons. As the Mac is painstakingly rebuilt, the Hunterian is a great place to start discovering other, smaller Mackintosh gems around Glasgow.
A magnificent and imposing mass of red sandstone and gothic-looking spires, Kelvingrove is Glasgow’s finest museum – and arguably Scotland’s too. The collection contains more than 8,000 pieces, which range from one of Europe’s greatest displays of civic art to a Supermarine Spitfire suspended dramatically from the ceiling. You’ll also find a world-famous assembly of arms and armour from throughout the ages, pieces from ancient Scotland and ancient Egypt alike, and various natural history exhibits showing off weird and wonderful beasts from across thousands of centuries. There’s a menagerie of more recently stuffed animals too, including Sir Roger the Indian Elephant, one of Kelvingrove’s oldest and most-loved exhibits
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The Glasgow Art Club
185 Bath StA magnificent and imposing mass of red sandstone and gothic-looking spires, Kelvingrove is Glasgow’s finest museum – and arguably Scotland’s too. The collection contains more than 8,000 pieces, which range from one of Europe’s greatest displays of civic art to a Supermarine Spitfire suspended dramatically from the ceiling. You’ll also find a world-famous assembly of arms and armour from throughout the ages, pieces from ancient Scotland and ancient Egypt alike, and various natural history exhibits showing off weird and wonderful beasts from across thousands of centuries. There’s a menagerie of more recently stuffed animals too, including Sir Roger the Indian Elephant, one of Kelvingrove’s oldest and most-loved exhibits
A tall, narrow, elegant amalgam of stone, steel and glass tucked away on Mitchell Lane just off Buchanan Street, this Centre for Design is a beacon for the creative industries in Scotland.
For cutting-edge art and design exhibitions throughout the year, as well as permanent attractions including the ‘Mack’ Centre, which celebrates the life and work of one of Glasgow’s most famous sons, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (who designed the historic part of The Lighthouse, originally The Herald newspaper building). Also, for panoramic views over Glasgow’s cityscape – from two locations.
Head to The Mackintosh Tower, which is accessible via a helical staircase from the third floor. If the climb sounds a bit much, the modern viewing platform on the sixth floor is reachable via lift.
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燈塔
11 Mitchell LnA tall, narrow, elegant amalgam of stone, steel and glass tucked away on Mitchell Lane just off Buchanan Street, this Centre for Design is a beacon for the creative industries in Scotland.
For cutting-edge art and design exhibitions throughout the year, as well as permanent attractions including the ‘Mack’ Centre, which celebrates the life and work of one of Glasgow’s most famous sons, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (who designed the historic part of The Lighthouse, originally The Herald newspaper building). Also, for panoramic views over Glasgow’s cityscape – from two locations.
Head to The Mackintosh Tower, which is accessible via a helical staircase from the third floor. If the climb sounds a bit much, the modern viewing platform on the sixth floor is reachable via lift.
A space-age structure housing a planetarium, cinema, galleries with hands-on activities, two cafés and a gift shop.
Rising from the ground like a shimmering silver hermit crab, the Glasgow Science Centre is a wonder inside and out. As well as a host of interactive exhibitions, there’s also a massive IMAX cinema screen.
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格拉斯哥科學中心
50 Pacific QuayA space-age structure housing a planetarium, cinema, galleries with hands-on activities, two cafés and a gift shop.
Rising from the ground like a shimmering silver hermit crab, the Glasgow Science Centre is a wonder inside and out. As well as a host of interactive exhibitions, there’s also a massive IMAX cinema screen.
This award-winning structure houses the contents of the former Museum of Transport, including trams, prams and rockets.
This Zaha Hadid-designed waterside museum carries an extensive collection of vehicles including ambulances, buses, police cars, horse-drawn taxis and motor cars that look like they drove to Glasgow from the set of a 1930s action movie. Formerly housed in the old Museum of Transport at Kelvin Hall, they’ve been cherished by Glaswegians for generations.
Don’t miss the impressive late Victorian, three-masted Tall Ship that’s berthed outside the museum in the River Clyde – a stunning monument to Glasgow’s rich maritime heritage.
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河畔博物館
100 Pointhouse RdThis award-winning structure houses the contents of the former Museum of Transport, including trams, prams and rockets.
This Zaha Hadid-designed waterside museum carries an extensive collection of vehicles including ambulances, buses, police cars, horse-drawn taxis and motor cars that look like they drove to Glasgow from the set of a 1930s action movie. Formerly housed in the old Museum of Transport at Kelvin Hall, they’ve been cherished by Glaswegians for generations.
Don’t miss the impressive late Victorian, three-masted Tall Ship that’s berthed outside the museum in the River Clyde – a stunning monument to Glasgow’s rich maritime heritage.
Glasgow’s foremost centre for contemporary art, showcasing some of the city's greatest talents. You'll find Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in the stately neoclassical building in Royal Exchange Square in the heart of the city, just off Buchanan Street. With its thriving contemporary art scene surrounding the world-renowned Glasgow School of Art, which has produced many a Turner Prize success story over the years, GoMA exists to showcase not just the work of the city’s most talented artists but also to highlight what those artists share in common with others in terms of influences and practices.
The grand carving of the Duke of Wellington that sits outside the front door of the gallery. It's probably even more famous than GoMA itself among ordinary Glaswegians – mainly because he wears a plastic traffic cone on his head.
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Gallery of Modern Art
111 Royal Exchange SquareGlasgow’s foremost centre for contemporary art, showcasing some of the city's greatest talents. You'll find Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in the stately neoclassical building in Royal Exchange Square in the heart of the city, just off Buchanan Street. With its thriving contemporary art scene surrounding the world-renowned Glasgow School of Art, which has produced many a Turner Prize success story over the years, GoMA exists to showcase not just the work of the city’s most talented artists but also to highlight what those artists share in common with others in terms of influences and practices.
The grand carving of the Duke of Wellington that sits outside the front door of the gallery. It's probably even more famous than GoMA itself among ordinary Glaswegians – mainly because he wears a plastic traffic cone on his head.
And here it is. This cultural centre for the people was opened in 1898, at a time when overcrowding and poor public health were at their worst in the East End of Glasgow. Since the 1940s, it has taught visitors about the social history of the city – from the 19th-century slums to its hosting of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, during which the ornate red sandstone museum and glasshouse sat proudly in the centre of the public hub on Glasgow Green. Come here, and through a wealth of artefacts, paintings, prints, photographs, films and interactive computer displays, you’ll learn a lot about how Glaswegians lived, worked and played in days gone by.
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人民宮和冬季花園
The GreenAnd here it is. This cultural centre for the people was opened in 1898, at a time when overcrowding and poor public health were at their worst in the East End of Glasgow. Since the 1940s, it has taught visitors about the social history of the city – from the 19th-century slums to its hosting of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, during which the ornate red sandstone museum and glasshouse sat proudly in the centre of the public hub on Glasgow Green. Come here, and through a wealth of artefacts, paintings, prints, photographs, films and interactive computer displays, you’ll learn a lot about how Glaswegians lived, worked and played in days gone by.
Sitting directly outside the Riverside Museum, although quite separate and with an entrance charge, the Tall Ship is a three-masted, steel-hulled barque built by a shipyard at Port Glasgow and launched in 1896. Named the Glenlee, she started her seagoing career as a cargo vessel, sailed round the world four times in the course of her work, served as a training ship for the Spanish navy from 1922 to 1969, changed name on several occasions, then was eventually berthed in Seville and allowed to fade away. Fortunately a naval architect spotted her potential and the Clyde Maritime Trust brought her home more than 20 years ago. Now fully restored, the Glenlee is a historically important museum ship and one of only five Clyde-built sailing ships still afloat. Her story would justify a visit on its own – the chance to look around this striking vessel is a handsome bonus.
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河畔高大船
150 Stobcross RdSitting directly outside the Riverside Museum, although quite separate and with an entrance charge, the Tall Ship is a three-masted, steel-hulled barque built by a shipyard at Port Glasgow and launched in 1896. Named the Glenlee, she started her seagoing career as a cargo vessel, sailed round the world four times in the course of her work, served as a training ship for the Spanish navy from 1922 to 1969, changed name on several occasions, then was eventually berthed in Seville and allowed to fade away. Fortunately a naval architect spotted her potential and the Clyde Maritime Trust brought her home more than 20 years ago. Now fully restored, the Glenlee is a historically important museum ship and one of only five Clyde-built sailing ships still afloat. Her story would justify a visit on its own – the chance to look around this striking vessel is a handsome bonus.
The Tenement House
145 Buccleuch StNight Out
Fun things to do in the evening
This bar runs a Film Night every Tuesday called Eat Film, it’s a small intimate room and for £20 each you get some food, an alcoholic drink, popcorn and a movie. It’s quirky and fun. Movie listings can be found on their website.
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Sloans
108 Argyle StThis bar runs a Film Night every Tuesday called Eat Film, it’s a small intimate room and for £20 each you get some food, an alcoholic drink, popcorn and a movie. It’s quirky and fun. Movie listings can be found on their website.
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Food Shopping
With the apartment being so close to the city centre and west end there are not may big supermarkets around however there are lots of smaller local ones that are walking distance.
Co-op - 555 Sauchiehall Street, G3 7PQ - open 7am until 10pm
Tesco - 165 North Street, G3 7DA - open 6am until 11pm
Sainsburys (within petrol station) - 88 Woodlands Road, G3 6HA - open 24 hours
Waitrose - 373 Byres Road, G12 8AU - open 8am until 10pm midweek and 9am until 8pm on weekends