Glasgow The City Of Culture Part One
November 30th, 2008
Tourist Destination
The region of Glasgow, its metropolitan area and the valley of Clyde constitutes one of the tourist destinations more beautiful and interesting in Europe, which combine the energy and sophistication of the great cosmopolitan city with some precious landscapes, of the most spectacular in Scotland.
Fantastic Architecture
Glasgow is a paradise architectural: the reddish sandstone and yellowing of the victory, the towers of italian style and the medieval needles in harmony with the towers neogothic, the sensuality of modernism of Mackintosh and the structures of titanium, glass and steel of the contemporary city.
Mecca of art
Glasgow brings together more than a score of museums and galleries (many of them free), among which it should be noted the extraordinary Collection Burrell, the magnificent Mackintosh House and the contemporary museum of modern art (Gallery of Modern Art).
If passionate about the design of vanguard, visit The Lighthouse, while the complex of futuristic Science Center in Glasgow (Glasgow Science Center), which houses a chamber of Imax cinema, the Hall of Science (Science Mall), the Tower of Glasgow (Glasgow Tower), a planetarium and the Virtual Room of Science (Virtual Science Theater), capture the enthusiasm of all the interested to know more about the technologies, while passing a while great.
If you are interested is the cultural heritage of the region, you will love the Transport Museum (Museum of Transport), the Museum of Rural Life Scottish (Museum of Scottish Country Life), Kittochside, and Clydebuilt, where he tells the story of Glasgow and the river Clyde from the era of tobacco to shipbuilding. Sports lovers king did not want lost the pioneer museum of Scottish football (Scottish Football Museum), at Hampden.
The city of the show
Whether you passionate the discos, as if it is fond of concerts, opera, theater and dance in their visits to Glasgow, its metropolitan area and the valley of Clyde can enjoy a multitude of shows. Whatever the season to choose, you will find live performances, festivals and leisure the fifty-two weeks of the year.
The productions of the Scottish Opera, the concert season summer of the RSNO Summer Proms, the Festival of West-End, the sounds mellow of International Jazz Festival of Glasgow, the animated celebrations of Eve (Hogmanay) and Celtic Connections are only a few of the many events which are held annually, consolidating the reputation of the city as one of the main cultural capitals of Europe.
In the parks, towns and villages in the region are held many other shows, as the world championships in bands of pipers, which take place in Glasgow Green, the former feast of Lanimer Day, in Lanark, and The Shot, in Paisley, who also promises fiesta, fun and entertainment. The nighters, meanwhile, can dance until the wee hours of the morning in one of many discos of the city to the pace of a wide range of styles, from garage until techno, passing by house and retro.
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