Glasgow tourist information.
Glasgow is a port city on the River Clyde in Scotland’s western Lowlands. Glasgow is Scotland’s largest city and is renowned for its culture, style and the friendliness of its people. It’s also famed for its Victorian and art nouveau architecture, a rich legacy of the city’s 18th–20th-century prosperity due to trade and shipbuilding. The city’s most significant historic building is 12th century Glasgow Cathedral, also known as St Mungo Cathedral or the High Kirk of Glasgow. Today Glasgow is a national cultural hub, home to institutions including the Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet and National Theatre of Scotland, as well as acclaimed museums and a thriving music scene. The exclusive, behind the scenes tours of Glasgow Central Station, include visits to the subterranean passageways beneath Glasgow’s streets, the railway vaults that drove Glasgow’s industrial expansion to become ‘The Second City of The British Empire’.