Glasgow has a population of about 600,000 people, making it Scotland's largest city. The city is located in the southwest of the country, on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland. Traces of settlement have been proven to date thousands of years back as Clyde always offered a perfect opportunity to fish. The Romans settled the place around 80 AD and built in the year 140 AD the Antonine Wall (whose remains can still be seen here today ) to separate Roman Britain from the Celtic and Pictish Caledonia. In the 12th century Glasgow received city rights. Today the town is a location for the shipbuilding industry.
Bilder zum Hafen Glasgow, Schottland / United Kingdom
Cruise offers to the port Glasgow, Schottland / United Kingdom
Particularly well known is Glasgow for a variety of museums, of which almost all can be visited without entrance fee. Major museums are e.g. the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It houses one of the largest municipal art collections in Europe. In the list of the most popular visitor attractions in Scotland, it is the second and it is the most visited museum of the United Kingdom outside London. The Huntarian Museum and Art Gallery is the oldest public museum in Scotland and spans across multiple buildings on the main campus of the university in the west of Glasgow. The Burrell Collection is a former private art collection with more than 8,500 exhibits, which was donated to the city by the Glasgow entrepreneur Sir William Burrellin 1944.The collection includes tapestries, glass, ceramics, sculptures and paintings from Europe and Far Eastern countries. Glasgow is furthermore an excellent shopping town.It enjoys the reputation of being the second best shopping city in Britain after London.
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