A person travels all over the UK—Glasgow citywalk
👫For those visiting Glasgow for the first time, here is a recommended walking route in the city center. The whole journey takes about two hours, excluding exhibition time.
🏵️Route order: George Square—City Hall—Modern Art Museum—Central Railway Station—Buchanan Street—Hutcheson's Hall—Glasgow Cathedral—St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art—Necropolis
🏵️George Square is surrounded by majestic Victorian buildings (pictures 1️⃣2️⃣), especially the City Hall. You can walk around it, the corridor behind is beautiful (picture 3️⃣). There are free guided tours at 10:30 and 14:30 every day, no reservation is needed, just report directly.
🏵️Modern Art Museum (picture 4️⃣), this building was built in 1778, neoclassical style, three floors are three exhibition halls, the exhibits are mainly modern paintings and sculptures.
📍Name: Glasgow Gallery of Modern Arts
📍Time: Monday to Thursday and Saturday 10:00-17:00
Friday and Sunday: 11:00-17:00
🏵️Central Railway Station (pictures 6️⃣7️⃣) has a history of 140 years. Passengers come from all over the world. It is the second busiest railway station in Scotland. The building is Victorian style, very grand and spectacular.
🏵️Buchanan Street, this is Glasgow's famous shopping street, very lively. Recommend the Prince's Square here, its history can be traced back to 1841, the interior decoration is full of British style, the combination of old and new is perfect, especially the staircase in picture 8️⃣ is its highlight. There is also a small but very popular tea room that is easy to miss—Willow Tea Rooms (picture 9️⃣). The interior decoration, furniture and tableware are all designed by architect Mackintosh.
🏵️Hutcheson's Hall (picture 🔟), an elegant building built in 1805.
🏵️Glasgow Cathedral (pictures 12, 13), this cathedral is not to be missed. It is the only cathedral in Scotland that has survived the religious reform period and is well preserved to this day. Most of the buildings can be traced back to the 15th century, the majestic and dark interior of the Gothic architecture, has a solemn sense unique to the Middle Ages.
🏵️St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art is a religious museum located in Glasgow Cathedral Square, which was rebuilt on the basis of the bishop's palace.
📍Name: St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
📍Time: Monday to Thursday and Saturday 10:00-17:00
Friday and Sunday: 11:00-17:00
🏵️The Necropolis (picture 14) is behind the cathedral, spread up a green hill, there are many gorgeous Victorian tombs, the surrounding scenery is as beautiful as a British oil painting.
George Square is located in the heart of Glasgow, and it is very convenient to take a train or subway. You can sunbathe in the square on a good day. Near the famous store street, you can buy hand letters, clothes, shoes and socks. There are also many restaurants to choose from. George Square is a must-see attraction. In addition to admiring the architecture of the square; at different festivals, such as Christmas, the square will be transformed into a mobile playground full of dynamic and happy atmosphere.
It is a typical square European square. There is a tower in the middle and a statue is surrounded by it.
Centre of Glasgow I think (says the guy who has been living here for the past 4 years)! Always packed, even at night.
Located in the square next to the town hall, there are many celebrity statues, which can be regarded as an open-air sculpture museum, including Queen Victoria, poet Robert Burns, Watt, who invented the steam engine, native Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott and George III.
Put down your luggage after booking the hotel and leave the hotel immediately for a tour of Glasgow. Walking for about 15 minutes to George Square in the center of the city, which is the size of a football field, the seat stage for the big event has not yet been removed, so many statues of big people have also been enclosed in the fence, which can not enter the square and has a great impact on viewing. After visiting the town hall next to George Square, we wandered again in George Square, where the fence was slowly dismantled. It seemed that we could not wait to walk into George Square. So in a relatively distant place, we saw several statues of figures in George Square. This George Square is an open-air museum of sculpture. Besides the statues of Queen Victoria and George III, there are also the sculptures of Jame Watt, the poet Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott, the Scottish writer who invented the steam engine. Around the square hung huge slogans with red and white letters - "PEOPLE MAKE GLASGOW, so the slogan "Revolution" made us seem to be back on the land of socialist countries.