Glasgow is Scotland’s largest city and the UK’s third largest population.  Despite being the largest city of Scotland, it is actually Edinburgh that is the country’s ‘Capital’ status.  

In recent years, Glasgow has been subject to redevelopment, and today demonstrates a contrast of old and new structures.  The most prominent demonstration of this combination of old and new is within Merchant City (developed in the 1750s), where it has modern architecture made in the 1980s when Merchant City experienced redevelopment, whilst also maintaining a great deal of its old architecture.  Despite its name, Merchant City is not a city, but a district, and in the past was not referred to as such (District City); that identity came about during its redevelopment.  It was simply referred to as Trongate or Glasgow Cross.  The significant point of interest in the district is Royal Exchange Square, many thanks to its architecture, along with the main building containing Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art, which is a popular tourist site.  The square is lit up with a large over-head net of lights distributed between the Gallery of Modern Art and encompassing structures.  

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Merchant City is a key shopping area inside the city of Glasgow, branching out to various streets used as shopping throughfares like Buchanan Street.  Buchanan Street is populated with high-end shops and cafes, many of which are housed in the street’s well known Victorian architecture.

Within Glasgow are many points of interest, from the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, King’s Theatre and the Royal Theatre (the oldest theatre in Glasgow), and the internationally-renowned Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, found in Kelvingrove Park.  Glasgow Botanic Gardens features a a number of themes of horticultural and botanical interest, along with scenic guides along the River Kelvin.  Within the gardens is a famous housing, the Kibble Palace, which is a significant Victorian iron and glass construction, and sustains a large number of trees planted in the nineteenth century.

In 2008, Glasgow was selected as a UNESCO City of Music for its musical background.  The title aspires to protect the musical heritage, as well as stimulate expansion of the city’s musical culture and establishments.