American Reacts to Exploring the BEST Things in Glasgow, Scotland
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- Опубліковано 12 лис 2024
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For as little as I have seen of Scotland it appears to be a truly magnificent place. That is why I am very excited today to react to the best things to do in Scotland biggest city, Glasgow. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
You made me smile. This is my town. Glasgow is a very industrial city with much history . The Duke with the cone on his head has been a battle with the council for years. They would remove it only for someone to replace it again. it doesn't represent art. It's a laugh at the establishment and our good humour. We are rough around the edges but good hearted. There's much more to see of interest but for tourists Edinburgh is the place to be. It is beautiful but I'm not saying better haha.
I was telling Ryan Reynolds about the cone on its head, when I came back from the Edinburgh festival, I took a picture of it at 7am and it had a pride cone, which I thought was greatly
Another thing look up to the top of buildings you'll want to know what some building were used for. I've saw baby seagulls learning to fly,or a seagull looking in a homes window waiting on bread,but best on a window cleaner up his ladder talking to the wife y have a mug of tea.
Not half as much as you all made me smile. Tens of thousands of American Troops Sailors and Airforce Personnel came to Scotland in two world wars,my late mother was engaged to one of them. Thousands of troops landed from 'The Queens at Princes Pier Greenock and were entrained,'having crossed The Atlanic. I have even met pensioners who remember the troop trains on the old Princes Pier Line and the young soldiers throwing sweets to them as kids. Troop trains moved at walking pace in those days in World War 11,and there were many of them, crawling up those hills above Greenock and Port Glasgow.
I could write pages on this Americans have a long link with Scotland particularly the West Coast. John F Kennedy visited Glasgow as a young man,and Dwight D Eisenhower was given a flat in a castle in South West Scotland.
The Traffic Cone on The Duke is Moronic to many Glaswegians by the way. Probably Sein Feiners or SNP supporters. Time was when we had Polis the offender would have got a kicking.
@Philip rufus I'm going to call you out on that one. Doesn't matter what political party you support, the cone is just a long time prided in Glasgow tradition at this point. Maybe if you were a glaswegian you'd not make such a sweeping political statement....you could've used it decades ago maybe but now. It's part of Glasgows soul and a tourist attraction.
Born and bred Glaswegian and I’ve never heard anyone complain about the cone!
As an Edinburgh man I can honestly say NOBODY beats the Glasgow folk for character, humour or friendliness.
Your right there , after all it was not the murder capital of Europe for nothing 😂.
@@danjames5552do your research ya 🤡 before making ill formed comments.
@@danjames5552Aw hawd the boat, you might be right but omitted to mention we got voted Europe's friendliness city the same year. 😂
@@AuldScot1888 who by , your hostages 😂.
🎉🎉🎉obviously
I became an IT technician at Glasgow University. I'm originally from Peebles which is in the Scottish Borders, and now live in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Glasgow is a beautiful place and the people are so welcoming and friendly.
Hi Tyler, the cone on the head of the statue is not quite “art”. This is just a typical example of Glasgow humour and it’s refusal to take itself too seriously.
It is I suppose Vandalism in its lightest form. The council removed it many times but drunk Glaswegians kept putting new ones on.
Eventually it came to represent the city and its people. The humour, the mild rebellious nature and the ability to poke fun at itself.
The council has since accepted that it needs to stay!
Ah the war of the cone on his head… every day it was removed and every night it was reinstated until the local authority gave up and it became a feature. 😂
A VERY SAD FEATURE !
@@philiprufus4427 Poor Philip. More Anglo than Scot... a great example of the Scottish Cringe.
@@rosemarymee Exactly, sense of humour bypass! I think it epitomises Glasgow's spirit.
It's a criticism of the man.
@@philiprufus4427Your personal opinion , not necessarily expressed by the majority.
haha I think my home city, Glasgow would give people a bit of a shock, we eat all sorts and is a very metripolitican city, so it's all Italian, Indian, Chinese, Greek, Turkish, American food, etc. There are places that do traditional Scottish food, you will typically find in fancy restaurants and some other places, but us Scots do eat all sorts.
I'm surprised they never checked out the Willow Tea Room of the famous Glasgow architect, Charles Rennie MacIntosh.
Glasgow is a great city it's is still recovering from industrial decline from the 1960s the city is vibrant and covers 142 square miles the population of greater Glasgow is 1.8 million Glasgow has ongoing regeneration projects through out the city it has a great rail network and subway system the city sprawls over to the Southside and has some great parks and shopping districts there then you have the West end and East end pubs and restaurants are fantastic in Glasgow the thing that makes Glasgow is glaswegians they are so friendly one thing I Glasgow you will never be lonley as everyone chats once you visit Glasgow it will never leave you brilliant city briliant people
I'm a Yorkshireman and think Glasgow is wonderful. Loads to do and the people are really friendly.
Clearly you never spent much time working in Drumchapel. I'm also a Yorkshireman and spent 2 months working there and they hated us.
@@Shoomer1988 Why did the hate you so much though? And who’s they? Pretty sure it wasn’t the whole of Drumchapel and just a select few. Not all Glaswegian’s are like that, You get rude people all over the world
My late mum spent a lot of her child hood in Leeds her dad was a Yorkshireman from Harrogate he had four brothers so I had lots of uncles and aunts.First visited The County in 1969 via The Nithsdale Route and Settle and Carlisle Railway,Magical. A Scottish Soldier once said to me 'half of Glasgow has reletives in Yorkshire pal' in my experience he was right.
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I grew up there mate, rough place.. shoulda seen it in the 80's 90's!
@@philiprufus4427 I’ve many friends in Yorkshire and feel a draw to that part of England, I feel the Yorkies are so very much like Glaswegians in particular…plus I adore the architecture/stone used there
When I first moved to Glasgow , I got a pain in the neck and tripped over a lot.
Because I was just entranced by the fabulous architecture both old and new and walked around the city looking up at it all !
And the people do not give you directions - they stop what they are doing and take you where you want to go.
This video is ok but simply doesn’t portray the magnificence of Glasgow.
You should have a look at the buskers in Buchanan Street too 💚🌻
This was awesome! Love to see people from all over appreciate Scotland in any case but specifically in Glasgow (Glaz-go - for pronunciation) but you did alright ☺️
Yeah the cone is just a laugh, like a previous comment said just a bit of our humour after fighting the council for years ☺️☺️
Whenever I am Glasgow I always go to Kelvingrove gallery and museum and head straight to Salvador Dali's famous Christ painting which they own.
It's free and there's tons to see there including Charles Rennie Mackintosh furniture and art.
The West End is were I like to hang out when I go there. Unlike London's West End, it's full beautiful architecture, trendy restaurants, bars and cafés.
It's away on loan the now.
Check out the people palace next time your in town, some south side restaurants are worth a try too after a walk around Queen’s Park
Dali's crucifixion is such a powerful painting and I always pay it a visit as well. It was out on loan last time 😢 But Kelvingrove and the Burrell Collection are wonderful places to visit.
That cone isn't placed there by the gallery. For the last ~40 years people have been climbing the statue and placing the cone up there, and the local council were really trying to take it down, but people kept putting it back up (until recently the council would take it down every single day and it would be back up after a few hours). The museum sees it at modern art though, and most of the city feel it epitomises the sense of humour of Glasgow
Why didn't the council just take the cone away instead of leaving it to be put back up or did the locals go hunting for another cone?
@@jaystevens1965 the locals go hunting for another cone
They missed the most important Murals which are the ones of Billy Connolly scattered round the city centre. They were commissioned to honour " The Big Yin" who is our national treasure.!! You might be able to find the documentary on those which so emotional.
Billy did a video on the art work of him in i think it was his world tour of scotland serise that he made years ago now and he shows you parts that tourists never see
Glasgow is a beautiful city with lots of stunning Georgian architecture, excellent restaurants, some inside beautiful buildings, and overall has a great vibe. The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is well worth a visit as is The Burrell Collection Museum set attractively in Pollok Country Park. Glasgow University has many world famous alumni including Adam Smith, the 'father' of economics and Lord Kelvin known for inventing the absolute scale of temperature now known as the Kelvin Scale and for his pioneering research in the fields of mechanical energy and heat.
There are 2 ancient universities in England (Oxford & Cambridge) and 4 in Scotland (St Andrews, Aberdeen, Glasgow, & Edinburgh). They're so called because they were founded before 1600.
When I was at university in the early 1980s, Edinburgh wasn't counted as ancient because it wasn't founded by papal bull; it was founded after the Reformation. We used to tease their students for going to a 'modern university'. There was a debate between the Ancient Universities of England (Oxford 1096 and Cambridge 1209) and the Ancient Universities of Scotland (St Andrews 1413, Glasgow 1451 and Aberdeen 1495), and Edinburgh wasn't included. If you take it as before 1600, then Aberdeen has two shots as Marischal College was founded in 1593 as a Protestant university in opposition to the Catholic King's College; it used to be said that Aberdeen had as many universities as England until King's and Marischal Colleges merged in 1860! If you go by the type of governance, then Dundee 1978 is sometimes included as it has the ancient university system of governance inherited from when it was a college (1897) of St Andrews. There was for a short time also a university at Fraserburgh between 1592 and 1605. (The third college of Aberdeen, Christ's College was founded by the Free Church of Scotland following the Disruption of 1843; following the church union of 1929, it became both a training college of the Church of Scotland and a college of Aberdeen University. Similarly, New College became part of Edinburgh University in 1935 and Trinity College Glasgow in 1930.)
The mural that you admired at 11:55 is a modern interpretation of the legend of Saint Mungo, who is the patron saint of the city.
Glasgow is an amazing city. Everyone is friendly and there's loads to do
As somebody who studies at the University of Glasgow, I can say for sure that the campus is stunning. I'll sometimes find myself missing classes because I've gotten distracted wandering around 😂
There is, yes....so, so much more to do in Glasgow. These visitor videos never show the nightlife either and that’s when you experience the locals at their best (and worst 🤫) but the thing that is always missing is interactions and banter with the locals and that’s where Glasgow beats most other places you can visit. 😉🏴
Your curiosity and zeal for my country is so adorable.
Fun fact: George Square was used in the opening zombie infection scene of World War Z 🙃
It was also used in the batman film as gotham city and also in the fast and furious film as well when they filmd in london then came to glasgow and it has been used as the back drop for other american films as george square as a nyc vibe an simler look about it
I was born in Glasgow, dear old Glasgow town and it's a phenomenal place. A real mix of culture and industrial places. A lot to see. The Glasgow District Council allow access to all museums free entry. Glasgow Cathedral still shows the marks on the pillars inside of when the reformation to place and all the catholic ornaments etc. were literally ripped off the walls. By the way you pronounce Glasgow as Glasgo.
I'm so glad you reacted to Glasgow!🎉🎉 It's where my family hail from & it is where my heart is
I lived for 20 years in Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, but it's been spoiled by tourism and Harry Potter obsession, my 5 years in Glasgow have been far more enjoyable, despite lockdown. Such an amazing city.
As a Glaswegian I thank you for choosing this topic for your video 🙏
It really is a great city with lots to do with a mixture of old & new.
The mural shown of the man with the robin is of St. Mungo who’s the patron saint of Glasgow and he supposedly brought the robin back to life.
Had to laugh too when they got on the no. 8 bus and showed the area as it was where I live!! 😂😂
They literally must’ve passed by my house 😂
And to answer your question yeah that’s kinda typical Glaswegian food especially down the west end which is the trendy part or the city 😂
I was brought up in balornock small world
@@heatherbruce4496 Not too far from me in Maryhill 😀
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I was brought up in Maryhill.....Agnes St.
Went to Dunard Street school......before moving to sunny Milton : )
@@hangedman821 What a small world 😄
I’m not too far from there now 😊
Well actually I’m in between Dunard Street and Milton
Now you know that Scotland is the northern part of Great Britain, Tyler. Not only that, but save for the lower third, it comprises some of the most beautiful, rugged mountain scenery in Europe that is nevertheless, mostly within a relatively short drive or train ride of all our major cities! It includes two of the largest and most amazing national parks, in the British Isles - with many islands both large and small - and with some of the world's most idyllic beaches famed for their white sands and aquamarine shallows; and with deep, dark forests, lochs (which the English call lakes), rivers great and small, waterfalls and more. All ages of known civilisation are represented in our visible history - from the Orkney, stone age village we call Skara Brae, through the neolithic stone circles are tumuli on the Isle of Lewis (which are more than 2000 years older than even Stonehenge; the Pictish camps and burial mounds, the Viking traditions of the northeast and Shetland, such as "Up Helly Aa," the Roman walls and summer camps, early Christian sites visited by Irish Missionaries at Whithorn and Iona... Shall I go on?
All of Glasgow's major museums and galleries - and Edinburgh's too, are free to enter. The art collections of both and, even our smaller cities such as Dundee, tell the stories of our nation, and in Glasgow's case, our culture, our religions, our schools, our transport systems, our entertainments, our industries - you name it, Scotland has a museum about it! We have our share of UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh, the Forth Bridge and much else besides. We have our share of palaces and castles aplenty - both in use as private residences, open to the public (usually for a modest fee) and in various states of ruin, thanks to the more turbulent periods of our long history. There is much to see of some of the most famous architects and designers - much than can be viewed and experienced, even the collections of others. Oxford and Cambridge may number 1 and 2 in the list of the world's oldest universities, but Scotland hosts numbers 3 to 7 at St Andrews, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen and, together with Oxford and Cambridge, centuries passed before any others would also be established - all in a county whose population has never exceeded the 5.5 million that it has now! Their distribution has altered many times of course - most notably during the infamous 'Highland Clearances' of the 18th Century- spearheaded by the paranoid actions of the England-dominated government of the then 'new' country that was known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at that time - and from which, many individuals and families chose to rebuild their lives in the so-called "New World," that lay across the Atlantic Ocean...
Glasgow alone has much, much more than this video covers - and so I encourage you to review another. sometime! As Christmas is approaching, you might want to listen to some music played on the Kelvingrove Organ - which also allows a sneak preview of everyone's favourite museum and art gallery: ua-cam.com/video/RAavN8UxS18/v-deo.html and ua-cam.com/video/oFr0HRyoadY/v-deo.html are really good ones!
Nearly seventy'of Anglo Scots backround. Born and brought up in Glasgow mostly, although well travelled,I consider myself now to be very lucky. Glasgow was some city for a kid,teenager and young man to be brought up in. To many my age it was even more fascinating in the late fifties and sixties there was so much to see for a kid,much has gone.
Why is the Burrel Collection its a long time since iv been but it was amazing.
There's an interesting story surrounding the cone on the head of the statue outside the art gallery. It's a bit of a tradition going back about 40 years now where locals used to put a traffic cone on it and the council would remove it but in the end the local council gave up and now let the cone be
Was in Glasgow a couple of months ago, my first visit, and really enjoyed it. Quite an easy city to walk around although did get lost on the South side of the Clyde trying to walk to the People's Palace. Loved that the city had a vibe and an individuality, loved finding out about the social history of city and the people. Also loved Stirling where by brother now lives - I am from SE Kent .
The People's Palace is on the NORTH side of the Clyde - no wonder you got lost! 😂
@@robertfoulkes1832 yes I know I wanted to walk along the South side and then across a pedestrian bridge into the park but was further than I imagined
Scotland is nothing like England.We are a separate country and value our traditions, laws, education,history,money inventiveness and humour.We also suffer great poverty and deprivation,violence and drug problems in Glasgow.That aside Glasgow folk run towards danger to help others check Helicopter Crash Clutha Vaults or Glasgow Airport terrorist attack.Glasgow was the first city to set up a dedicated police force 22 years before Robert Peel set up the Met.For Glasgow comedy try Billy Connolly or Still Game.
I'll explain the cone as, it was vandalism but it's sort of become like a Glasgow inside-joke, and now it's considered unusual if you DON'T see the cone on its head.
As a Glaswegian I was willing them to visit so much that they did not, shame they never covered a lot of stuff, my favourite haunt Pollok country park in Glasgow south side, won European park of the year and has so much to see including the Burrell museum with looted treasures from around the world. It includes Glasgows highland cow fold.
Pollockshields Area, lived at the bottom of Shields Rd as a kid in the late fifties,late father used to walk me round Pollokshields as a kid,many of the big houses were not split into flats then some even still had servants. Always remember The Fountain in Maxwell Park and The Massive Shields Rd Railway Station and GeneralTerminus Goods. Amazing Victorian railway infrastructure, All rubble and wasteland now.
Also in relation to the food, American and European food is very popular in Scotland! Our 'everyday' pub meals include things like lasagne and spaghetti (Italian), hot wings and burgers ( North American), fajitas (South American?), curry (Indian) and fish and chips (British).
Loads of Chinese takeaways as well 😋
You mention that the cities that you are learning about in the UK seem to have cathedrals. Traditionally, in order to to be designated as a city in UK, it is necessary to have a cathedral (or a large ecclesiastical building) which is the base of a diocese (or bishopric). These buildings may have other names such as minster or abbey. The size of these cities can vary; the smallest
is St David's in Wales. London has more than one of such edifices, e.g. Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral (Anglican), Westminster Cathedral (Roman Catholic). Liverpool has two, Anglican & RC, both built in the 20th century, the RC cathedral rather delightfully nicknamed Paddy's Wigwam, (a) because it caters for the large Irish Catholic population in the city and (b) on account of it's tent
like design. I hope that this post has not left you completely confused! These arrangements can, at times, be equally baffling to the natives. One of my aunt's spent most of her married life in Glasgow and, visiting her in my teens, I was thrilled by its vibrant
cultural life and the easy access to a beautiful and dramatic landscape.
Glasgow has mebbes 4 cathedrals. 👍
Lovely to see Glasgow being reacted to. Wished they had showed more of the beautiful city as there is alot more to Glasgow than what they showed but a good start 😊 im originally from the west coast of Scotland (about 45 mins away from Galsgow) and it is a beautiful part of the country 😀 be good to find a better video that shows you more of our culture etc 😀
I am from 16 miles west of Glasgow, a stunning place with a wee Loch and hills if you through a stone you would hit a turret, thank you Victorians.
As they were on Ashton Lane, they should’ve gone to the Ubiquitous Chip restaurant. That serves traditional Scottish food, though it’s a bit pricey. Haggis is delicious. It’s usually eaten with neeps and tatties - ie mashed swede and mashed potato. It’s often served with a gravy that’s flavoured with whisky.
The best apple crumble I've ever had (with Calvados)
Any time I visit a big city anywhere else in the world I think to myself "it's nice, but it's not Glasgow". No other people like them, no city like it. The kind of city you find yourself out drinking alone and a group of complete strangers will take you in and invite you to the after party.
Public transportation in Glasgow is only second to London when it comes to efficiency and there are trains/buses that will take you almost anywhere. On the food side, a lot of curry’s and Indian food was created in Glasgow.
Alnwick is pronounced 'Annik', the l and w are silent. Best known amongst traditional Scottish cuisine are of course Porridge and Haggis, the latter traditionally served alone cold or heated with neeps (turnips) and tatties (potatoes). Some other well-known dishes that spring to mind are Cockaleekie (chicken and leek soup), Cullen Skink (smoked haddock soup), Scotch Pies (which differ from the English variety by being double-crusted), Rumbledethumps (mashed potato and cabbage - similar to English Bubble and Squeak), Cranachan (a very rich alcoholic dessert with thick cream, raspberries and whisky soaked oats), Scottish Black Bun (a kind of fruit loaf with dried fruit and almonds wrapped in a pastry case - best left for several weeks to mature before consuming), Bannock (similar to an English scone or American Biscuit but much denser and made with oats), oatcakes (very simple oat cookies) and Clootie Dumplings (a dried fruit and suet based dessert served with custard or ice cream).
Forgot the deep fried Mars Bar, the best thing to soak up that Saturday night skinfull.
Clootie Dumpling - also sliced and fried for breakfast with sugar 😄
The cone isn't art that's the Duke of Wellington statue, one day someone put a cone on it and it stayed there for a little bit until the city council sent someone to remove it, once they did a stranger replaced it and now it's become tradition that the Duke never be without his cone hat! No glaswegian will let it go coneless and it brings everyone together 😁
My partner's great aunt works at the Gallery of Modern Art. It's a wonderful place, absolutely love it. The cone on the head of the statue of the Duke of Wellington IS vandalism, sort of. It's a bit of a tradition that whenever it gets removed, someone puts it back on. More organised public mischief than vandalism really though.
There is an epic restaurant in Glasgow called Opium. Amazing Asian fusion food, with a heavy scots influence (the head chef puts Irn Bru in loads of the dishes!) - when they had to close during lockdown they fed the homeless pretty much out of their own pocket as far as I can tell. Brilliant restaurant, really represents modern Glasgow well. It has an AA Rosette, which isn't as prestigious as a Michelin Star but is still a pretty significant marker of a very good restaurant.
Glasgow University was founded in 1450 - nearly 50 years before Columbus "discovered" the Caribbean islands!
I'm from a wee county called Clackmannanshire, but I went to the big city of Glasgow to study. The University is beautiful. These buildings are Victorian so they're nowhere near as old as the University, but they're very grand. That part of Glasgow has become very gentrified since I studied there - used to be much more like a little independent small town with ordinary shops like Woolworths and local cafe, it's very different now. There were a fair number of wealthy people there in the nineties, but also many streets were bedsitland and a real mix of students, low paid and unemployed folks. There's some great museums and galleries in Glasgow, and beautiful parks.
Fun fact, at the end of the 19th century, two thirds of all the ships built in the entire World came out of Glasgow’s many shipyards….it was referred to as the second city of the Empire!
the traffic cone on the Duke of Wellington's statue was originally put there by drunk revelers (probably Strathclyde University students). There became for some time the council removing it and it being replaced by ?? in spirit of compition untill it became the fixture it is now.
If you ever get the chance to visit Scotland, Glasgow is the friendliest city in Scotland,the people are amazing and really funny,you will not be disappointed 😞
Hi, It's weird they didn't show Kelvin Grove Museum, given they were in it's grounds (park).
Also worth looking at the Subway (Underground/Clockwork Orange).
There are many Murals, and the Tourist Info can supply a (free) map of them, took me 2 days to do the walks, but I stopped for a few glasses of water.
Traditional Scottish food exists... it's generally rich, hearty, full of flavour food that'll keep you warm on a bitter day... not that common in terms of restaurants and takeaways. Modern Scotland is a melting pot of different cultures, with a lot of curries originating in Glasgow.
I personally love the deep fried szechuan haggis balls.
I think staying true to your heritage while incorporating others heritage is the only way to truly become an outward looking, international country.
As always, half the really good stuff in Glasgow isn't in the video, for example, the Burrell Collection or Kelvingrove Museum. Also, yes, there is a reason for public transport in Glasgow. The subway - which is just a circle - is the 3rd oldest subway in the world.
I was excited to click on this video as a Glaswegian. Glasgow University is a beautiful place to study. "The Cloisters" shown are a fantastic backdrop for the graduation photos.
They should have come to visit us at the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall. The oldest surviving Music Hall in the World where Stan Laurel made his debut on stage at the age of 16.
Love the Panopticon! So great to see it in use again. I went with my aunt and dad to see a Laurel and Hardy movie marathon. Was freezing 😂 but amazing night
@@LauraHarperauthor It's still freezing...lol.
An English reaction. Glasgow is probably the friendliest city in the UK. My father had a heart murmur and couldn't fight in the Second World War; but being trained as a chemist, he made explosives near Glasgow instead. In spite of being shy and introverted, and being an English 'foreigner', he retained a lifelong love for Glasgow's friendly people.
There are some strains now, because of the dreadful Governments the rest of the UK have foisted on Scotland, not to mention the Brexit decision. (Which the Scots did not support.)
Really the city doesn't speak English, although Glaswegians use a modified and very correct English for public life. But the Scots they use at home is not intelligible to us English.
I have vivid memories of when I had to cross Glasgow at funny times from one station to another. Amiable and friendly people used to give me directions, which were sometimes quite unintelligible!
Bit confusing if you don't know but University of Glasgow just means its located is Glasgow ,not a university where you study Glasgow .
While the haggis is more traditional Scottish culture, the chippy is definitely more true to it and the Scottish belly line. However what it missed out on was the music culture which is amazing as is the footy. X
Scotland is beautiful, I’m in Glasgow and love living here. 80% of the population live on 20% of the land and the population is just over 5.5 million. The cemetery was used in The Batman movie.
It was also used in the scottish film restles natives the wolf man and the clow on a motor bike holding up and robbing tourest coaches between edinburgh and glasgow and loch lomond
Fun fact : the opening scenes in the Brad Pitt lead movie were filmed in Glasgow City Centre because the building's weren't over tall and allowed lots of light. Another point of interest, in Tom Cruise's War of the Worlds the scene at the end with the children's grand parents.... the apartment buildings were designed by the same architects tgat were responsible for the Glasgow tenament buildings.
Manhattan's grid layout is loosely based on the Merchant City in central Glasgow. Someone also mentioned World War Z movie , but Glasgow is of course Gotham City in a lot of the Batman franchise movies.
It's easy to get from Glasgow to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Loch Lomond is very near. You can fly to Tiree and then on to Barra in the Outer Hebrides from Glasgow. It is also worth exploring the Clyde estuary, eg the Islands of Bute, Arran. Antonine's Wall - a back-up protection the Romans built against the Barbarians - while not as expensive as Hadrian's Wall, is still quite interesting to learn about, but there is nothing much to see.
I love in the northeast of Scotland just west of Aberdeen and about a 40 minute drive away takes you into the cairngorms, and it feels like a magical wonderland. Whenever I’m having a bad day that’s where I go, very blessed to have and live in such a beautiful country
Great video.
All museums and art galleries are free in Glasgow, it's been a policy for decades.
If you want to sound like a local, pronounce it as glazz go or glaazz go.
Great city with great friendly people.
University of Glasgow - founded 1452(3?). One of the four old universities of Scotland (along with St Andrews, Edinburgh and Aberdeen).
Sight in Glasgow: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Painting - Christ of Saint John on the Cross, by Salvador Dali.
Thank you for sharing this video of Glasgow, as a person who is from Glasgow it is a great place to visit and we are very friendly. The Art Gallery is amazing building would of been good to see, Necropolis is where small part of Batman was filmed. Ashton Lane is near Glasgow University.
Glasgow Necropolis grave yard is one of the city's best known spots to visit.
I understand why you'd be sceptical to call a grave yard a tourist attraction, but it's such a well preserved and grand victorian snapshot of the city, it's frequently recommended by locals.
The gallery of modern art was someone’s house, it was built for a tobacco baron.
It's a cool place, a pity the did not show you the waterfront. Some great scenery at night. I am from Clydebank which is about 10 miles outside of Glasgow.
Fun tip for any tourists visiting Glasgow: we have a herd of Scottish highland cattle(the cute hairy cows) in one of our biggest parks(Pollok Country Park) 5-10 minutes via train from city centre.
Park also houses the recently refurbished state-of-the-art Burrell collection museum- also well worth a visit(free entry).
Glasgow District Council allow all art related activities free on entry, I don't know how many other cities do this but Glasgow has done it for decades, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Sports museum, museum of modern art etc, all free entry.
There is a Scots/ Irish perception of what an alcoholic (Jaikie) is and there is an American perception of what an alcoholic is and by Scots/ Irish standards an American alcoholic would be someone who is merely a bit tipsy. 😂😂
Just as an aside - In the UK, all state run museums and galleries are free of charge to enter except for specific temporary exhibitions which may be charged.
After Oxford (11th C), Cambridge (13th C), the next four oldest English-speaking universities are in Scotland (St Andrew's, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh). Btw, yes, it's "interesting", even shocking that Glasgow, which isn't Scotland's capital, is its biggest city. It's as if this is an unique anomaly. Oh, but: Washington DC, Ottawa, Brasilia, Delhi, Canberra, Wellington, Ankara, Beijing, Islamabad, Bern, Abuja, Rabat, ....🤔😉
Glasgow was a small town when Edinburgh became the capital, for most of history Edinburgh was much bigger.
The cone on his head? The most profound question ever asked in Glasgow.
The Cone on Wellington's head is a Scottish tradition.
Also 13:03 Pizza Crolla one of the best city centre chippy's. Excellent eating for a drunken train ride home
Great video. As you mentioned it would have been nice to see them eating more locally sourced food, we are lucky with great local produce-Aberdeen Angus beef, venison, game and fresh seafood and obviously haggis 😋
Fun facts about the Necropolis (Literally "City of the Dead")! It IS a major tourist attraction, AND... it's a naturalist's dream, with huge biodiversity. A herd of wild deer (Roe) lives there. That might make Glasgow the only city in the world, where wild deer have made themselves a home right in the heart of the city! 😀
I live round the corner from the necropolis cemetery and walk past it every day, I've also toured a lot of Scotland and Ireland where I was born, some amazing places 🎉🎉
Good morning Tyler and greetings from Glasgow in the west of Scotland. I come from a small former coal mining town which is situated just 15 minutes from Glasgow and 1 hour from Edinburgh. Your one of my fave channels for this type of content i sub t your twin brother too as well as the channel you both share. Take care and stay safe 😘🏴🇺🇸
I’m wondering if you’re near me lol
Lanarkshire?
@@heatherarnott5457 yep lol
I live in the Hill of Bells 😂🤣
@@heatherarnott5457 Kilsyth, though I lived in Airdrie for a wee while, I trained as a nurse in Monklands. My son was born in Bellshill
Great vid, it's pronounced 'glaz-go' though, I know it's not how it's spelled but we just like to be difficult 😂
Yes and the Americans should also make a point of pronouncing Moscow the same way. A wee bit annoying.
@@h-Qalziel We may have got our wires crossed. I was referring to Americans saying Moss-cow where as the w is silent as in Glass-go?
@@h-Qalziel Moskau is the GERMAN spelling and pronunciation. In Russian it's Moskva!
Glow, snow, flow, below etc. You damn Yankees can pronounce THOSE words so why the f**k can't you say Glasgow ????
@@robertfoulkes1832 maybe Americans just like to be difficult to 😁
The Duke of Wellington on his horse, outside the Gallery of Modern Art, isn't an art piece. In true Glasgow spirit, a drunk person put that cone there one night. In the morning a council worker removed it. Someone else put it back, and in the morning it was removed again. In the end, it cost the council so much to remove it every morning that they just left it. He is now a proud icon of the fun spirit of Glaswegians
Glasgow University is one of the oldest in the country and all courses are free. That’s only in Scotland. You do pay tuition fees in England & Wales.
The cone of Wellington's head was started by students and the City Coucil tried to remove them. It kept getting replaced and has become a bit of a city icon since.
my friend painted the street art,hes insanely talented god knows how he does it
I love everything about Glasgow, and actually know a lot about it! 😁 Billy Connolly, Jimmy Barnes, Art, History (shipbuilding), Rabbie Burns, Natural Beauty, Commonwealth Games, they are real Scots with unique accents and extraordinary resilience, some great Football teams, (only an hour from Gurvan, Ayrshire), oats, haggis, Burns Nights, whisky, bannocks, etc. It's not that hard, there are world maps, libraries and friendly people!! 😠😊 Surprise, surprise Scotland had far more emphasis on higher education than England, many inventors and hero's, a long long mutual connection with France! 😲
Rabbie Burns was actually based in Ayrshire, nothing to do with Glasgow but I’m being slightly pedantic!😂
@@billmagowan1492 No you are correct, just threw that in, my mother's family are from Ayrshire! 😊👍
@@jenniferharrison8915 whilst I’m from Glasgow but living in Ayrshire!!😂
@@billmagowan1492 Nice to meet you Bill, cheers! 😁🤗👍
@@billmagowan1492 My best friend is from Stranraer, went to school in Glasgow, lived in Sydney, but now lives in Tonbridge Wells where my father's family came from! Very small world isn't it! 😂
On BrewDog when she said 4 breweries in Scotland, I think she meant the world. There's actually one in Ohio. But only 1 in Scotland. Owner is known to be a horrible person, they mostly copied everything Stone did. And they weren't the first carbon neutral/negative brewery in the world, not even in the UK. They did get called out for it.
As a Glaswegian, at 67 years old, I recently started walking around the city and lifting my head from my phone and was impressed by the architecture interesting things to see. I felt like a tourist.
I actually laughed out loud when he mentioned the cone on the statues head. It must be art 😂😂
This is a British tradition in every town with a statue. When out drunk, you must put a road cone on a statues head.
This is my home city and it’s fabulous but I’m biased😂Glasgow is an amazing city to visit there’s a lot too see and do. All our museums and art galleries are free. It’s well worth a visit
The cone on the Duke of Wellingtons head is a whole thing btw it goes back decades. 😂😂
Love it all! Try my Pollok Park and Burrell Art Gallery videos . One is inside the other and only about 10minutes train ride from Glasgow Central station. Prepare to spend a whole enjoyable day. It’s a gem with a free electric bus from the station if you are disabled (or it’s too wet for you, or you just want to). I’m lucky enough to be able to cycle there from home when I feel brave enough to face the traffic!
I love your videos and as a Glaswegian it would be great if you could look in to some videos on Scottish Independence and the fact that we are currently being held prisoner in a union we no longer want to be part of.
The UK Supreme Court actually ruled that we weren't entitled to self determination unless the UK Gov gives the Scottish Parliament the power to do so. The UK Gov continues to take us down the wrong path whilst making themselves rich off of our resources.
All UK parties have now said they will not allow Scotland another referendum despite the fact that we continuously vote for a pro-independence party on the basis they will have another referendum. During the last one in 2014 we were told if we left the UK we would lose our place in the EU so many people voted no. Then a few years later we were dragged out of the EU even though Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay. Due to the size of England, we never get what we vote for and our democracy is non existent.
Yada yada yada……….
Alnwick Castle is in Northumberland - the last county before Scotland. I live here - very beautiful
Once at the gallery of modern art, a friend of mine stumbled through a pile of sand on the floor, causing a staff member to gasp in shock. We thought he'd destroyed an exhibit, but it turns out someone had just vomited on the floor and it was in the process of being cleaned.
Glasgow is my home, im glad you enjoyed your browse through the city and are unique , also planning a few summer time outings so i took a few notes,
In 1500 England had Oxford and Cambridge. Scotland had Glasgow St Andrews and Aberdeen universities
The cone on his head is an example of the Art form Glasgow is famous for: Alcholic Art !
That's where the filmed the Batman movie in the Necropolis.
The Necropolis is a must see then get yourself to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Go for a way in the Kelvingrove park then off to Byres road for a cool beer in one of the great pubs. Jump on the subway to get round the city quickly. .You could have visited the famous Glasgow School of Art designed by Charles Rennie MacIntosh if it's directors hadn't let it burn down TWICE. N.B. It is pronounced like Glass go.
"You don't wanna make cemeteries a tourist attraction-"
Me, thinking about Greyfriar's Kirkyard in Edinburgh, where you can go on "haunted" graveyard tours: Heh, yeah, who would do that?
The cone on that statues head is sometimes removed by the authorities (or maybe occasionally the wind) and is replaced asap by which ever slightly drunk Scot is able. As well as the nice murals, Glasgow also has some of the best graffiti because of the Glaswegian sense of humour. I'm a bit gothy, so I did spend a whole afternoon in the Necropolis once and it is one of the best cemeteries! Well worth a look if you like that sort of thing. Around lunch time I recommend checking out Mono and 13th Note and that general area. And the best place to spend an evening in Glasgow imo is Waxy O'Connor's pub. Do some shopping / sightseeing in between. The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is pretty good. Full disclosure: I'm not from Glasgow or even Scotland but I have been there quite a lot. - Sassenach Scum
Your comments indicate that you're actually an honorary Scot.
@@kumasenlac5504 thanks.
Well done, btw, for pronouncing Glasgow so well. SO often hear Americans saying the "gow" part like "how".
To be fair, most Scottish food is fried. And the best way to get around the city is by the subway, it's by far the fastest way and there's even a song about it. One of the best things to do in Glasgow is a stadium tour of Hampden the national football stadium it isn't free if you want free then visit Kelvingrove art gallery (you can get the subway there) or the people's palace at Glasgow Green and the green itself is great, or the transport museum. The Duke with the cone on his head started off as a bunch of drunk guys putting it there, the council kept taking it down but they just put it back up and now they don't bother. And the reason half the buildings are new and others are older is because they decided to try and knock down parts of Glasgow in the fifties and sixties and then they stopped and now we have a mismatch of all different kinds of buildings. There is a lot more to it than that but I feel like talking about it would take up another comment.
I live near Glasgow I used to work and play there😂 they should have tried haggis it’s delicious and tried a wee dram (Whisky) too
Willow Grove Coffee! I stay about 2 minutes away. This video was lovely to see. Ashton Lane looks buzzing!