A breath of fresh air from the rest of the cities of the United Kingdom, Glasgow’s working-class spirit has created a highbrow culture with an edgy nightlife.  Architecture, galleries and museums remind tourists of the city’s British locale; and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum draws on Glasgow’s personality, treating visitors to alarmingly progressive pieces and eye-catching exhibits. Still free to enter, the Riverside Museum banked along the River Clyde gives an authentic insight into Glasgow’s streets and transportation through history.
But the city’s cultural heartbeat is in its every-burgeoning music scene. Any Glasgow tour guide will proudly (and truthfully) promote the region as one of Britain’s best jump-off spots for up and coming musical trends. A wild nightclub scene brings local and international tunes to the masses, while more traditional music venues explode with the sounds of homegrown artists.
Beyond its’ many outlets of entertainment, it is the down-to-earth friendliness of Glasgow’s locals that most separate it from Britain’s other urban destinations. Known for their dark humor and tell-it-like-it-is attitude, Glasgow is as unintimidating as it is impressive. And it is plenty impressive.